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For the first time, a British soldier has gone on trial for murder over the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre of Northern Irish protesters. Families have spent half a decade fighting to get the case to court, blaming authorities for whitewashing the killings.
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Don’t they censor anyone who said the names of the soldiers on Twitter? I remember seeing that discussed on Tumblr at one point
Wow theyre hiding his name? The guy is probably old as fuck now, how is this even justice
If it’s about Soldier F then he’s David James Cleary
This is definitely a positive step, but it might also be the only one.
Apart from the age of these cases, the lack of defendents still alive and reachable by the law, and the inherent bias in the system, Starmer spent his pre-political career dismissing cases and pushing legislation to retroactively give British soldiers, spies, and intelligence assets immunity from prosecution for everything from SA to murder to torture. And is continuing to do so as PM.
Holy shit, I never thought I’d see the day
In a better world, they’d put all those on trial, that prevented earlier trials.
hope he never sees the light of day again
