This was a fundamental failure of crowd management on an immense, the French police, and the state as a whole all failed in their duty to protect human beings in their care. The response from UEFA, the police, and the French minister for sport– who blamed ‘the English’ for the violence which was done unto fans – is unbelievable. It is quite frankly ludicrous that anybody working for any of those institutions would think they did their job properly on Saturday night.
That so many on here immediately fall into line with the authorities’ lies on the juvenile and outright pathetic basis of tribal football rivalry is why police forces and governments are able to demean, disrespect, and harm football supporters with such regularity in the UK, the rest of Europe and beyond.