From afar, I thought as much since 1989. Unbelievable that in a country so advanced and open as ours, that a bent police force were able to get away with it. A few lower ranking officers came forward to reveal all, but then faced intimidation and were portrayed as nuts by the force.
In the series of documentaries about football trouble, even putting the H’boro Disaster to one side, SYP were universally mentioned as the worst force, enjoying in brutality and over the top policing.