Manchester Airport Assault

We don't know what lead up to this. GMP have issued this appealing for more information:

mipp.police.uk/operation/06GMP23S59-PO1

Details of Incident

Greater Manchester Police is investigating and appealing for witnesses in relation to three incidents that occurred on the evening of Tuesday 23rd July 2024 in Manchester Airport Terminal 2.

The first incident is an altercation between passengers from Qatar Airways flight QR023, which arrived at 7.20pm. The altercation may have taken place during the flight or afterwards in the T2 baggage hall.

The second incident is a violent disturbance involving members of the public in T2 Starbucks at approximately 8.22pm.

The third incident is the assault of three police officers which occurred in the T2 car park pay point area at 8.28pm. This resulted in the three officers receiving head injuries, including a broken nose.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is independently investigating the use of force by GMP officers that directly followed these events, and is shown within the footage on social media.

It seems to revolve around the mother of the family having been verbally (racially) abused and possibly physically assaulted by another passenger. More on X with more clips from @Bushra1Shaikh

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13679325/Shocking-new-footage-reveals-really-triggered-Manchester-Airport-violence-saw-police-officer-kick-stamp-mans-head.html

what happened when police went to arrest the two men.. they turned and battered the police to the ground.

Wylow, do you think it reasonable to attack the police like they did it's a wonder the police woman wasn't killed. I don't. Now the truth is coming out. I hope they throw the key away on them.No one should attack the police, carrying out their duty for us. What's the alternative, mob rule. Those that shout and fight the hardest walk over everyone. There is no excuse.

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Please check what I wrote, which was that they didn't look threatening before they were approached by police. No, that office didn't just tap him with his foot. He behaved inappropriately and I'm sure that isn't how he was trained to respond.

The one in grey, who was the first to attack the officers, was sitting on a chair with his hands behind his head - he wasn't threatening anybody at that stage.

Hopefully, all the clips will be viewed in detail and justice can be done.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

According to news reports, I understand there had already been an altercation on the plane, which is probably why the police approached them after they disembarked.

I am sure that police officer bitterly regrets losing his cool but in the heat of the moment, seeing his colleagues attacked, he let his emotions take charge and forgot correct procedures. He should not have done that, of course.

In some countries the police response would have been much stronger. On the whole we must be thankful for the type of policing we have in this country.

youtu.be/jw6cR53f2ag?si=z0Wg9jd4B8vRGXim

Watch this video describing in detail the attacks. I'm with the police well done I say.

GMP report

You can also see the video on The Mail online today.

I’m relieved Andy Burnham our mayor and the Labour MP for Rochdale were so measured in their initial responses to the release of the first video. They’d obviously seen additional footage so whilst not defending the disturbing image of the police officer kicking and stamping, they were aware of the build up.
Imagine how much worse this could be if Galloway was the MP, no didn’t inflaming the community as did when the news broke.

I’ve seen the newly released footage. What possessed these brothers to react towards the police so violently? No one can defend the kicking and stamping but the earlier fighting does go some way to explaining why the young officer lost control of his temper.

"What possessed these brothers to react towards the police so violently?"
It's that "before" that needs answering.

After viewing all the available footage online, the violence of those two brothers towards the police is awful, they didn’t care that they were attacking police officers and punched them repeatedly to the ground, really shocking.I dread to think what would have happened if they hadn’t managed to taser them.
Now they’re using the racist card against the police! Hello! Nothing to do with race any white brothers using that amount of violence to the police would be treated the same.

Absolutely, Wyllow, and as I said upthread, GMP have asked for witnesses to come forward so they can piece together the chain of events which appears to have started after the mother of the two young men was allegedly subject to verbal racial abuse and physical assault. One thing is certain. The airport will have extensive CCTV - but that won't capture sound and there may be blind spots.

There's a former police officer on X called Philip Priestley @PublicPriestley who has posted an excellent thread about police behaviour. It's long so I won't reproduce it all here but key points:

This has to be held to account. You might think that the man deserved it - him 'deserving it' isn't the officer's role. The role of a police officer has never been to decide who deserves to be kicked in the head or to kick anyone in the head under such circumstances.

If it is obvious from the footage that the officer had long enough to realise that the man was incapacitated, face down on the floor and not moving, his kick to the head and stamp becomes a potentially lethal use of force that was not required or justified.

Moreover it becomes a breach of the duty of care that police officers immediately owe to someone that they have incapacitated. Believe it or not, even under such circumstances, the officers must protect the man who has been tasered from further harm.

There is one thing that is critically important in policing and that is the personal restraint that is used by police officers in the heat of the moment. It is absolutely crucial. It might be the hardest test that an officer will ever face.

If anyone is thinking that the more recent footage clears everything up - they need to appreciate the complexity of this. This is one of the most severe and public cases of use of force that we have seen in recent times. It's not just about being pro or anti police.

He finishes with:

Richard Tice and Lee Anderson absolutely do not know what they are talking about. They do not know or understand policing. They are quite irresponsible and they absolutely have an agenda. Do not listen to them or pay them any heed whatsoever.

Andy Burnham has called for public restraint:

People now need to step back and allow the IOPC’s criminal investigation into the officer’s conduct to move forward, alongside the parallel GMP investigation into other potential offences, so that a complete picture can be presented.

The brothers will be charged with assault of police officers and receive sentences which is only right after what they did, and the police officer and his actions will be looked at which is also right.

There are more videos, we only see the ones that have been released by individuals to social media.

"After the Manchester Evening News published the latest footage, Greater Manchester’s mayor, Andy Burnham, said in a statement: “As I said on Thursday, this is a complicated situation with two sides to it. It is why I urged people not to rush to judgment.

“Following incidents in the run-up to the footage people saw this week, four individuals were arrested and are now on police bail.

It is frustrating that we have not been able to put more video into the public domain but that is because this is a live investigation

“People now need to step back and allow the IOPC’s criminal investigation into the officer’s conduct to move forward, alongside the parallel GMP investigation into other potential offences, so that a complete picture can be presented.

You are right Oreo about treating all people the same and justice being even handed.

Its been escalated into hate around race by outsiders be it the dodgy lawyer, the OTT demonstrations, comments on SM, comments by MP's who like all of us don't know the whole picture.

Oreo

The brothers will be charged with assault of police officers and receive sentences which is only right after what they did, and the police officer and his actions will be looked at which is also right.

Yes. (I posted before seeing your comment).

Absolutely, Wyllow, and as I said upthread, GMP have asked for witnesses to come forward so they can piece together the chain of events which appears to have started after the mother of the two young men was allegedly subject to verbal racial abuse and physical assault. One thing is certain. The airport will have extensive CCTV - but that won't capture sound and there may be blind spots.

There seems to be an attempt by some on this thread to find excuses for the attacks on the police. There also seems, to me, to be a thinly disguised attempt to put racism as the cause for it all.

It’s been widely reported the brothers were at the airport to collect their mother after arriving from Pakistan. The mother complained of some kind of altercation with a male passenger on the same plane. I believe the brothers confronted the man, no doubt violently judging from their subsequent behaviour and that’s when the police, quite rightly, became involved.

As for their mother being racially abused by the man on the plane - hardly likely seeing as it would have been full of Pakistani people.

One brother knocked the mother to the ground during his repeated punching of the police officer but it was claimed the police pushed her to the floor.

If these two had been white or even black they would have been charged and no doubt remanded but due to mob rule they haven’t even been charged.

It’s troubling to say the least.

"It’s been widely reported the brothers were at the airport to collect their mother after arriving from Pakistan. The mother complained of some kind of altercation with a male passenger on the same plane. I believe the brothers confronted the man, no doubt violently judging from their subsequent behaviour and that’s when the police, quite rightly, became involved.

As for their mother being racially abused by the man on the plane - hardly likely seeing as it would have been full of Pakistani people."

This is speculation. We don't yet know.

Oreo

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Wyllow3

(I'd like to see an acceptance that we greatly value the police and their work but that they can make at times serious errors)

That is my position.

Mine too.
I was reading on the BBC news site that Manchester Police have a bad reputation, particularly as regards women.
In this airport incident we only see a segment of what went on but the kicking looked bad.DP says one mitigating factor after viewing footage is that the kick and the stamp look ‘light’ and if it hadn’t been, then the man on the ground wouldn’t have been raising his head and looking around moments later.
Guess we have to see what comes out in the wash.

I also thought the kick to the head looked light; more a downward movement on the ear.

Greater Manchester Police are asking for information and witness saying:

The first incident is an altercation between passengers from Qatar Airways flight QR023, which arrived at 7.20pm. The altercation may have taken place during the flight or afterwards in the T2 baggage hall.

The flight was coming from Doha in Qatar.

Boz

Oreo

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Wyllow3

(I'd like to see an acceptance that we greatly value the police and their work but that they can make at times serious errors)

That is my position.

Mine too.
I was reading on the BBC news site that Manchester Police have a bad reputation, particularly as regards women.
In this airport incident we only see a segment of what went on but the kicking looked bad.DP says one mitigating factor after viewing footage is that the kick and the stamp look ‘light’ and if it hadn’t been, then the man on the ground wouldn’t have been raising his head and looking around moments later.
Guess we have to see what comes out in the wash.

I also thought the kick to the head looked light; more a downward movement on the ear.

Strewth! I like to know what you would find heavy.

Merion

Greater Manchester Police are asking for information and witness saying:

^The first incident is an altercation between passengers from Qatar Airways flight QR023, which arrived at 7.20pm. The altercation may have taken place during the flight or afterwards in the T2 baggage hall. ^

The BBC said that the initial incident began on the plane because the mother was subjected to racial abuse.

There is further CCTV evidence on the BBC app.

The BBC said that the initial incident began on the plane because the mother was subjected to racial abuse.

So that’s not speculation anymore or is it Wyllow3?

Either way the police didn’t start it and it wasn’t the police racially abusing her.

It isn’t speculation when it’s been widely reported that the mother has pointed out the passenger involved and the brothers have confronted him. Maybe they just wanted a quiet word in his ear. No idea why the police would have been called in

I also thought the kick to the head looked light; more a downward movement on the ear.
Strewth! I like to know what you would find heavy

Oh you know a kick to the face which results in a broken nose, missing teeth etc. Not half getting up and talking immediately after. It was a shove with the foot and bearing in mind what had just gone before is it any wonder they found it imperative to keep him on the floor and get cuffs on him?