New footage shows violence against police before Manchester airport head-kicking | LBC reaction
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Published 2024-07-28
New footage from Manchester Airport appears to show moments of violence before a police officer allegedly stamped on a man's head.
It comes after nights of protests in Rochdale and Manchester city centre after a viral video filmed on Tuesday showed an officer kick and stamp on the head of a man who was lying face down on the floor, as a woman knelt beside him.
New footage filmed from a car park at Manchester Airport’s Terminal 2 now appears to show that officers were under attack moments before.
A group can be seen in the new video - originally obtained by Manchester Evening News - showing people standing close to a ticket machine as they are approached by police.
Three officers - one man and two women - can be seen walking through the group and towards a man dressed in light blue.
The male officer appears to then try and restrain the man and push his head down.
Another man from the group then gets involved and grabs the officer in an attempt to free the detained man.
The group and officers then exchange blows as the male officer is pulled to the ground.
The detained man in blue manages to break free from the female officer and punch her other female colleague.
Both women receive punches to the head with one ending up on the ground.
The male officer can then be seen wielding a Taser, directing it towards the male who appeared to punch him.
The man in blue who freed himself from police runs at the male officer from behind and throws a number of punches towards him.
The man in blue then drops to the floor, turning over onto his stomach and lying face down - at which point a woman can be seen kneeling down next to him.
The remainder of the new video has already been seen in Tuesday's footage where the officer appears to kick and then stamp on the man's head as he lies on the ground.
The family of a man who was kicked have since issued a "plea for calm" and urged people not to take part in any further protests, their MP has said.
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All Comments (21)
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Imagine attacking armed police and walking away without charges....joke UK
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If you assault police officers do you expect counselling. The Rochdale community should not be supporting those violent men.
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You forget the policewoman whose nose was broken. Obviously, this isnt of much importance.
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come on LBC, invite the THUGS so called lawyer on for a chat, because we now know that he is a LIAR or will you take his side
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Shocking!! Every single one of them has to be charged especially those two lads attacking officers
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The danger is those two thugs thought it was ok to attack three armed officers and can be seen knocking a female officer to the ground with a broken nose yes it was wrong what the officer did kicking and stomping on his head but those two blokes should be charged as well not let free.
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Too much focus on the police. These thugs need to be charged for their behaviour. How do they expect people to respond when they are attacked like that
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They were two big lads who were very handy with their fists. Calling them teenagers like they're 13 is ridiculous.
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Yet again in this country the offenders become the victims.
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Jail for both those liars and the corrupt lawyer. Medal for our police.
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Slowed down shows alot more including an elderly woman punched to the floor by her own family. Stop trying to add doubt.
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so you can punch police officers now and have no charges against you, that's what this video teaches us.
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The police officer is completely vindicated,I can't believe anyone sees it different.
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🦉🐯 Looks like one of the “victims” knocked his own mother to the floor?!
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The police were there to arrest these guys when they landed, they were wanted for crimes.
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police man took control over 2 very very violent men, why are you saying it needs further investigation, the kick could have been a bullet then would you be saying an armed copper should not be able to use his gun
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The videos were purposely released in this sequence to take away from the brutality of the two thugs, who are now seen as victims.
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LBC Clown world
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You’re pre judging the incident. They were lucky they were not shot as in other countries
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There is no way police would kick someone’s head in at busy airport for no reason.
