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Originally Posted by the ikara cult
I cant believe this hasnt been the consensus the whole time
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The image of football fans in the 80s was terrible (Hillsborough wasn't that long after Heysel) so I'm sure large sections of the general public would've instinctively taken the side of the police against people they regularly saw described in the media (by the likes of McKenzie) as 'animals', etc. I can only compare it to the likely public response now to something like that happening at a nightclub full of chavs. The police would say they were on drugs and violent and I suspect the public would believe every word, regardless of the evidence. And while I don't think it's as significant a factor, I do know that some people couldn't stop themselves from reading events through the distorting lens of football and local rivalries.