Anti-racism campaigners have staged a protest over police use of a Taser on a man in front of his distressed child. A group of up to 15 people observed Covid-19 social distancing rules as they gathered at a petrol station forecourt in Stretford, Manchester, where the incident took place.
Mobile phone footage widely shared on social media showed an altercation on Wednesday night between a black man and two white police officers.
The man is seen standing next to a marked police car and puts down his crying son before moments later he falls to the ground as a Taser is fired by one of the officers.
The boy then becomes hysterical and screams "daddy". Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has questioned whether the Taser use was