Hillsborough inquiry

Mirth

• Police carried out criminal record checks on deceased to 'impugn reputations'

• Senior officers privately discussed 'animalistic behaviour' of 'drunken marauding fans'

• New evidence suggests dozens survived past 3.15pm inquest cut-off point

• 116 of the 164 South Yorkshire Police statements were doctored

• South Yorkshire Ambulance Service evidence was misleading

• No evidence to support police account that fans were drunk and aggressive

• Margaret Thatcher expressed concern in Cabinet that the first inquiry into the disaster contained 'devastating criticism of the police'

• Weight placed on blood alcohol levels among the dead was 'inappropriate'

• The Sun's allegations originated from police and a local MP

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y va marquer

Glad that the families of those who died get to see the slur that was placed on the memory of the deceased removed.

Unsurprisingly the authorities involved were more concerned with saving face and dodging responsibility.
As if it was somehow acceptable that any public sporting event could be managed and policed to a standard that allowed for mass deaths.

Biggus

Well it's unsurprising that Thatcher considered the football going public, working class animals.

Tony Montana

Justice for the 96.

I'm glad we played Liverpool last weekend and not this weekend. They will be fired up beyond belief now this inquiry has finished.

Gazza M

i never fully understood the magnitude of the hillsborough disaster and it's significance to the people of merseyside, but i do now. this scandal becomes more sickening the more i read about it.

Burnwinter

Murdoch and Tories - everything new is old again.

A reminder to try not to elect leaders who despise ordinary citizens and blame them for their lot in life whether it be poverty, depression or tragic death.

Mirth

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/hillsborough-documents-released-brian-reade-1318730#.UFBpaqTZKF0.twitter

Fantastic write up by Brian Reade, who was at Hillsborough on that day.

Biggus

http://www.football365.com/f365-features/8073452/Hillsborough

Now I hope some here will understand why Kenny Dalglish has had that dower look ever since that day.

y va marquer

I see the snivelling scumbags at The Sun are ''profoundly sorry" for the "false reports" that they printed.
Not quite the same as admitting that they knowingly printed lies that supported the cover up and smear campaign.

Biggus

Those of us familiar with the cases of "the Birmingham six" and "the Guildford four" are not surprised that British police routinely fabricated and corrupted evidence during the 70's and 80's.

I am Arsenal Till I Die

What's the Birmingham six? Related to football?

Captain

Same as the guldford four (essentially).

I got arrested for assaulting an officer once; true story...

y va marquer

Did you actually assault the officer Captain?

Biggus

😆 No it's not the Birmingham defence.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/14/newsid_2543000/2543613.stm

As for the Guildford 4,

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107207/

Captain

y va marquer wrote:
Did you actually assault the officer Captain?

Serious question?

No, I didn't assault a police officer 😆 . My record is squeaky clean.

Cutting a long story short, I was reporting a crime, got a little overzealous, got arrested (in the police station) for assaulting an officer, which in the space of 20mins was downgraded to resisting arrest and then drunk and disorderly (because they can stick that on you with literally no evidence) despite the fact that I was sober. Spent the night in the cell, went to court (as in Westminster all cases of drunk and disorderly go to court) and the judge threw it out and said it was a waste of his time. I'm still going through the complaints procedure now.

Pretty embarrassing, but basically, police do whatever they want and if I was just a simple layman without a big mouth, I could have been in serious trouble.

Biggus

By who's authority eh? 😆

Lucky you're not Irish as well as black Capi.

y va marquer

Captain wrote:
y va marquer wrote:
Did you actually assault the officer Captain?

Serious question?

No, I didn't assault a police officer 😆 . My record is squeaky clean.

Cutting a long story short, I was reporting a crime, got a little overzealous, got arrested (in the police station) for assaulting an officer, which in the space of 20mins was downgraded to resisting arrest and then drunk and disorderly (because they can stick that on you with literally no evidence) despite the fact that I was sober. Spent the night in the cell, went to court (as in Westminster all cases of drunk and disorderly go to court) and the judge threw it out and said it was a waste of his time. I'm still going through the complaints procedure now.

Pretty embarrassing, but basically, police do whatever they want and if I was just a simple layman without a big mouth, I could have been in serious trouble.

It was a serious question - not that I think you're the type who assaults police officers 🙂
Just wondering what the circumstances were.

True that once you're in police custody you are pretty much at their mercy, unless you're a person of certain power and influence yourself.

Rex

Told a cop to go fuck himself and shove his badge up his ass two weeks ago. Then I flipped him the birdie, got in my car and drove off. True story.

Timbob

I once went in to a police station tying to find this woman. They wouldn't let me see her, so I told them I'll be back. Drove my car straight through the front of the building, then proceeded to take on all the coppers in the building with an assault rifle and a shotgun. True-ish story.

Captain

If you were american, that would be your god given right.