Scargill was using miners as cannon fodder in his fight against Thatcher.
And Thatcher was using the police as cannon fodder in her fight to destroy the unions.
You must have been really shocked, after hearing Scargill ranting that Thatcher's policy was to destroy British coal mining, to find out years later that it was true.
Do you still believe that the Hillsborough fans broke down the gates, invaded the pitch, fought the police and obstructed the ambulances?