Islamophobic violence as evidenced in Manchester airport attacks likely tip of the iceberg
IHRC has written to the of Chief Constable Greater Manchester Police Stephen Watson demanding immediate action following the footage from Manchester Airport yesterday showing officers kick and stomp on an arrestee’s head while he is lying prone on the ground. Additional video footage has emerged of officers pepper spraying, manhandling and assaulting witness(es) who were recording events on their phones.
IHRC has demanded an investigation not simply into the events at the airport but what has been widely reported to be an Islamophobic culture within the force.
IHRC Chair Massoud Shadjareh, in the letter, said:
“… knee jerk reactions to violent abuse by individual officers are insufficient. We are concerned that this treatment against members of the public promotes a dangerous message that this type of unjustified violence by the police is being tolerated on the back of institutionalised Islamophobia…”
T2 Manchester Airport
Can’t see how you can justify kicking someone in the face and head when they are laying on floor being tasered and he seemed compliant. Although someone context is required as to what was going here. pic.twitter.com/nh1tEb5bm9— 🅚🅐🅢🅗 🅐🅗🅜🅔🅓 (@KashAhmed77) July 24, 2024
Manchester Airport
Why did @gmpolice pepper spray the guy standing there?
Is it because he was filming their police brutality?
Didn’t they realise someone else was filming them? pic.twitter.com/woCLNnk0US
— Aboo Hafsah (@AbuHafsah1) July 24, 2024
