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| Fan paying tribute to the Hillsborough Disaster. Credit: Press Association |
After a very long and painful journey the families of the Hillsborough tragedy finally get the truth.
Nobody would have expected it to be as bad as what has been revealed. The police went to great lengths to cover up their mistakes by unlawfully altering hundreds of statements and documents and deliberately passing blame onto the fans for the crush on the terraces. It is a disgrace that these secrets have been hidden for 23 years it should have been uncovered sooner.
This is a huge breakthrough for the families but one that should never have happened, it is heart wrenching that we now know 41 of the 96 who sadly lost their lives could have potentially been saved.
Hillsborough has changed football, and unfortunately it wasn’t until lives had been lost that fans were treated respectfully and not like hooligans.
The families have finally got the truth, alongside a profound apology from Prime Minister David Cameron, but it wasn’t without a strong fight and came 23 years too late. Now it is a new battle to try and get justice by pressing for criminal charges to take place.
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