Manchester airport incident – latest: Police rally behind officer filmed kicking man as new footage emerges

Three police officers – one man and two women – approach two men standing next to one of the ticket machines and detain one of them, who was wearing a matching light blue top and shorts.

The second man, wearing a black T-shirt, then circles around the male officer who was leading the apprehension of the first man and appears to begin attacking him.

The two then appear to start punching each other as the first man punches the two officers multiple times.

The man in the black t-shirt is eventually beaten by the male officer, at which point the second man appears to have knocked down the other two officers and begins hitting the officer in the back of the head.

After the male officer and the first man wrestle to the ground, he appears to be tricked by the female officers. The male officer then stands up and appears to hit the man in the head, which is where the video ends.

It is the first time footage of what happened in the moments before the original video, which also shows the same incident, has been released.

Police rallied behind an officer who was suspended after being filmed kicking a man at Manchester Airport as new footage emerged of the incident.

Following the release of the new video, the Greater Manchester Police Federation defended the police, saying the clip cast the incident in “a very different light” and showed “we need to protect the protectors”.

Agreed, said Richard Cooke, chairman of the West Midlands Police Federation MailOnline the new clip offered a “whole different perspective.”

A former firearms sergeant has called for the Home Secretary to resign after new footage emerged of the incident at Manchester Airport.

A new CCTV clip has now revealed the presence of the now-viral scene, appearing to show two men attacking a male and two female police officers moments before.

Harry Tangye described it as “absolutely disgusting” that officers were thrown “under the bus” over the incident.

Speaking on LBC on Monday morning, he said: “People have to lose their jobs now.”

He listed Yvette Cooper as well as Rochdale MP Paul Waugh and Greater Manchester Police chief Stephen Watson.

The mayor of Greater Manchester said “no one has the full picture” of the incident at Manchester Airport earlier this week.

Andy Burnham urged people to “step back” and allow authorities to carry out their investigations after Manchester Evening News released new footage Saturday that showed an officer allegedly kicking and stomping on a man while he was lying face down during an arrest.

He told Sky News’ Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips: “It’s a complicated situation, a very violent situation actually, and there were issues on both sides.

“That’s why I’ve asked other people not to rush to judgment because of the complexity of it and simply to everyone who has their say, no one has all the facts. No one has the full picture.”

Asked when a conclusion could be reached by the Independent Police Conduct Office, Mr Burnham said: “I know it’s frustrating in the world we live in, everyone wants instant conclusions, but that’s not how life is, is it?

“We have, in the last days, people making complete judgments on one side or the other. You pick a side in this whole thing and the truth always lies somewhere in the middle.

“Life is more complicated than people sometimes make it out to be on social media.”

The mayor said the incident took place in three stages, with an earlier dispute taking place on a plane before the footage was seen by the public.

The lawyer for the family at the center of the Manchester Airport controversy has announced he is standing down.

Akhmed Yakoob claimed 19-year-old Muhammed Fahir was the victim of an “assassination attempt” that left him “fighting for his life”, in an interview with LBC.

After his comments attracted criticism, Mr Yakoob, director of Birmingham firm Maurice Andrews Solicitors, accused the media of trying to “sabotage” him.

Speaking to reporters from the back of a car Sunday night, The guardian reported that he said: “You may have seen the various media reports about me over the past couple of days.

“The media tried to sabotage me. It’s not the first time they’ve done this though, but they’ve made this whole situation about me rather than police brutality and police misconduct, which is unfair to the Greater Manchester police and family.

“So, after consulting with the family, I have decided to step aside for the time being and have referred the family to a lawyer. But I’ll keep an eye on it.”