Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has again called for calm after the Manchester Airport video, saying people do not want politicians to exploit the situation for their own political agenda. Roads and tram lines were blocked in Manchester city centre during a Stand Up To Racism demonstration which started outside Andy Burnham’s office on Thursday. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00It is a hard thing when people, I understand the concern, but when everybody rushes to
00:05judgement online it can make it very hard when you're in a position like the one I hold.
00:11But it is right then though to sort of consider things, look at things in the round, hear
00:15different voices which is what I've been doing this week and then lead from the front in
00:20saying look, we've heard what people have said but now Greater Manchester wants to move
00:25forward with a thorough investigation, hopefully a swift investigation so we can get to the
00:30truth, the right actions can be taken and everybody can move forward.
00:35We've got lots of self-appointed experts in this situation online, many of whom don't
00:40live here by the way but they seem to think they're experts on the whole thing.
00:45Well all I would say to them is they're not, there's a complicated set of information here
00:49that needs to be looked at in the round but that's exactly what the IOPC need to do.
00:53Can we get back to a world where we trust the experts to look at things properly and
00:58not have a world where everyone thinks they're the judge and jury on what's happening.
01:03That is the process that is now underway and it's really important that that process is
01:08allowed to do its job without a running commentary.
01:11In looking at it there needs to be a process that is fair to everybody involved, everyone
01:18involved in that incident and that's the way this country should be isn't it, where there
01:22is an opportunity for everyone to explain the situation from their perspective.
01:28That's exactly now what needs to happen rather than as I say a running commentary with people
01:34sort of passing judgement here or there.
01:39We've got to move beyond this world where people get proclaimed guilty by social media.