they were dressed up like robocop.ed riot police on duty inside the stadium for support. and then, without warning, the fans were tear gassed. this clear and distressing mobile phone footage shows people being sprayed at close range several times. everyone around me was telling me to get to the floor and cover my face with my scarf and i had no idea what was going on. i thought i was dying. it was like a war zone. seeing kids getting dragged out of a crowd and... yeah. it shouldn't have happened. professor phil scraton, who led the hillsborough independent panel, has set up his own inquiry into events at the stade de france. firing tear gas in any circumstance is a serious issue but firing it in a confined space where it stays in the atmosphere, against people who are trapped, there is no way that is ever excusable. unreasonable force and the application of unreasonable force is criminal assault. there is no question about it. paris police didn't respond to any of panorama's questions but have said they regret using te

they were dressed up like robocop.ed riot police on duty inside the stadium for support. and then without warning, the fans were tear gassed. this clear and distressing mobile phone footage shows people being sprayed at close range several times. everyone around me was telling me to get to the floor and cover my face with my scarf and i had no idea what was going on. i thought i was dying. it was like a war zone. seeing kids getting dragged out of a crowd and... yeah. it shouldn't have happened. professor phil scraton who led the hillsborough independent panel has set up his own inquiry into events at the stade de france. firing tear gas in any circumstance is a serious issue but firing it in a confined space where it stays in the atmosphere, against people who are trapped, there is no way that is ever excusable. unreasonable force and the application of unreasonable force is criminal assault. there is no question about it. paris police didn't respond to any of panorama's questions but have said they regret using tear