What do we actually know about the incident at Manchester Airport?

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With so much news coverage on the police incident at Manchester Airport last week, it can sometimes be difficult to understand what actually happened, this video is a simple timeline of what occurred and when.

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00:00the news has been dominated by something big and I thought it was better to give you a complete

00:03breakdown of what's happened so that you're more aware of the facts. So let's talk about the

00:08situation at Manchester Airport. On Tuesday night Greater Manchester Police were involved in a

00:12scuffle at Manchester Airport with early reports of the event focusing on what seemed to be

00:16excessive violence from the officers. Videos from the incident show one of the police officers

00:20stamping on and kicking the head of a man who was restrained on the floor. The footage sparks

00:25protests outside of a police station in Rochdale with the GMP being accused of institutional

00:30racism. Over the weekend new footage emerged which showed that the man who'd been stamped on

00:34was involved in a fight with officers which saw three officers taken to hospital one of them with

00:38a broken nose. There have been arguments from some politicians that the police officer was defending

00:43himself and his colleagues while some continue to argue that there's no situation in which police

00:48officers should commit that sort of violence against a neutralised threat. There's now an

00:52investigation going on to properly discover the facts so we'll keep you updated as we get

00:55more information. I've been Theo with Manchester World, follow us for more.

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