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.

  • rottingleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Hitting someone’s head with effort repeatedly is in general attempted manslaughter, no?

    Humans are not battle droids. This action has a sufficiently big probability to result in death.

    • nonailsleft@lemm.eeEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Do you believe the guy that punched the cop on her head should be charged with attempted manslaughter as well?

    • copd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Attempted manslaughter not convictable in the country this crime was committed. Attempted murder you must prove intent to kill, which is difficult to do but entirely possible. Manslaughter you must not have intent to kill but still actually kill them. Attempted manslaughter is no death and no intent to kill, so in the UK this would be grevious bodily harm or attempted murder