The Labour MP for Rochdale Paul Waugh has spoken to the family of a man who was kicked and stamped on by a police officer at Manchester Airport
He told BBC Breakfast that they
“wanted me to appeal for calm, they are acutely aware there are extremists of all sides who are keen to hijack this incident and use it for their own ends, the family are not interested in that at all”
Waugh writing on X yesterday said that he had met the family saying
“This is a hard working Rochdale family, some of whose members are police officers themselves and are therefore particularly shocked at what they have witnessed.”
Their second priority is the need for justice to be done and seen to be done.
But the family also want me to make it crystal clear that they have no political agenda, do not condone political violence, and do not want to take part in any protests.
