Parents of teenagers escorted onto trains out of Manchester city centre amid dispersal order hit out at GMP - as kids from traveller communities caught in crowds
Footage showed dozens of uniformed police officers ushering young people onto carriages at Victoria station
'I can't understand why... he's taken away their childhood'
'Unforgivable'
Police slammed for 'stopping children going to Christmas market'
Videos shared on social media show dozens of uniformed police officers escorting the teenagers through the train station in Manchester on Saturday afternoon.
'You'd think we'd killed someone': Call for investigation after Gypsy and Traveller children 'blocked from Christmas markets and forced onto trains out of Manchester'
GMP put a dispersal order in place, but is facing growing calls to explain its actions
Deputy mayor issues statement over Gypsy and Traveller videos and wants 'full report' from GMP
'I expect the police to treat everyone fairly and with respect'
Traveller girl, 13, ended up 'hysterical' in Grimsby after being herded onto train by police in Manchester
The girl was among scores of youngsters who were forced onto trains at Victoria railway station as part of a police 'dispersal order' designed to prevent trouble in the city centre
Top cop issues statement after young travellers turned away from Manchester
Top cop vows to 'address' concerns of the parents of traveller children ordered out of the city on Saturday
last updated on 24 Nov 17:52