Hillsborough - The Truth

[cheers]

It has taken 23 years for the truth to come out on what happened that day but it has finally.  Now we have the truth the families deserve Justice!!! 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-19543964

[nichola]

Just goes to show what can be achieved when people are determined enough and never give up.

Glad to see there has finally been an apology form the government in parliament too; not before time!

[FrankStanley]

Justice? the police have not even apologised.

[Scunner]

The police have all had 23 years of unblemished careers due to this massive cover up - some very successful indeed since that day - whereas they should have been fired and tarnished for life, just like they tried to do to those fans and their suffering families.

23 years to admit what we all knew all along. That cockroach Kelvin MacKenzie still refused to apologise for printing the story of lies less than a year ago - his apology today is typical of the man, worthless.

YNWA - made up for my Liverpool mates. Took too long but welcome.

[usedbustickets]

What's come out today has only confirmed what many have thought all along, and as other contributors have said there is still some way to go before there has been justice.

Scunner's spot on about Sun Editor Kelvin McKenzie, still amazes me today that so many football fans continue to buy that rag

[marina]

At last it goes some way towards justice for those killed and their families who have had to wait for 23 long years for the truth to emerge.  Disgraceful that police and others in authority have got away with it for all this time. 

I can clearly remember watching the horror of it all on television that day.  Awful, awful day.

My heart goes out to all those who lost loved ones that day.

[Scunner]

The question is, have they got away with it "all this time" Marina, or have they got away with it. In other words, will action be taken against these despicable liars and schemers now, 23 years on?

[marina]

I would like to think that for the families to receive the full justice they've fought for all these years then yes, action will take place.  However, I have my doubts.  Where do they start?  David Duckenfield was the police officer in charge that day and was responsible for the lives of those 96 people.  Certainly start with him and work their way down the ranks.  Prosecute everyone who altered statements to make it look like it was the Liverpool supporters who were to blame and no blame attached to the police.

I don't know how these people have lived with this on their conscience all these years but no, I hope they don't now 'get away with it' any longer. 

[Rimms]

I can understand that most of the Country are fed up with Liverpool 'going on' about the 96 football fans who all died an accidental death, all at the same time at Hillsborough, but please read the points below reported back by the independent panel who examined in fine detail 400,000 documents and reports to reach their conclusion :

The report finds 164 statements were "significantly amended" and 116 "removed negative comments" about policing operation

The panel finds that a total of 41 people out of 96 "had the potential to be saved" beyond the 1515 time determined by the original inquest
The report finds flaws in the police operation and new evidence that the police carried out checks on those who had died in order to "impugn their reputations"

David Crompton, chief constable of South Yorkshire Police, "profoundly apologises" to both the families of the 96 Hillsborough victims and Liverpool fans in general

The prime minister makes a "proper apology" to the families of those that have died. "I am profoundly sorry," he says
Former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie, who wrote the headline The Truth, has offered his "profuse apologies to the people of Liverpool"


NOW WE KNOW THE TRUTH - YNWA

[Rimms]

Sorry, I started a similar thread without seeing this one, maybe the mod can incorporate my reply here