A prison investigation has been launched into the police officer filmed kicking and stamping on a person at Manchester Airport.
The police watchdog, the Unbiased Workplace for Police Conduct (IOPC), stated it was investigating the officer caught on digital camera earlier this week.
A Higher Manchester Police (GMP) officer was suspended on Thursday after the footage was shared broadly on social media.
It confirmed an officer kicking and stamping on the pinnacle of a person who was mendacity face down on the ground, with a girl kneeling beside him.
The officer was later filmed pepper-spraying one other man earlier than wrestling him to the bottom.
Police stated three of their officers had been assaulted, together with a feminine constable who suffered a damaged nostril, and 4 males have been arrested.
Mr Burnham has beforehand urged folks to stay calm of their response to the footage.
The mayor instructed the BBC that the complete footage of the incident confirmed a “fast-moving and complex” state of affairs that was not “clear lower”.
He added: “There are points for each side, however that stated, it’s proper the officer has been suspended.”
Paul Waugh, the Labour MP for Rochdale, stated whereas there was “clearly deep concern”, he warned towards the problem being hijacked by extremists.
He identified that the household of the person who was kicked have additionally appealed for calm following protests that noticed demonstrators blocking tram traces and roads in Manchester, including that “they haven’t any political agenda”.
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