A VIDEO has emerged showing what happened in the lead-up to a police officer being filmed kicking and stamping on a man’s head at Manchester Airport.
Officers can be seen trying to restrain one man before a second intervenes.
A fight then breaks out as two officers are punched to the ground, the footage obtained by the Manchester Evening News shows.
The officer who was then later filmed stamping on a man’s head is facing disciplinary action as well as an assault probe by the Independent office for Police Conduct (IOPC).
The new video appears to show a group of people standing by ticket machines in terminal two (T2) and a man in a light blue outfit is facing one of the machines.
It appears male and female officers attempting to restrain two men were involved in a series of strikes and punches before one man was tasered.
An officer and a man in blue appear to grapple until the latter lies still on the ground, face-down, and a woman kneels by his side.
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The officer then appears to kick and then stamp on his head, which was shown in the footage already widely circulated.
Meanwhile, the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has said that “nobody is in possession of the complete picture” of what happened.
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Speaking to Sky News, he said: “It’s a complicated situation, a very violent situation actually, and there were issues on both sides.
“That’s why I asked other people not to rush to judgment because of the complexity of it and, simply, everyone who’s having their say, nobody has got all of the facts.
“Nobody is in possession of the complete picture.”
Asked when some kind of conclusion could expect to be reached by the Independent Office for Police Conduct, Burnham said: “I know it’s a frustration in the world we live in, everybody wants instant conclusions, but life’s not like that, is it?
“We have in the last few days people making complete judgments on the one side or the other. You’re picking a side in this whole thing and the truth always lies somewhere in between.
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“Life’s more complicated than sometimes people portray it to be on social media.”
Greater Manchester Police has opened a public portal for more footage and it is appealing for witnesses to three incidents.
The first is “an altercation between passengers” from Qatar Airways flight QR023 that arrived at 7.20pm, which they said may have taken place on the flight or T2 baggage hall.
There was then a “violent altercation involving members of the public” in T2 at about 8.22pm, GMP said.
At 8.28pm at the terminal’s car park pay point area three police officers were assaulted and left with head injuries including a broken nose, it added.
The family of the man who was reportedly kicked and stamped on issued a “plea for calm,” and urged people not to take part in any further protests, their MP said on Saturday.
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