Family ‘deeply traumatised’ and want justice after Manchester Airport video- MP

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The “deeply traumatised” family at the centre of the Manchester Airport controversy want justice, their MP said, after a video appeared to show a man being kicked on the floor by a police officer.A Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officer was suspended on Thursday after the video was shared widely on social media, while there were protests outside Rochdale police station and Mayor Andy Burnham’s office.The family of the man are particularly shocked by what happened because some of their family members are police officers, newly-elected Rochdale Labour MP Paul Waugh said after speaking to them.The footage, filmed at Manchester Airport’s terminal two on Tuesday, appeared to show an officer kick and stamp on the head of a man who was lying face down on the floor, with a woman kneeling beside him.The video also appeared to show the officer strike a second man.Police said three of their officers had been assaulted, including a female Police Constable who suffered a broken nose, and four men were arrested.Mr Waugh said “it is clear they (the family) are deeply traumatised by what happened”.This is a hardworking Rochdale family, some of whose members are police officers themselves and are therefore particularly shocked at what they have witnessedThe family, who are his constituents, have two priorities, he said, the health and wellbeing of those involved including their mother, and the need for justice to be done.Mr Waugh said: “This is a hardworking Rochdale family, some of whose members are police officers themselves and are therefore particularly shocked at what they have witnessed.”He went on: “The family also want me to make it crystal clear that they have no political agenda, do not condone political violence and do not