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.

  • rottingleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    5 months ago

    How can we fight back against the police, when they never face consequences, but we do?

    Mavics with homemade grenades.

    Molotov cocktails (can be dropped from copters too).

    Also longbows and crossbows with arrows, rock-solid time-proven tech.

    You just have to drop this part

    when they never face consequences, but we do?

    because something like this exists in every conflict. The defending side usually gets punished for the resistance alone.