A lawyer representing two brothers alleging police brutality has “stepped aside” from representing them right after additional footage of the incident was released showing the brothers attacking police.
Akhmed Yakoob, an attorney with a large TikTok following, was representing brothers Mohammed Fahir Khan, 19, and Amaad Khan, 25, after footage from the Manchester Airport showed a police officer stomping on Fahir’s head while he was lying face down on the floor. The police officer seen in the footage has since been “removed from operational duties,” Sky News reported.
Assistant Chief Constable Wasim Chaudhry of the Greater Manchester Police (GMP) made the announcement following the incident.
“We know that a film of an incident at Manchester Airport that is circulating widely shows an event that is truly shocking, and that people are rightly extremely concerned about,” he said. “The use of such force in an arrest is an unusual occurrence and one that we understand…