re: ESPN 30 for 30 "Hillsborough" in game thread

I was a local police officer until I moved to the Federal side of the house and dealt with crowd control constantly in NOLA. The one thing that can't happen is your command center freeze, that's a recipe for disaster. When you are on the ground you cannot see the big picture and what might appear to be the right move to you for your area could be devastating in another. I found it interesting that the one officer said that when he got to that end of the pitch he could see the two pens were severely overcrowded and that it was obvious. If he could see it from field level how the hell did the command center not see it? In law enforcement you understand that you will have to make instant life and death decisions and if you f*ck it up and somebody gets hurt then you are accountable. The officers in charge at Hillsborough did not try to kill 96 people, but the cover up was disgusting and the people and officer's responsible need to go to jail.