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The way the French police treated the supporters during the last Champions League final in Saint-Denis, punctuated by incidents before and after the match, is a ” criminal assault “, according to an independent English report published Monday, October 17. The report was written by Queen’s University Belfast law professor Phil Scraton, who previously led an inquiry into the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 which claimed the lives of 97 Liverpool supporters after movements of crowd. It lists the violent and arbitrary behavior of the police against supporters. “ The police’s continuous and random charges on supporters and the use of unwarranted tear gas on men, women and children trapped in very cramped spaces, was reckless and dangerous behavior. This constitutes a criminal assault “says the report. ” The continued inability to manage the crowd has seriously endangered the health and well-being of supporters “, Continues the report which underlines that only the experience that certain supporters of the Reds had had in Hillsborough and their restraint allowed the balance sheet not to be counted in deaths. Coming to attend the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid, Reds fans found themselves trapped by bottlenecks set up by the police who then used massive tear gas. The kick-off of the match had to be postponed for more than half an hour due to the incidents around the stadium. While government figures had pointed the finger at the English as responsible, a Senate report had, on the contrary, judged last July that the chaos around the enclosure constituted a “ failure “attributable to” decisions from local authorities. “ It is clear from witness accounts that fans have been put at risk by aggressive police tactics, ineffective security measures and the lack of a comprehensive, principled stadium security management plan in place. risk assessment “, Points out the English report, which does not forget the assaults and thefts by young people around the stadium.