Incident at Manchester Airport

The guy might be a scumbag but punishing him is a job for the courts, not some maverick copper. Police can't go around kicking criminals in the head when they're lying on the ground.
 
That is assault plain and simple, should have been arrested on the spot by the other officers there. If that was some random guy kicking him in the head with his matex watching on and threatening passersby we'd expect arrests.
 
Trying to read the order of things here.. Sky say the 3 responding officers were all taken to hospital inc a female officer with a broken nose… did these armed officers then turn up??
 
Trying to read the order of things here.. Sky say the 3 responding officers were all taken to hospital inc a female officer with a broken nose… did these armed officers then turn up??
The guy is on the floor and not about blow anyone up or shoot anyone.

The scum copper needs to lose his pension, his job and his freedom.
 
Whoever posted the original is a moron. Wanting the police to be bastards, wronguns to get pastings, until of course he's on the wrong end of some psycho in a police uniform, because he's parked his car the wrong way or in the wrong place.
 
Police are meant to lead by example.
This is not that.
And society is crumbling because kids aren’t taught respect from a young age and there’s zero deterrent or punishment.
 
Same officer then proceeds to kick and punch the other guy kneeling with hands behind his head.
Completely over the top, regardless of whatever had gone before.
 
Trying to read the order of things here.. Sky say the 3 responding officers were all taken to hospital inc a female officer with a broken nose… did these armed officers then turn up??
I read they were armed and worried that a gun could be taken from them in the melee. However if he was already incapacitated that argument doesn’t ring true. He must have known someone would film him. It seems like he had lost control of himself.
 
I read they were armed and worried that a gun could be taken from them in the melee. However if he was already incapacitated that argument doesn’t ring true. He must have known someone would film him. It seems like he had lost control of himself.
Looks that way… looks like he lost the plot with what had gone on before…. Big mistake and consequences will follow…
 
There was a serious attempt to take weapons off armed officers. The video doesn't show that.
Police have said there was a risk of firearms being taken, not an attempt. Nevertheless they had tasers. Would the obvious thing in those circumstances no be to taser him rather than kick him.
 
Definitely lost his head and angry his mate had her nose broke by the scrote, temporarily forgot where he was,
But it’s no excuse, he’s probably a fast tracked copper, little training to handle stressful situations.
 
Where’s the video footage of the poor female officer who had her nose broke by a coward
Left woke media won’t show this and they should to show balance
Is the police man wrong , yes he is ,he can’t do this , but if this was me and your wife or partner was attacked you retaliate yes 🤷
But I hear you say , he is a policeman , he must show restraint
 
Where’s the video footage of the poor female officer who had her nose broke by a coward
Left woke media won’t show this and they should to show balance
Is the police man wrong , yes he is ,he can’t do this , but if this was me and your wife or partner was attacked you retaliate yes 🤷
But I hear you say , he is a policeman , he must show restraint

You are on the wrong forum Manc.

There will be a gofundme thread up tomorrow to pay for a reward for the chap that broke the female coppers schnozzer.
 
Police have said there was a risk of firearms being taken, not an attempt. Nevertheless they had tasers. Would the obvious thing in those circumstances no be to taser him rather than kick him.
Its worse than that, the reporting on the police statement seems to say that because armed officers had arrived on the scene there was more risk to police officers (the risk of firearms being taken) in general. How? The only risk seems to be police officers. To themselves and to the public at large.
 
The context is irrelevant, if he was a danger then by all means use force but he was restrained, the second stamp could easily have been fatal, it was a cheap cowardly shot and the police should have better standards.
 
Irrelevant. He was on the floor, incapacitated. Job done. No need to smash him in the head…twice…
Yet that's exactly the treatment some on this board wanted to be meted out to the rioters in Harehills. The same people were waffling on about two tier policing, soft touch, woke etc 😉
 
Its worse than that, the reporting on the police statement seems to say that because armed officers had arrived on the scene there was more risk to police officers (the risk of firearms being taken) in general. How? The only risk seems to be police officers. To themselves and to the public at large.
The worry is that an armed police officer could so easily appear to lose control. When that happens in America someone invariably ends up dead. God forbid we ever get into that here. This was apparently an altercation between some people who knew each other. Why were armed police deployed in the first place. Or do all airport police carry guns?
 
The worry is that an armed police officer could so easily appear to lose control. When that happens in America someone invariably ends up dead. God forbid we ever get into that here. This was apparently an altercation between some people who knew each other. Why were armed police deployed in the first place. Or do all airport police carry guns?
I think most are armed.. years ago we had a flight to Ibiza cancelled until the next day.. the TUI rep gathered approx 200 of us together to tell us.. behind her were two armed officers….
 
Where’s the video footage of the poor female officer who had her nose broke by a coward
Left woke media won’t show this and they should to show balance
Is the police man wrong , yes he is ,he can’t do this , but if this was me and your wife or partner was attacked you retaliate yes 🤷
But I hear you say , he is a policeman , he must show restraint
Is there video footage? This has come to light because a member of the public filmed it and posted it on social media. Nothing to do with the press. I’m sure if there is footage of the officer being assaulted it will come out, especially as most of the press is right wing.
As for the officer, he wasn’t just a policeman, he was an armed policeman and yes I’m sure most of us would expect armed officers to show restraint or the result could be fatal. By doing what he did this officer has handed the moral high ground to someone should be having the book thrown at him.
 
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Is there video footage? This has come to light because a member of the public filmed it and posted it on social media. Nothing to do with the press. I’m sure if there is footage of the officer being assaulted it will come out, especially as most of the press is right wing.
As for the officer, he wasn’t just a policeman, he was an armed policeman and yes I’m sure most of us would expect armed officers to show restraint or the result could be fatal. By doing what he did this officer has handed the moral high ground to someone should be having the book thrown at him.
Sky News say a female officer has a broken nose and 2 officers were forced to the ground and required hospital treatment at an incident prior to what we are seeing. These officers we see went to apprehend the accused after following them on cctv footage in the airport following the aforementioned incident.

Just looks like a regular training session on Strictly to me 👀.
 
Completely reprehensible behaviour by a policeman. As L_fy8 said, that stamp to his head could have fractured his skull and killed him. That he was apparently beating up Muslims will be noted in the investigation; whether relevant or not he might be accused of racism or a “hate crime”.

On first hearing I thought it must be tanked-up hooligans kicking off, but clearly not. Something has preceded this, which we have not seen, and only been given very vague details released by the police spokesman, I hope they do not try and whitewash it.

The cop has been taken off duty but not yet suspended while the investigation proceeds. I think he will be lucky to keep his job. At the very least he will be taken off firearms duty permanently (not got the right mentality) and assigned to traffic. Or should be. I would not want him walking around the airport... armed with a machine gun and a hair-trigger temper.
 
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Totally unacceptable behaviour by the police officer but it’s a shame that the same media coverage hasn’t been given to the poor soldier who was hacked almost to death outside his barracks earlier in the week.
 
Totally unacceptable behaviour by the police officer but it’s a shame that the same media coverage hasn’t been given to the poor soldier who was hacked almost to death outside his barracks earlier in the week.
They don't want to touch that one just in case the assailant comes from a certain background.

No context with the kicking in the head followed by the stamp he's bang out of order.
 
Totally unacceptable behaviour by the police officer but it’s a shame that the same media coverage hasn’t been given to the poor soldier who was hacked almost to death outside his barracks earlier in the week.
Excellent point.

Even on this site, there’s just 5 posts regarding the soldier who was doing absolutely nothing wrong and 30+ on this for someone who had assaulted a female police officer.

Top story on BBC propaganda news yet the tragic soldier one where someone was actually killed doing absolutely nothing wrong is 9th.

What a world 🤢
 
Maybe, it should come out in the court case and if it was a hate crime the court will punish him for it.
We’ll see. In my experience it takes a special type of knobhead to kick off at an airport 👍🏼

3 officers assaulted, 1 a female with a broken nose… wonder what happened before the boot on the floor (which shouldn’t happen at all).

The outrage from some appears to only be for the boot?
 
We’ll see. In my experience it takes a special type of knobhead to kick off at an airport 👍🏼

3 officers assaulted, 1 a female with a broken nose… wonder what happened before the boot on the floor (which shouldn’t happen at all).

The outrage from some appears to only be for the boot?
No outrage from me i know there are police officers that act like the man in the video, its more like disappointed acceptance of a reality from myself. I've been on the wrong end of unprofessional, violent treatment ftom GMP and guess what they also exagerate and lie in order to protect themselves.
The victim was probably a nob head to get that level of treatment from the police but it doesn't matter, they aren't there to dish out the punishment and it this sort of thing that probably makes life harder for decent coppers in the future.
 
protesters have been gathering at the Terminal 2 building at Manchester Airport in response . Dont know who or what they are. general public or organised political groups. The Police Commisioneer should hand back his/ her job right now. And Maybe the Chief Constable should be considering their positions. Clean sweep needed.
 
Here is an idea, when the police ask you to do something maybe you should do as they ask.
The thing is though that when he was kicked in the head he was lying on the floor and not a danger. Anything that happened before then is irrelevant to the kicking. It was unnecessary and extreme and showed a gross lack of discipline from an officer carrying a gun. Sadly all the officer has managed to do is bring the police into disrepute and turn this (presumably) villain into a hero in the eyes of some.
 
Policing must be a tough job at times when attempting to deal with criminals, agitated people, drunks, druggies & general dickheads to name a few. But & here's the but aren't the police supposed to exercise the self control that many of the perpetrators of these crimes clearly do not. My belief is somewhere along these lines, most decent people know how to react to a situation & where the lines lay, this must apply to the police too. Unfortunately it does seem to attract more of the officious types & some thugs. There will be times where the right approach can defuse a situation whereas a tough approach will simply make things worse. Other circumstances will require swift direct action as may have been the case in this incident, but stamping on even a violent dickheads head surely isn't in the police training manual.
We've all seen examples of over the top behaviour from some police officers & it really riles you up it certainly does with myself when you've done nothing wrong & adds fuel to the fire.
On the flip side I've witnessed unbelievable restraint from the police in dealing with usually drunken idiots who should have been immediately cuffed & bundled into the cells & they couldn't argue they didn't deserve it. It would appear this officer comes from my first example & should be dealt with accordingly.
 
Policing must be a tough job at times when attempting to deal with criminals, agitated people, drunks, druggies & general dickheads to name a few. But & here's the but aren't the police supposed to exercise the self control that many of the perpetrators of these crimes clearly do not. My belief is somewhere along these lines, most decent people know how to react to a situation & where the lines lay, this must apply to the police too. Unfortunately it does seem to attract more of the officious types & some thugs. There will be times where the right approach can defuse a situation whereas a tough approach will simply make things worse. Other circumstances will require swift direct action as may have been the case in this incident, but stamping on even a violent dickheads head surely isn't in the police training manual.
We've all seen examples of over the top behaviour from some police officers & it really riles you up it certainly does with myself when you've done nothing wrong & adds fuel to the fire.
On the flip side I've witnessed unbelievable restraint from the police in dealing with usually drunken idiots who should have been immediately cuffed & bundled into the cells & they couldn't argue they didn't deserve it. It would appear this officer comes from my first example & should be dealt with accordingly.
Good post that sooty
 
For my penny worth. Not good, especially when as we all know, video recording is everywhere and it looks like a shocking lack of restraint.

However for all the critics and agenda driven posters on this Forum, it is an incredibly hard job and decisions have to be made in an instant. Very few would be able to do the job.

I can’t comment too much as I haven’t seen the full recording and don’t know the full circumstances.

What I will say is that if an officer feels that there is a threat to having their weapon compromised, they will do anything to incapacitate a threat.At that moment in time they won’t be aware of any concealed gun or explosive.Other colleagues were injured and members of the public were in the area, so quick action was necessary and it worked.

Let’s not forget, outside the UK these individuals would have probably been shot dead.
 
Yep, must be an unbelievably tough job these days.

Years ago it was looked on as being a great career, not now.

Same with the armed forces.

Depressing state of affairs.
 
I'm not condoning what the Officer did, there was probably a lot of provocation prior to the video.
My nephew is a Met PC on blues and twos who answered a 999 call in Haringey where a lunatic was waving a machete around at passers by in broad daylight on the High Street.
My nephew felt lives were at risk, couldn't wait for reinforcement and charged at the offender rugby tackling him to the ground.
The latter part was caught on video by passers by screaming police brutality.
My nephew after restraining the guy and cuffing him pulled out the machete from underneath him and told the people filming to make sure they included that on any you tube videos.
 
The thing is though that when he was kicked in the head he was lying on the floor and not a danger. Anything that happened before then is irrelevant to the kicking. It was unnecessary and extreme and showed a gross lack of discipline from an officer carrying a gun. Sadly all the officer has managed to do is bring the police into disrepute and turn this (presumably) villain into a hero in the eyes of some.
The police are dealing with nut jobs that often want to attack and kill them.

Scary world for a police officer.

And this officer will lose his job, career and suffer all the consequences that go with it.

For all we know he could be a great lad and just lost it for a split second after seeing his colleagues attacked.
 
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