Roads and tram lines were blocked in Manchester city centre during a protest after an officer was suspended following the incident which occurred in the airport’s terminal 2 on Tuesday.
Videos online appeared to show demonstrators, some with their faces covered, throwing eggs at Rochdale police station the same evening.
The family of the man in video allegedly being kicked by the Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officer called on the protesters to ensure calm prevails.
Rochdale Labour MP Paul Waugh, who has met with the family, told the PA news agency: “Extremists of all kinds are going to try and exploit this and hijack it for their own ends and that is the last thing this town needs.
“So, it’s my job to make sure that that family, who have been quite dignified in their response to this, get their wishes, which is to see calm prevail, but also for justice to prevail.”
Asked what he expects to happen next, Mr. Waugh said: “I really hope that if there are any protests that they are peaceful, but, that the family’s wishes are adhered to.
“People should listen to them. They’re at the centre of this, at the end of the day, and they are the people who say ‘look, please let us just get on and pursue the independent process now.’
“That’s our focus, as well as making sure that they get the right medical help for their family members.”
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has promised a “thorough and robust” investigation following the footage, which showed 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.
Mr. Waugh said those involved, who were family members of police officers, were receiving medical assistance and were distressed.
Police said three of their officers had been assaulted, including a female police constable who suffered a broken nose, and four men were arrested.
On Thursday evening, a few hundred protesters gathered outside the office of Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham as part of a Stand Up to Racism demonstration, chanting slogans such as “no justice, no peace, no racist police.”
Placards included “black lives matter,” “serve and protect means GMP will stamp on our heads,” and “GMP is racist.”
They then marched through the city blocking roads and tram lines.
Protester Nahella Ashraf, co-chairwoman of Greater Manchester Stand Up to Racism, said she was “horrified by the level of police brutality” and called for all the police officers involved to be suspended.
Fellow protester Shah Rahman, from Oldham, claimed communities were “very scared when police have no limits.”
‘Cyst on His Brain’
Speaking to media outside Rochdale police station on Thursday, the family’s solicitor, former Birmingham mayoral candidate Akhmed Yakoob, said, “The family are OK but they are traumatised.”Mr. Yakoob, who also ran for the seat of Birmingham Ladywood on a pro-Gaza ticket but lost out to Labour, claimed the condition of one of the men had worsened and said a CT scan had revealed a “cyst on his brain.”
He further asserted that one of the men had a relative who worked for GMP who was now “afraid to go to work.”
