Bloody Sunday 'Justice': The Crown Protects Its Own
A British court has ruled that 'Soldier F,' the only military officer facing prosecution for the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre, is not guilty of murder. Unarmed civil rights marchers were shot dead by British paratroopers in Derry, killing 13 instantly with another 15 wounded. This verdict arrives five decades after the event, following decades of state cover-ups, including the initial Widgery
Tribunal which sought to blame the victims. The pattern is, sadly, depressingly familiar: state-sanctioned violence, followed by inquiries that drag on interminably, only to conclude with the exoneration of those in uniform. It's a system designed to absolve the executioners, turning systemic violence into isolated 'incidents' and massacres into tragedies without perpetrators. One might wonder if
this 'justice' serves to uphold the law, or merely to uphold state impunity.