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30 for 30 on the Sheffield soccer disaster

Posted on 6/28/17 at 7:54 pm
Posted by Jim Rockford
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Posted on 6/28/17 at 7:54 pm
Brutal.
Posted by alajones
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Posted on 6/28/17 at 7:56 pm to
Pretty awful how they were trying to blame the spectators from day one. Those images of them mangled against the fence are haunting.

This post was edited on 6/28/17 at 7:58 pm
Posted by GeorgeTheGreek
Sparta, Greece
Member since Mar 2008
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Posted on 6/28/17 at 7:58 pm to
It's called the Hillsborough Disaster. And yeah, it's brutal.
Posted by LSUSilverfox
Member since Jun 2007
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Posted on 6/28/17 at 8:03 pm to
Justice for the 96.
Posted by SCLibertarian
Conway, South Carolina
Member since Aug 2013
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Posted on 6/28/17 at 8:04 pm to
Prosecutors in Britain just charged 6 people in connection with the Hillsborough Disaster. At the time of this incident, Liverpool was only 4 years removed from the Heysel Stadium Disaster in Belgium. Given the level of football hooliganism in Britain in the 1980's, there was so much pressure on the FA to blame fans for this incident.
Posted by TT9
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Posted on 6/28/17 at 8:08 pm to
quote:

It's called the Hillsborough Disaster
this. Couldn't imagine. And most of those responsible have never had to face the music.
Posted by pvilleguru
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Posted on 6/28/17 at 8:44 pm to
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 6/28/17 at 8:58 pm to
I watched a closed circuit like video of this and the people who manned the gates should have been charged with manslaughter.
Posted by YNWA
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 6/28/17 at 9:00 pm to
I've watched it many times on Netflix. I get choked up every time I watch it.
Posted by iAmBatman
The Batcave
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 6/28/17 at 9:07 pm to
They have been.

6 of the police and security officials are being charged criminally
Posted by Amadeo
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 6/28/17 at 9:10 pm to
I've tried watching it twice, but I've never could bring myself to watching the whole thing.

I would almost chose any death other than the way those people died that day.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98203 posts
Posted on 6/28/17 at 9:53 pm to
When theres a weather delay at Tiger stadium I always stay in my seat. Those packed ramps down below are a stampede waiting to happen.
Posted by AlbertMeansWell
Member since Sep 2013
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Posted on 6/28/17 at 10:16 pm to
I'm watching the BBC broadcast of the 30 for 30. It has added footage at the end.

This is an incredible documentary
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
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Posted on 6/28/17 at 11:17 pm to
I watched the story a couple years ago but forgot the details. What are the new charges?
Posted by supatigah
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Posted on 6/28/17 at 11:19 pm to
The pictures of the teenaged girls crushed against the screens is heartbreaking
Posted by rt3
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Posted on 6/28/17 at 11:29 pm to
you can find the broadcast of the match on youtube
Posted by 5 Deep
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Posted on 6/28/17 at 11:44 pm to



This is one of my favorite pictures of all time. For those who don't really follow soccer, Everton (blue) and Liverpool (red) are the 2 major clubs in the city of Liverpool so the rivalry is obviously huge. Always very cool to see a sports rivalry put to the side in moments like these
Posted by RandySavage
Member since May 2012
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Posted on 6/28/17 at 11:55 pm to
Let me in on your thinking that people manning the gates should be charged with manslaughter?
Posted by GEAUXmedic
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Posted on 6/28/17 at 11:57 pm to
Article from today:

LINK
quote:


LONDON — Decades after the deadliest stadium disaster in English soccer history, British prosecutors charged six people on Wednesday, including four former senior police officials, in the deaths of 96 people crushed and trampled to death at Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield in 1989.

The catastrophe transformed how the sport is viewed in the country, and the decision is a long-awaited vindication for the families of the victims, including 37 teenagers, who were fatally crushed or trampled.

In April 2016, a two-year inquest found that the fans had been “unlawfully killed” and cited errors or omissions by the police in planning and executing security for the match on April 15, 1989. In particular, it faulted the actions of commanding officers. The inquest left prosecutors to decide whether to file criminal charges, and on Wednesday, the Crown Prosecution Service announced that it would.

David Duckenfield, the match commander for the South Yorkshire Police on the day of the tragedy, will face manslaughter charges. Five other men also face charges: Graham Henry Mackrell, a former secretary of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, which operates Hillsborough Stadium; Peter Metcalf, a lawyer who represented the South Yorkshire Police; and three other former high-ranking police officers — Norman Bettison, Donald Denton and Alan Foster.
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
35551 posts
Posted on 6/29/17 at 12:23 am to
gross negligence manslaughter

People at the gates owed a duty of care.

In English criminal law:

1) a duty of care

2) breach of that duty resulting in death and a risk of death which would be obvious to a reasonable prudent person.

3) the defendant's conduct must have fallen so far below the standard of a reasonable person as to be grossly negligent.

In England, causing the death of another through reckless behavior (blatant disregard for the danger of the situation.).

Under English law, where a person owes a duty of care and is negligent to such a degree that consequently the law regards it as a crime (namely the person has been grossly negligent) and that person causes the victim to die, he may be liable for gross negligent manslaughter.
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