Lawyer ‘steps aside’ from representing family of man kicked by cop at Manchester airport – after new video emerged (Page 3 ) | August 4, 2024

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The officer, who has been suspended from his duties and placed under criminal investigation, has received support from the Greater Manchester Police Federation.

The Federation has argued that the new footage, in which the officer is attacked, casts the incident in a “very different light”.

Meanwhile, Richard Cooke, chairman of the West Midlands Police Federation, said it offers a “different perspective altogether”.

“We lost over 5,000 colleagues in the year to March voluntarily leaving. Assaulted repeatedly, poorly paid for the risks, slagged-off by clueless idiots,” Mr Cooke said.

“After this week that trend will only accelerate. I don’t blame any of them.”

Some armed police officers have even refused to carry their weapons while the officer remains on suspension.

A firearms unit source told The Sun: “There is real anger at the way this has been handled and they didn’t feel they could safely carry their weapons after the officer was suspended.”

On Sunday, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, urged people to reserve judgement and for officials to be given space to investigate last week’s incident.

“There is another side to this. The situation is very complicated, fast moving, quite a violent situation.”We now have is a fuller picture and hopefully people can see why I said what I said last week,” he told LBC.

“It’s frustrating to be honest because we were seeing whether more could be put in the public domain but the strictures around potential criminal trials mean that you have to be very careful in doing that.

“The video is out there, and at least it moves moves the issue forward cause people can see a more rounded picture now.”