The Truth: Liverpool Fans In Paris
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Byline Times Podcast - Unafraid to Tell Truth to Power
First reports from the european cup final sounded just like the bad old days of football, with kick off delayed for 36 minutes. The french interior minister, gerard d'arminin and sports minister ameli udea castera laid the blame squarely on liverpool fans. They were backed up by the chief of police, didier laumont, who deployed tear gas - even against women and children. These claims had horrible echoes of the hillsbury disaster in 19 89, when lies told about lLiverpool supporters were magnified in rupert murdock's son newspaper. Unlike 19 89, the accounts of l Liverpool supporters in paris have been aided by videos shot on smart
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