BAILEY BROTHERS VICTIMS OF RACIAL ABUSE FROM THE POLICE? | CORONATION STREET

Tough times ahead for The Bailey Family this week as James Bailey (Nathan Graham) and Michael Bailey (Ryan Russell) are racially targeted by a Weatherfield Police officer. 

James will be offered £30,000 for an interview and the footballer will have his sights set on a sports car.  Before buying, he and his brother, Michael, takes the car out for a spin to see if it's up to standard.  Their excitment will be short-lived when a member of Weatherfield Poilice pulls the pair over.

​Being a bit confused with the situation, James will ask PC Brody (Daniel Jillings) why he decided to get them to pull over.  Suddenly the Constable has James in handcuffs, arresting the innocent man for obstructing a police officer. 

​During the arrest, James loses his footing and ends up on the ground with a leg injury.  PC Craig Tinker (Colson Smith) will witness James lying in pain from afar.

James will get taken to a local medical facility for evaluation and while waiting for a doctor to take a look at him, the Weatherfield County player is convinced his days on the field are over.  Not because of the injured leg, but the arrest. 

Not believing James caused any obstruction, Michael suspects he and his brother are victims of an unprovoked racial abuse from the Police Constable.  Michael tries to explain his thoughts but James won't be so sure. 

Returning home with crutches, James is spoken to again by Michael but James doesn't believe it to be anything other than legitimate.  It's not until The Bailey Brothers see someone has uploaded a video of the arrest incident online that James comes to the realisation that they should make a formal complaint to Weatherfield Police.   

When PC Brody discovers Michael & James have submitted a formal complaint, he leans on PC Tinker for support and hopes Craig takes his side when he tells him that he thought there was no problems with James' driving and didn't call for any police involvement whatsoever. 
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These scenes air between Monday 26 July 2021 and Friday 30 July 2021. 

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