A guy appears to punch two female police officers to the ground in newly released film from the turmoil at Manchester Airport, just moments before another officer ‘kicked and stamped on a man’s head’.
The treatment of Fahir and Amaad Khan by Greater Manchester Police prompted nights of protests and outrage when a video of the “stamp” went viral on Wednesday. In light of the recent heightened scrutiny of the police department, one officer has been suspended while an inquiry is conducted.
However, a fresh video has surfaced that shows precisely what transpired that day and what made the cop kick the victim in the head.
The three police officers can be seen in the footage, which Manchester Evening News was able to obtain, attempting to detain one of the young guys after he used a ticket machine inside a car park at the crowded Terminal 2 of the airport.
Then a fight breaks out, sending punches flying from both sides as one of the officers is grabbed by another man.
While the two female police are sent flying after taking hits to their heads and faces, a woman who tries to keep one of the males back is seen hitting the airport floor.
The man who was initially restrained then appears to return in a bid to aid the man who came to help him, landing blows on his head and grappling with him on the floor.
It is only ended when one of the female officers recovers to use her taser, incapacitating the original man on the floor.
The original clip sparked nights of protests in Rochdale and Manchester city centre, with demonstrators claiming the videos showed GMP was racist and calling for it to be ‘defunded’.
During the incident, police arrested four men on suspicion of affray and assaulting an emergency worker, before releasing them on bail. One of the policemen involved in the incident has been suspended and the IOPC has received referrals from GMP about two officers.
Following his MP’s ‘plea for calm’ and an end to protests, the man who was attacked and stamped on by police at Manchester airport published a new video.
Paul Waugh, the newly elected Labour MP for Rochdale, released a statement from the family asking people to please let ‘due process to take its course’ and give everyone involved ‘time to heal’.
According to family sources, protesters were defending their mother as they demonstrated against the abuse of Fahir and Amaad Khan on the streets of Manchester and Rochdale.
Following the original incident, three GMP officers were allegedly beaten and “punched to the ground,” with one female PC in particular needing hospital treatment.
It was claimed that the pair’s mother, who was flying into Manchester on Tuesday evening from Pakistan, was involved in a row while the plane was in the air with a male passenger.
Insiders say that while she was picking up her luggage in Terminal 2 the same man pushed her with his trolley and made racist comments towards her, with the mother later pointing him out to her sons.
The sources claim that the row became more heated when one of the son’s confronted the man, before a physical altercation took place and the police were called.
The Home Secretary was informed by Reform MP Richard Tice that the individuals detained during the altercation would face legal action “to the fullest extent of the law.”
A woman was kneeling next to a man who was lying face down on the ground when the video, which was taken at terminal two on Tuesday, showed a cop stamping and kicking him on the head. Additionally, it seemed to depict the cop striking a second man.
“I have checked with the family of the Manchester Airport incident and this remains their latest message to all communities,” Mr. Waugh said in a Saturday morning post that included a screenshot of the family’s statement on X.
They want due process, thus they have called for peace and asked that there be no more demonstrations.
Yesterday’s meeting in Rochdale made clear that this is a community that strongly believes in the rule of law, that the criminal justice system should follow the evidence wherever it leads, and that offenders should be punished appropriately.
‘Those present also rightly stressed that the law should be applied equally to everyone – and that no one, particularly the police, should be above the law.’
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said on Friday that a Greater Manchester Police constable had been advised he was under criminal investigation for assault following the incident.
The officer was also served with a disciplinary notice to inform him he was being investigated for potential gross misconduct for a number of alleged breaches of police professional standards, including his use of force, a spokesman said.
