The Media & Their Narratives.

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I often wonder how the mainstream media sleep at night when they present a particular narrative form and
then double-back when the tide of public opinion changes. A good example of this type of partisanship is
the BBC's so-called 'verified' article from 2024 of an altercation at Manchester's Airport.

Family of kicked man concerned for hurt officers

'The family of a man who was kicked in the head by police at Manchester Airport have said they are
concerned for any injured officers after a second video emerged. Footage shared online showed a
Greater Manchester Police firearms officer striking a man twice as he lay on the ground at about
20:30 BST on Tuesday.

An additional recording sourced by the Manchester Evening News showed the lead-up in which a
fight broke out between two men and officers. A source representing the family involved said:
"If anyone broke the law they should face due process."


The BBC Verify Team... honest as the day is long.

During the melee, two police officers were punched to the ground before officers were able to restrain
the suspects using Tasers. Greater Manchester's Mayor Andy Burnham called for people to wait until
they had the full context of the incident before judging those involved.

In response to Mr Burnham's comments, the family's representative said there was "no context justifying
an assault when someone is on the ground". The two men involved in the incident have been named as
Muhammad Fahir Amaaz and Amaad Amaaz.

On Thursday, their then-solicitor Akhmed Yakoob said Mr Amaaz was kicked in the head by a police
officer. Mr Yakoob claimed a CT scan had found a cyst on his client's brain. Mr Yakoob is no longer
acting for the family, which has instructed a new lawyer.

The family's new representative said Mr Amaaz was "traumatised" and due to have further scans.
Their representative also said the family had "real concern for any police officer injured". The footage
of the incident sparked a protest outside Rochdale police station on Wednesday night and another
in Manchester city centre on Thursday evening.

Greater Manchester Police said a police officer has been suspended in connection with the incident.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said a "robust investigation" into the circumstances
surrounding the incident would take place...'

Archived BBC Article:


But a year in a ratings-chasing-newsroom is a lifetime and lots of things can change.

Man broke police officer’s nose in airport attack, court hears

The man and his brother used a ‘high level of violence’, prosecutor says

'Two brothers used a “high level of violence” in assaulting police officers at Manchester Airport, a court
has heard. Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, and Muhammad Amaad, 26, are said to have struck out after
police were called to respond to an earlier incident at the Starbucks cafe in the Terminal 2 building on
23 July 2024.

Amaaz delivered a headbutt to the face of a member of the public and punched him in Starbucks,
Liverpool Crown Court heard.

Opening the prosecution case on Friday, Paul Greaney KC said officers who were already in the airport
later traced the brothers to the terminal’s car park payment area. Three officers, Pc Zachary Marsden and
Pc Ellie Cook – both armed – and Pc Lydia Ward, unarmed, approached the defendants, he said.


Muhammed Amaad and Mohammed Fahir Amaaz.

Mr Greaney went on: “The officers attempted to move Mohammed Fahir Amaaz away from a payment
machine in order to arrest him, but he resisted, and his brother Muhammad Amaad intervened.
“Both defendants assaulted Pc Marsden. “In the moments that followed, the first defendant also assaulted
Pc Cook and then Pc Ward too, breaking her nose. “The defendants used a high level of violence.”

Amaaz is alleged to have assaulted Pc Marsden and Pc Ward, causing them actual bodily harm.
He is also accused of the assault of Pc Cook and the earlier assault of Abdulkareem Ismaeil at Starbucks.
Amaad, 26, is alleged to have assaulted Pc Marsden, causing actual bodily harm.
Both men, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, deny the allegations.

Mr Greaney said the defendants had travelled to the airport with their young nephew to collect their mother
who was due to arrive back on a flight from Qatar. The prosecutor said: “A man named Abdulkareem Ismaeil
was on the same flight as the defendants’ mother. He was travelling with his wife and three young children.

“It is clear that on the flight and/or shortly after it landed, something happened between the defendants’
mother and Abdulkareem Ismaeil that made the defendants’ mother unhappy. “The defendants met their
mother in the arrivals area of Terminal 2 and began to walk to the car park with her and the child that
was with them. As they did so, they passed a Starbucks coffee house.

“Abdulkareem Ismaeil was in there with his wife and children. The defendants’ mother spotted Abdulkareem
Ismaeil and pointed him out to her sons. “At just after 8.20pm, the defendants entered Starbucks and
confronted Abdulkareem Ismaeil. During that confrontation, Mohammed Fahir Amaaz delivered a headbutt
to the face of Abdulkareem Ismaeil and punched him, then attempted to deliver other blows, all in front of
a number of children. “The prosecution case is that this was obviously unlawful conduct.”

Mr Greaney told jurors the prosecution’s position was this was “not a complicated case”. He said: “The events
you are concerned with were captured by CCTV cameras and, in relation to the events in the payment area
on the body-worn cameras of police officers as well.

“So you will not have to depend only on the recollections of witnesses. You will also be able to see with your
own eyes what happened. “The two defendants assert, as we understand it, that at all stages they were acting
in lawful self-defence or in defence of the other. “Our prediction is that you will readily conclude that the
defendants were not acting in lawful self-defence and that their conduct was unlawful.”...'

Archived Independent Article:

So as it stands, the standards required in an retail-outlet involve headbutting and not something those pesky
white police officers should be bothered about. It seems violence can be assumed to be a grey area in an
English airport, these days.

The media... a 2024 article aligned with the 'Defund The Police' movement or now a 2025 deliberate racist
account based on evidence from the Police? You decide!