'You'd think we'd killed someone': Call for investigation after Gypsy and Traveller children 'blocked from Christmas markets and forced onto trains out of Manchester'

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Greater Manchester Police was today accused of a 'heavy-handed and discriminatory action' by a charity who said Gypsy and Traveller children were stopped from attending the Christmas markets and 'forced' back onto trains out of the city.

The Traveller Movement, a national charity, said it was a 'shocking' and 'completely unacceptable' case. There are now growing calls on the force to explain its actions.

Videos seen by the Manchester Evening News appear to show children and young adults, many of them girls in dresses, being met by officers on a platform, who then usher them onto trains.

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