Greater Manchester Police have been slammed for reportedly herding children back onto trains and preventing them from going to the city’s Christmas markets.
Videos shared on social media show dozens of uniformed police officers escorting the teenagers through the train station on Saturday afternoon.
The young people could then be seen protesting with police as they were told to get onto waiting trains.
It came after a dispersal order was put in place across Manchester city centre following reports of gangs of youths gathering to cause trouble.
The Section 34 dispersal notice, which was signed off at 12.13pm, remains in place for 48 hours and gives police extra powers to tell people to leave the city.
The clips have caused outrage with people accusing police of ‘herding’ and ‘manhandling’ the young people.
One person posted on X, formerly known as Twitter: ‘My sister and family took some younger children to Manchester for the …