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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #160 on: December 12, 2016, 11:35:53 pm »
Never knew the match Refs statement was changed
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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #161 on: December 12, 2016, 11:38:49 pm »
Sickening.

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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #162 on: December 12, 2016, 11:39:24 pm »
Thank you to everyone involved in making that.
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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #163 on: December 12, 2016, 11:39:27 pm »
So sad :(

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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #164 on: December 12, 2016, 11:39:39 pm »
Never knew the match Refs statement was changed

only heard that yesterday myself.

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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #165 on: December 12, 2016, 11:41:04 pm »
Crying...
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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #166 on: December 12, 2016, 11:41:18 pm »
Never knew the match Refs statement was changed

for the IPCC to make out 'mixed' to 'pissed' is an innocent typo???
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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #167 on: December 12, 2016, 11:41:19 pm »
Still quite difficult to get your head round the sheer scale of the cover up.

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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #168 on: December 12, 2016, 11:42:00 pm »
You have to wonder how far beyond Hillsborough this goes as well. When their first response to tragedy was to cover their own arses what else have they covered up? The only reason we have got so far with Hillsborough is because of the dedicated campaign behind it - what may have happened in other instances of police misconduct where the victims didn't have the goodwill and financial support of millions of people? It doesn't even bear thinking about.

Yep, it does make any sane person wonder about the sheer scale of the cover ups, and the consequent questions that pose themselves about the likelihood of Hillsborough being the tip of a horribly big iceberg.
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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #169 on: December 12, 2016, 11:42:05 pm »
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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #170 on: December 12, 2016, 11:42:30 pm »
Still quite difficult to get your head round the sheer scale of the cover up.
Oh you were actually watching?  You were posting on other threads while it was on.
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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #171 on: December 12, 2016, 11:43:28 pm »
That was a very hard watch.

Shaking and tearful after that.
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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #172 on: December 12, 2016, 11:43:38 pm »
Crying...

It's strange which bits set you off with these things. I was feeling mostly anger for the majority of it but the bit that properly choked me up was simply seeing the name of one of the victims on a tribute underneath the Hillsborough memorial at Anfield with 'unlawfully killed' written underneath.
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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #173 on: December 12, 2016, 11:43:56 pm »
Further disgrace for South Yorkshire and West Midlands police forces. The evidence keeps on mounting up.
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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #174 on: December 12, 2016, 11:44:05 pm »
Thank you to everyone involved in making that.
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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #175 on: December 12, 2016, 11:44:06 pm »
You have to wonder how far beyond Hillsborough this goes as well. When their first response to tragedy was to cover their own arses what else have they covered up? The only reason we have got so far with Hillsborough is because of the dedicated campaign behind it - what may have happened in other instances of police misconduct where the victims didn't have the goodwill and financial support of millions of people? It doesn't even bear thinking about.

I think we can see that by the likes of the grooming and child molesting cases coming about now. There is so much that has been allowed to be hidden for so long, both in football, Hillsborough, Orgreave, Saville and more.

Unfortunately the one thing that stands out for me is the IPCC who are supposed to be investigating this matter NOW - are suggesting the Ref's statement was a typo, they didn't feel that Cherry needed to be cross examined over her statement, or further statement on social media, and are still finding excuses. They also didn't want this programme aired.

This is more than a drastic failure by a single police force in this country. This was a national cover up that there still trying to cover up now.

Nothings changed. We want the truth and transparency, and they're desperate to continue hiding it.
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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #176 on: December 12, 2016, 11:44:13 pm »
They really will stop at nothing to hide the truth from us. Welled up, disgusted - just, it gets WORSE, doesn't it?

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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #177 on: December 12, 2016, 11:44:14 pm »
c*nts, all of them

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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #178 on: December 12, 2016, 11:44:26 pm »
Oh you were actually watching?  You were posting on other threads while it was on.

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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #179 on: December 12, 2016, 11:45:14 pm »
Heartbreaking.  :(

Powerful, and very, very unsettling. No real surprise at the depths to which certain people/organisations would sink to though.

A lot of questions still to be answered in the coming years.

Well done to all those who contributed to/made the film and especially to all the survivors who featured in it.

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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #180 on: December 12, 2016, 11:47:22 pm »
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Unfortunately the one thing that stands out for me is the IPCC who are supposed to be investigating this matter NOW - are suggesting the Ref's statement was a typo, and are still finding excuses. They also didn't want this programme aired.


A type is a miss-spelling or maybe transposed letters - not a completely different word.

Can't believe they said that.  It's also very worrying.
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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #181 on: December 12, 2016, 11:47:24 pm »
The scale of the cover up and the acquiescence of much of the press and Politicians in it all and for so long is really quite frightening.

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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #182 on: December 12, 2016, 11:48:59 pm »
Just seems to me, the ones that are investigating this cover up, are trying to find more ways to cover it up.

I can only thank the people involved in this who are desperartely trying to get the truth


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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #183 on: December 12, 2016, 11:51:13 pm »
As has been alluded to already, just a damn shame some of the 'people' involved are no longer around to face the music. They've pretty much gotten away with it. Does the sight of Stefan Popper make any one else want to vomit? Just looks like a sleazy bastard
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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #184 on: December 12, 2016, 11:51:39 pm »
the ipcc calling that a typo has me very concerned.
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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #185 on: December 12, 2016, 11:52:02 pm »
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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #186 on: December 12, 2016, 11:52:33 pm »
I still cant beleive, still. No matter how many yrs or how many documantaries news etc I still cant beleive what they did, the levels the extremes they went to. For some to save their own skins but for others simpy it seems to toe the party line and dish out spite for no reasoning.
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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #187 on: December 12, 2016, 11:54:01 pm »
Not watching it. Can't watch this sort of thing on a work night as I'll be angered and won't kip all night. I'll tape it and watch it at the weekend when I can be more composed and let my ire have its space. 

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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #188 on: December 12, 2016, 11:54:03 pm »
Credit to the researchers, Mr Marshall and all the team for making that.

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« Reply #189 on: December 12, 2016, 11:54:58 pm »
Incredible work finding all the extra evidence that tells us so much more, nothing but respect. well done.
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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #190 on: December 12, 2016, 11:55:27 pm »
the ipcc calling that a typo has me very concerned.

I just hope the press call them out on this, and I hope they get absolutely slaughted for it, which might make them realise we aint going away until they bring true justice to all, not just 1 or 2.

Every policeman conducting those interviews, every police officer that helped to cover up the truth, every officer that changed statements, all the MPS, Richards, and everyone that helped spread the lies, all of them need to be brought to justice, until then, I wont lie down, and I hope nobody else does.

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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #191 on: December 12, 2016, 11:55:38 pm »
That Dave Richards is a bastard of the highest oreder there has to be a campaign to get this evil twat fucked off the FA council,if MPs have voted to try and get Philip Green stripped of his knighthood this weasel has to lose his poxy title too the fucking scumbag.
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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #192 on: December 12, 2016, 11:59:57 pm »
Just seems to me, the ones that are investigating this cover up, are trying to find more ways to cover it up.

I can only thank the people involved in this who are desperartely trying to get the truth



The scale of the cover up means there are still many people in prominent positions to this day, be it in the media, government and even the FA and Premier League. Its still a case of the system trying to protect itself. Or should that be the abusers of the system.
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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #193 on: December 13, 2016, 12:00:00 am »
Wanted to put my foot through the tv when it showed that c*nt Sumner say he still believes Liverpool fans weren't innocent. You absolute scumbag bastard.

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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #194 on: December 13, 2016, 12:01:01 am »
I just hope the press call them out on this, and I hope they get absolutely slaughted for it, which might make them realise we aint going away until they bring true justice to all, not just 1 or 2.

Every policeman conducting those interviews, every police officer that helped to cover up the truth, every officer that changed statements, all the MPS, Richards, and everyone that helped spread the lies, all of them need to be brought to justice, until then, I wont lie down, and I hope nobody else does.

It just shows that even now it cant be left to trust to complete the process. constant scrutiny/coverage of every move will be needed. worryingly.

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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #195 on: December 13, 2016, 12:04:20 am »
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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #196 on: December 13, 2016, 12:04:48 am »
Incredible work finding all the extra evidence that tells us so much more, nothing but respect. well done.

seconded.

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Re: Documentary: Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors & The Search For Truth, 12th Dec
« Reply #197 on: December 13, 2016, 12:05:43 am »
The scale of the cover up and the acquiescence of much of the press and Politicians in it all and for so long is really quite frightening.

We've probably just learnt less than 1% of it in that programme mate.

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