23 years and still no Justice. Justice for the 96

[Fedayn]

RIP

John Alfred Anderson (62)
Colin Mark Ashcroft (19)
James Gary Aspinall (18)
Kester Roger Marcus Ball (16)
Gerard Bernard Patrick Baron (67)
Simon Bell (17)
Barry Sidney Bennett (26)
David John Benson (22)
David William Birtle (22)
Tony Bland (22)
Paul David Brady (21)
Andrew Mark Brookes (26)
Carl Brown (18)
David Steven Brown (25)
Henry Thomas Burke (47)
Peter Andrew Burkett (24)
Paul William Carlile (19)
Raymond Thomas Chapman (50)
Gary Christopher Church (19)
Joseph Clark (29)
Paul Clark (18)
Gary Collins (22)
Stephen Paul Copoc (20)
Tracey Elizabeth Cox (23)
James Philip Delaney (19)
Christopher Barry Devonside (18)
Christopher Edwards (29)
Vincent Michael Fitzsimmons (34)
Thomas Steven Fox (21)
Jon-Paul Gilhooley (10)
Barry Glover (27)
Ian Thomas Glover (20)
Derrick George Godwin (24)
Roy Harry Hamilton (34)
Philip Hammond (14)
Eric Hankin (33)
Gary Harrison (27)
Stephen Francis Harrison (31)
Peter Andrew Harrison (15)
David Hawley (39)
James Robert Hennessy (29)
Paul Anthony Hewitson (26)
Carl Darren Hewitt (17)
Nicholas Michael Hewitt (16)
Sarah Louise Hicks (19)
Victoria Jane Hicks (15)
Gordon Rodney Horn (20)
Arthur Horrocks (41)
Thomas Howard (39)
Thomas Anthony Howard (14)
Eric George Hughes (42)
Alan Johnston (29)
Christine Anne Jones (27)
Gary Philip Jones (18)
Richard Jones (25)
Nicholas Peter Joynes (27)
Anthony Peter Kelly (29)
Michael David Kelly (38)
Carl David Lewis (18)
David William Mather (19)
Brian Christopher Mathews (38)
Francis Joseph McAllister (27)
John McBrien (18)
Marion Hazel McCabe (21)
Joseph Daniel McCarthy (21)
Peter McDonnell (21)
Alan McGlone (28)
Keith McGrath (17)
Paul Brian Murray (14)
Lee Nicol (14)
Stephen Francis O'Neill (17)
Jonathon Owens (18)
William Roy Pemberton (23)
Carl William Rimmer (21)
David George Rimmer (38)
Graham John Roberts (24)
Steven Joseph Robinson (17)
Henry Charles Rogers (17)
Colin Andrew Hugh William Sefton (23)
Inger Shah (38)
Paula Ann Smith (26)
Adam Edward Spearritt (14)
Philip John Steele (15)
David Leonard Thomas (23)
Patrik John Thompson (35)
Peter Reuben Thompson (30)
Stuart Paul William Thompson (17)
Peter Francis Tootle (21)
Christopher James Traynor (26)
Martin Kevin Traynor (16)
Kevin Tyrrell (15)
Colin Wafer (19)
Ian David Whelan (19)
Martin Kenneth Wild (29)
Kevin Daniel Williams (15)
Graham John Wright (17)

 

[purenarcotic]

RIP. Let justice be done.

 

[editor]

There's an interesting piece in Mojo Mag (I thik) about 1997's Hillsborough Benefit gig at Liverpool's Anfield Stadium which I'd forgotten about.

The event was bankrolled by Richard Branson, and on the bill was The Beautiful South, Manic Street Preachers, Dodgy, Space, Stereophonics and The Lightning Seeds, with John Peel compering.

And, lest we ever forget:

Never buy The Sun.

 

[friedaweed]

Great display of solidarity from the Bitters at Wembley yesterday

You can watch the memorial service from Anfield on the club site here.
http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/hillsborough-service-details-2

This weekend marks 23 years since the Hillsborough tragedy in which 96 Liverpool fans died - and if you're not attending Sunday's Memorial Service you can follow it free on LFC TV and online.

The service takes place at Anfield at 2.45pm BST, with access to the stadium from 1pm. In the interests of safety, we've asked all those wishing to attend the service to obtain a ticket in advance. Any tickets remaining on Sunday will be available at the Kop ticket office from 10am.
If you cannot make it, coverage is free on LFC TV and online. A live stream will be embedded in this story from 2.30pm.

I have hope that we're finally getting nearer and nearer to 'The Truth'.

 

[deadringer]

Never realised just how young some of them were. Youngest one was 10

 

[Diamond]

What would justice for the 96 be?

 

[butchersapron]

What would justice for the 96 be?

Prosecution of police officers, the public recogniton that they destroyed evidence and hindered the truth coming out and generally acted like arseholes.

Compensation for those who've had to give up so much of their time and money in the fight to establish the truth.

A new enquiry based on the acceptance of the first point that establishes true narrative of what happened and why.

Proper funding for medical and psychological counselling - as well as legal support for the claims against the negligence of soliciters who (mis)represented the victims and their familes.

kelvin mackenzie hanging from a lampost and the sun banished from the land.

For starters.

 

[treefrog]

Reading the wiki entry about the disaster, says that three survivors later took their own life as a result of their trauma, and one's been in a psychiatric unit for eight years. One man who was injured is still in a near-vegetative state.

Justice for the 96, and all those who still suffer.

 

[rosa]

Reading the wiki entry about the disaster, says that three survivors later took their own life as a result of their trauma, and one's been in a psychiatric unit for eight years. One man who was injured is still in a near-vegetative state.

Justice for the 96, and all those who still suffer.

And that's probably the tip of the iceberg. Obviously anyone who was there will be affected by it for the rest of their lives, and it's only when you stop to think about the individual stories - the teenage lad who took a family friend's son to the game and couldn't bring him home, the people who couldn't go to the game and passed their ticket on to someone who didn't come back, the people who had to queue at a phonebox to tell their family that their mate had died, all the people who are still have nightmares and flashbacks - that you realise the full impact it had, and how much worse that was made by various authorities lying to cover their own backs and the media (and the Sun was just the worst - albeit by some way - of a bad bunch) complying with the cover up. Survivor guilt is enough of a problem after going through something as traumatic as that; imagine how much worse it was with newspapers and politicians queueing up to tell you "You should feel guilty, it was your fault for being drunk and not getting to the ground early enough". When people ask what the point is of having another inquiry and why the Hillsborough Justice Campaign and the Hillsborough Families Support Group are still fighting to get the evidence of what really happened out in public, they should remember the impact it's still having on people. "What's it going to achieve after all this time?" Well hopefully, the authorities saying, publicly, "it wasn't your fault; the failures that led to the disaster were totally unacceptable, and people should have been held accountable; the fact that they weren't is inexcusable; the cover-up and attempts to blame you for what happened were disgraceful; we're sorry", might bring some sense of closure and justice, it might help alleviate the survivor guilt and anger that many people still struggle with, and it might help to counter the attitude (that unfortunately is still common among the police) that football fans are a problem to be contained.

http://www.contrast.org/hillsborough/
http://www.rideforthe96.co.uk/

 

[Smokeandsteam]

Never realised just how young some of them were. Youngest one was 10

Jon-Paul is Steve Gerrard's cousin

 

[sleaterkinney]

JFT 96

The establishment are still playing their games over Hillsborough even now.