On Jan 30th, 1972, better known as "Bloody Sunday", members of the British Army Parachute regimen opened fire on civil rights protesters at a peaceful march in Northern Ireland, killing 14 and wounding 15 others. The immediate report written by the British General Mike Jackson cited that the attack was in response to the protesters wielding guns and bombs. Despite a strong presence of eye-witnesses dis-confirming this, it took 38 years for the British Government to re-release findings of what actually occurred that day.
Yesterday at the UK House of Commons, Prime Minister David Cameron read the findings of Lord Saville's 5,000 page report, exonerating all of the victims who were slain. The report vested full blame on British soldiers, citing that there was zero proof of any of the protesters being armed.
-Nicho
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