“The Hillsborough disaster was unique in being the only catastrophe in which the victims themselves were attacked; in which the asphyxiated were accused of being somehow responsible for their own deaths and their corpses tested for alcohol — even those of children. Has there been another instance in Britain where the newly bereaved, confronted with the still-warm bodies of their children, have been treated with such brutality and contempt by the State as though, being football fans, they were somehow lesser beings?”
The families of the 96 who died in the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster have shown incredible dignity despite being kicked in the teeth time and time again, says Carol Midgley
Notes
thestarstone liked this
blowupthebarricade reblogged this from timesopinion
wayhaught-wonderland reblogged this from timesopinion
finnicubed reblogged this from timesopinion
plasticbatscanfly liked this
roomstorest-blog liked this
timesopinion posted this