Video appearing to show a police officer kick a man at Manchester Airport has been shared online.

A police officer has been filmed kicking and stamping on the head of a man lying on the ground at Manchester Airport.

The uniformed male officer is seen holding a Taser over the man, who is lying face down, before striking him twice while other officers shout at onlookers to stay back in a video shared widely online.

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said firearms officers had been attacked while attempting to arrest someone following a fight in the airport’s Terminal 2 on Tuesday. It said it had referred itself to the police watchdog.

Anger has grown over the video and a crowd of what appeared to be several hundred people protested outside the police station in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, on Wednesday evening.

  • ImpressiveEssay@lemmy.worldEnglish
    82·
    5 months ago

    In fairness… regardless of what the guy did before this.

    The officer deserves to absolutely lose his job. Without doubt.

    The target.tis face down int be ground… not moving… and he stomps his head.

    • lemonmelon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      5 months ago

      I heard the guy boiled a pot of water earlier in the day, so, you know, clearly it’s justified…

      /s

    • copd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      5 months ago

      although this video is definitely cut early to make the police officer look especially bad I have to completely agree with you. This isn’t warranted even if the perpetrator was a child rapist, let the courts do the punishing.