UK Justice: 52 Years, One Soldier, Zero State Accountability
A judge is finally ruling on a murder charge against a former British soldier, 'Soldier F', for the 1972 Bloody Sunday killings, per ABC News. This glimmer of justice, 52 years later, conveniently sidesteps the larger machine. The Saville Inquiry (2010), while acknowledging the soldiers fired first, ultimately saw no senior officer or politician face prosecution. This pattern of individualizing
state violence—blaming the trigger puller, not the policy maker—is a familiar playbook. It's how governments protect their narratives while offering a token sacrifice at the altar of public outrage. One might wonder if holding one aging soldier accountable after half a century truly addresses the systemic violence of colonial occupation, or if it's just another convenient distraction. How many
'Soldier Fs' does it take for the state to admit its own hand in the blood? Apparently, more than a half-century of deferred 'justice' can provide.