Revive Liverpool

Chapter 101 Wandering Persuasion
On April 1989, 4, the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest was held at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England.

Since the match had already started, 5000 fans were still unable to enter the venue, so the police at the scene temporarily opened Gate C, which was used as an exit, but did not give necessary guidance, resulting in a serious stampede. 96 people were killed and more than 200 people were injured.

In order to cover up the truth, the commander who made the decision to open the door lied that it was a drunken fan who broke into door C. The police arranged for photographers to search for wine bottles and ordered random checks of the blood alcohol concentration of all the dead.

At the same time, the "Sun" completely echoed the police's conclusion without investigation, and fabricated the facts to portray the murdered fans as drunk and violent football hooligans.

Editor-in-chief MacKenzie used "Truth" as the headline on the front page, and distributed three articles as "Fans rummaged through victims' wallets", "Fans urinated on brave policeman", "Fans beat policeman who was doing artificial respiration".

Because of the "Sun"'s false reports, public opinion in the UK has been reversed.

The victim became the perpetrator, but the police who caused 96 deaths due to their own negligence did not need to bear any responsibility.

It is precisely because of these irresponsible reports of the "Sun" that all Liverpool fans are full of disgust for the "Sun", not just Liverpool fans, so all Liverpool people began to resolutely boycott the "Sun", and all newsstands refused to display "The Sun"

After that, a large number of readers canceled their subscriptions. Liverpool also launched the Hillsborough Justice Movement, which claimed to boycott the "Sun" throughout the UK.

Not long after the tragedy happened, Justice Taylor, who was appointed to investigate, made a conclusion, known as the "Taylor Report", that the failure of the police to deal with it on the spot was the main cause of the tragedy.

But when the Hillsborough tragedy happened, the British government had announced that it would rectify the uncivilized behavior of British football, including cleaning up hooligans drinking, fighting, and destroying public property. Therefore, some authorities and senior officials were more willing to label Hillsborough as "hooliganism".

The Attorney General then concluded that there was not enough evidence to press charges.

On March 1991, 3, the official death investigation was issued: the tragedy was an accident, and no one should be legally responsible for the victims.

Then the sheriff in charge of stadium security retired early and immigrated overseas. Many evidence images and recordings disappeared inexplicably, and some were listed as "extremely confidential files" that could not be made public within 30 years.

However, the families of the victims, survivors and fans did not give up looking for the truth.

On February 2000, 2, they formed the Hillsborough Justice Movement and charged the police field commander and his assistants, but a jury found them not guilty.

The more difficult the pursuit of justice, the more people will be attracted to join the "army of justice".

In 2009, the Hillsborough tragedy independent investigation committee was established, and the Hillsborough tragedy finally entered the moment of overturning the case.

And Li Nan just hopes that his reincarnation can help those relatives who died in the Hillsborough tragedy to get justice, and at the same time reverse the case for all Liverpool fans, they are not "football hooligans".

An independent investigation committee was established in 2009, top-secret documents were released in 2011, and an investigation report was issued by the independent investigation committee in 2012. It can be seen that the current British government intends to overturn the Hillsborough tragedy.

Instead of ignoring the appeals of the relatives of the victims of the Hillsborough tragedy like previous British governments did.

Now the investigation power of the Hillsborough tragedy belongs to the independent investigation committee and is no longer under the jurisdiction of the British government, so what Li Nan can do now is to help the independent investigation team find the truth and clarify the facts.

There are not many things Li Nan can do. After all, if Li Nan intervenes too much, it is inevitable that some people and the news media will say that he interferes with the investigation of the independent investigation team and affects the fairness of the investigation.

Of course, in addition to helping the independent investigation team investigate in private, Li Nan still hopes to meet Congressman Andy Bynum when he comes to London.

Andy Bynum, who called for the establishment of an independent investigation team for the Hillsborough tragedy, seems to Li Nan to be someone who can be counted on in this matter.

Li Nan hopes that through Andy Bynum's proposal in Congress, the government can start the trial as soon as possible after the independent investigation team finds out the results, instead of starting the trial after a year and a half.

Li Nan hopes that after the independent investigation team finds out the results, the court can start the trial immediately, and then after more than a year of trial, the final trial result can be obtained before the 2014th anniversary of the Hillsborough tragedy in 25, to clear up the grievances of the people of the Hillsborough tragedy. Being able to celebrate this happy event at the 25th anniversary celebration can be regarded as adding a little joy to the tragic days.

Instead of waiting until March 2014, 3 to start the trial, when Hillsborough commemorates the 31th anniversary, people can only celebrate another big step in the journey of overturning the Hillsborough tragedy.

Although the news of the start of the trial is also good news for the people of the Hillsborough tragedy, it is better not to have the joy of re-trial and being able to wash away the grievances.

Li Nan met Andy Bynum, and Li Nan showed Andy Bynum the purpose of his visit, hoping that he could support him.

As for Andy Bynum, since he advocated the establishment of an independent investigation committee, the reversal of the unjust case of the Hillsborough tragedy is his political achievement during his tenure.

So both of them have the same goal, so the cooperation is easy to achieve.

However, Andy Bynum didn't forget to get some benefits from Li Nan's initiative to come to him for help.

For example, Andy Bynum hinted that in the subsequent elections of the House of Commons, he would secretly support himself to ensure that he could be re-elected, so that he could better help Li Nan to reverse the Hillsborough tragedy and seek justice for the victims.

Li Nan also agreed to Andy Bynum's conditions.

Of course, Li Nan will not pin all hopes of starting the trial early on Andy Bynum. After all, he is also a politician. Politicians are always ruthless, and their promises are always unreliable.

Therefore, Li Nan needs to make a lot of preparations, and find more people in London who can help and talk.

(End of this chapter)