Putting my current shit into perspective...

[graculus]

It's quite possible that for folks outside the UK, the word 'Hillsborough' has no meaning at all, at least unless you're a far-flung Liverpool fan like the lovely blktauna. Today we finally had confirmation of what we believed all along- that lives could have been saved, that lies were told, that justice still needs to be done.



Margaret Aspinall, chairwoman of the Hillsborough Families Support Group, whose son James was one of those who died: "This is what the families and the fans have been fighting for 23 years. Without the truth, you cannot grieve and where there is deceit, you get no justice."

[For those who don't know, the best article I've seen in a long time on the events of the day - it makes harrowing reading]

Comments

[katyabaturinsky.livejournal.com]

Finally. Far too little, far too late, but at least they've stopped lying about it.

(I saw the Granada documentary years ago, and it was just gut-wrenching. Especially the interview with the father [can't recall his name] who talked about being trapped with his son at the front of the pen, and being unable to save his boy...there are no words.)

[ruric.livejournal.com]

It's a good first step.

I hope that justice for the families and survivors follows in the form of new inquests (if they want them) and the people and organisations who were resonsible finally being held to account.