Video footage of men being detained at the airport on Tuesday sparked fury yesterday as an officer was seen kicking and stamping on the head of a man who was being restrained on the floor before kicking the head of another.
DETAILS OF WHAT HAPPENED
While others were wrestled to the ground, Tasered and had incapacitant spray used on them.
The officer filmed kicking and stamping on men at Manchester Airport has been suspended pending an investigation.
Greater Manchester Police said an officer had been suspended from ‘all duties’ following a ‘thorough review of further information that has become available’. It has made a referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) for a full investigation.
ANOTHER PROTEST COOKING
Meanwhile, a lawyer representing the two men seen being arrested in the footage said ‘justice has to prevail’ after hundreds of protesters gathered outside a local police station to accuse the force of racism. Another rally is planned tonight.
Akhmed Yakoob, a director at Maurice Andrews Solicitors in Birmingham, is representing two men, named as Amaad and Fahir, who were filmed being arrested by taser-wielding cops at the airport on Tuesday.
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WHAT NEXT?
Solicitor Mr Yakoob said he intended to file a complaint of assault on behalf of the pair against the officers, adding: ‘We will be peaceful and we will get justice.’
Mr Yakoob claimed in the video the pair had just been released from Cheadle Police Station and made their own way to hospital following the incident.
‘I’ve documented their injuries and we are headed to Rochdale police station to make a formal complaint of assault and wounding against the police officers,’ he said.
