Judges said evidence against 22 former riot cops was insufficient to prove they were guilty of killing nine striking coal miners during a martial-law crackdown in 1981. All the officers, who were called out to suppress the strike at the Wujek and the Manifest Lipcowy mines, said they merely fired into the air. A courtroom crowd greeted the verdict with cries of "Shame!" Walesa termed the decision "scandalous."
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Judges said evidence against 22 former riot cops was insufficient to prove they were guilty of killing nine striking coal miners during a martial-law crackdown in 1981. All the officers, who were called out to suppress the strike at the Wujek and the Manifest Lipcowy mines, said they merely fired into the air. A courtroom crowd greeted the verdict with cries of "Shame!" Walesa termed the decision "scandalous."
