British Police apologized on Tuesday for the “deep failure” in their actions that led to the Hillsborough tragedy, which left nearly a hundred Liverpool fans dead in April 1989 at the stadium in the English city of Sheffield.
It was the first time security forces had publicly apologized for their role in the disaster, the biggest in British football history and for which Liverpool hooligans were initially blamed.
In their statement, a total of 43 police forces acknowledged their “appalling” reaction after the deadly avalanche and promised a “cultural change.”
Those mistakes “continue to destroy” the lives of the families of the 97 who died in the disaster.
clear responsibility
This joint response by police officers comes after a report prepared in 2017 by the former Bishop of Liverpool, James Jones, which clarified the responsibility of the security forces in the tragedy and called for a “massive cultural change” of those organisms.
“The police have failed those affected by the Hillsborough disaster terribly for many years and we are sorry that the police made a mistake. said in a statement. noted the police chief and director of the professional body College of Police, Andy Marsh.
promise of the police
In their aim of amendment, the security forces have committed themselves from now on to sign an agreement for families affected by a public tragedy, to review their code of ethics, to establish a new code of conduct -behavior and to provide new guidelines for agents of contact with families. .
The events took place on April 15, 1989, during the English FA Cup semifinal match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, held in Sheffield, when almost a hundred ‘reds’ supporters died when crushed by the crowd.
case reopened
This case was reopened 21 years after the original verdict in 1991, which found it to be an accidental death.
Pressure from the victims’ families led to the reopening of the trial into the incident, which was further supported by an independent commission of inquiry which concluded that the British police were directly responsible.
Source: La Verdad
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