Man arrested after police officers injured at Manchester United protest

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>A 28-year-old man has been arrested after six police officers were injured in violent clashes during a protest by Manchester United fans ahead of a match against Liverpool in England&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Greater Manchester Police &lpar;GMP&rpar; said one officer sustained a fractured eye socket and another a facial wound when bottles&comma; cans and barriers were thrown at them at Old Trafford&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The force did not say what offence the man had been arrested on suspicion of&comma; but added it was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;reviewing all obtainable evidence” to identify the organisers of the demonstration and those responsible for assaulting officers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It happened after around 100 fans stormed the pitch at Old Trafford on Sunday ahead of the game in protest at United’s American owners&comma; the Glazer family&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>GMP assistant chief constable Nick Bailey&comma; said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The behaviour shown at this protest was absolutely atrocious&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Officers were just trying to do their job and facilitate a peaceful protest&comma; however a number of those present became hostile and aggressive towards officers and forced entry to the football grounds&comma; making it very clear that this protest was not peaceful and ruining it for the majority of protesters who had not intended for the protest to become violent&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Greater Manchester Police Federation said the officer who sustained an eye injury was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;lucky not to lose his sight”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The policeman&comma; with around 20 years’ service&comma; suffered a significant slash wound to his face&comma; according to the federation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The organisation&comma; which represents the force’s rank-and-file&comma; has not named the officer but said he remains in &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;lots of pain” and will need an extended period off work to recover&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Stu Berry&comma; chairman of the federation&comma; said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our brave colleague went to work yesterday to keep the people of Greater Manchester safe – and he ended up coming under attack&period; He is incredibly lucky not to have lost the sight in an eye&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is not right&period; Police officers are mothers&comma; fathers&comma; husbands&comma; wives and partners&period; They are sons and daughters&period; They are human beings who should be able to go home to their families in one piece at the end of their shifts&period; Not be rushed to hospital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are offering support to our injured colleague and will continue to do so as he recovers from his injuries&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Berry said police officers needed better equipment to protect themselves during demonstrations following violence at previous protests in London and Bristol in recent weeks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our officers must be properly protected and appropriately equipped with public order gear – including helmets and shields – when policing these protesters&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Outside the ground&comma; injuries were inflicted as a group began hurling bottles and barriers at officers and horses in violence which should be condemned in &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the strongest possible terms” by football pundits&comma; clubs and players&comma; according to National Police Federation chairman John Apter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Yet again we’ve seen a so-called peaceful protest turn to violence with that aimed at my colleagues&period; Officers were injured and required hospital treatment&period; This is completely unacceptable&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police said that by late Sunday afternoon around 200 protesters had gathered outside the Lowry theatre and more than 1&comma;000 at the stadium&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Firecrackers were let off outside the ground as protesters marched towards the Munich Tunnel with green and yellow smoke filling the air&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Red fences put in front of the East Stand did not last long as the handful of stewards were swiftly overcome and barriers toppled&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Safety and security fears forced the match&comma; which was supposed to kick-off at 4&period;30pm&comma; to be postponed&period; It is to take place on a date which has yet to be set&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Manchester United said it will &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;work with the police to identify those involved in criminal activity&comma; and will also issue its own sanctions to any season ticket holder or member identified&comma; per the published sanctions policy&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Andy Burnham&comma; the mayor of Greater Manchester&comma; said there was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;no excuse for the actions of a minority who injured police officers and endangered the safety of others”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Manchester United were among 12 clubs that last month signed up for the breakaway Super League&comma; which collapsed within 48 hours due to huge opposition&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Following the protest&comma; the Premier League said it understood the fans’ &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;strength of feeling”&comma; but condemned &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;all acts of violence&comma; 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