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
    117·
    4 months ago

    I was more referring to the ignoring the cops requests as she walked over and picked up a pot of boiling water . . But most importantly, the part where she reaches up for the pot, after being warned at gunpoint that the cops feel unsafe.

    She reached up for the pot…

    I don’t think her race is responsible for her reaching up for that pot. But that might just be me.

    • brygphilomena@lemmy.worldEnglish
      161·
      4 months ago

      The cop literally noticed the pot and told her to go move it because he didn’t want to deal with a fire when he was there.

      She didn’t go to it until she was told to go move it off the flame.

          • ImpressiveEssay@lemmy.worldEnglish
            02·
            4 months ago

            And she does so… And then she gets down on the floor… All of that seems good. It’s the part where she reaches back up for the water from the floor, whilst staring directly at the cio that just warned her she would be shit if she tried to harm them

    • crapwittyname@lemm.eeEnglish
      13·
      4 months ago

      Who is responsible for the complete mismatch between your description and the events if the video?

        • ieatpillowtags@lemm.eeEnglish
          11·
          4 months ago

          You said she threatened the cops, which never happened. She was shot after she let go of the pot, which the police had told her to take care of in the first place!

          This asshole was looking for an excuse to murder someone, and you’re bending over backwards to give it to him. Shame on you, and I hope you run into a cop having a bad day.

            • ieatpillowtags@lemm.eeEnglish
              111·
              4 months ago

              Reached up for the pot? So you acknowledge she wasn’t holding it then. It’s not like it was a gun, you’d have plenty of warning if she attempted to do something crazy with it (which is not at all clear from the video that she would have).

              What do you get out of trolling like this?

              • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                10·
                4 months ago

                I have no idea.

                Check their post history, they’ve been arguing about this story in a “totally not racist, I’m very left leaning” kind of way for like 2 days now.

              • ImpressiveEssay@lemmy.worldEnglish
                27·
                4 months ago

                Did you seriously not watch the video? She takes her hands off when they raise guns… They take one step forward and she reaches up for it again

    • UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      Why is any cop playing judge, jury, an executioner?

      Even if she was to throw boiling water his way, which she was clearly trying to protect her head when the gun came up, it doesn’t warrent deadly force. Yes the cop would be in pain and scarred, but that’s the threat he signed up for being an officer.

      Anytime the police kill someone it’s a gross overstep of power regardless of race, age, mental capacity, drug use, financial situation, or any other box you want to put a victim in. You can make a case for if there’s actual shots fired at the officers, but still a cops job is to bring people in so that can properly pay for their crimes.

      So, again, even if she was about to throw that water 6+ feet over a counter to hurt him, that officer grossly misjudged the situation and made himself look like the biggest coward by not only drawing his gun but firing.