The extraordinary footage showed a policeman violently kick and stamp on the head of a man who was face down with his hands behind his back on the floor after being tasered. In the clip, a woman could be seen watching on in horror.
Police chiefs are rallying behind an officer who was suspended from duty after kicking a teenager in the head - as the family of the victim say they have 'real concerns' for the cops who were injured in the lead-up to the incident.
But a CCTV clip obtained this weekend has shed more light on the incident as it shows Fahir attacking three officers just seconds before he was kicked on the ground. They said at the point the officer kicked Fahir's head, he was 'disoriented' from being punched in the face and feared his gun had been snatched.
His shock announcement came just hours after he said that 'nothing can justify' the actions shown by police. Read More Senior cops rally around Manchester officer after video shows man appearing to punch two policewomen GMP said one of the two female police officers suffered a broken nose during the violent assault.
In response to Greater Manchester's Mayor Andy Burnham's calls for people to withhold judgement until they have the full context, they said there is 'no context justifying an assault when someone is on the ground'. Ex-armed response officer Harry Tangye accused Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, Rochdale MP Paul Waugh and Greater Manchester chief constable Stephen Watson of 'pandering to mob rule' by backing the investigation into the policeman seen kicking the teenager.
The CCTV clip - obtained by the Manchester Evening News - shows the male officer grab Fahir at a car park pay station, apparently over an earlier confrontation with a passenger.Lawyer Akhmed Yakoob with Fahir and Amaad . He has said 'nothing can justify a kick to the head to a defenceless man and a stomp to the head' after seeing the new footage of the Manchester Airport incident.
Both brothers were arrested on suspicion of affray and assaulting an emergency worker before being released on bail. Greater Manchester Police has appealed for witnesses to the attack on its officers as well as two earlier incidents understood to involve the same family.
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