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Police Detain Assault Victim as Alleged Attackers Escape in UK Incident

The video drew 8 million views and prompted Birmingham City Police to lock comments after users accused officers of arresting the wrong man.

  • On June 21, officers arrested 20-year-old Cody Harper on Broad Street in Birmingham following a disorder, with footage showing him being tackled and punched by a group before police detained him.
  • The viral video of the confrontation appeared online on Wednesday, July 1, prompting Birmingham Police to request users not share footage while the legal process continued; the force later confirmed awareness of the incident.
  • X owner Elon Musk commented on the video, while critics compared the incident to Henry Nowak's death, alleging the force exhibits patterns of inequality in policing across the United Kingdom.
  • Birmingham City police locked comments on their X posts following accusations of anti-white racism, while a community note appeared stating: "Police arrested the victim of an assault and allowed his attackers to flee."
  • Harper is due to appear at Birmingham Magistrates' Court on July 23, while detectives conduct active inquiries to identify those involved in the assault; the case has fueled demands for accountability regarding policing standards.
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A young white man is attacked on the street, brought to the ground and harassed by several migrants. Seconds later, a policewoman rushes towards him, pushes him against a wall – and in the end, the one who is attacked is sitting on the indictment bench. Birmingham's case is another example of how the perpetrator-victim turnaround works in the left-wing UK. A video, which is currently causing massive indignation in the UK, shows an equally chaoti…

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