Henry Nowak case reignites claims of unfair policing

Henry Nowak case reignites claims of unfair policingJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleDamian GrammaticasPolitical correspondentEPA"Harrowing" was how Sir Keir Starmer described the bodycam video footage showing 18-year-old Henry Nowak's final moments.We're told the PM watched the footage multiple times. He told broadcasters he "felt sick" watching it.The outrage at the teenager's death is shared by all who have seen the footage.It has prompted the Conservatives and Reform UK to say the UK should not have "two-tier policing," with people treated differently because of the colour of their skin. Downing Street rejects the claim such discrimination exists.The video shows officers believing Henry Nowak's murderer, Vickrum Digwa, who lies to them that Nowak had racially abused him. Nowak is handcuffed and arrested, not initially helped, despite telling police he'd been stabbed and couldn't breathe.Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch called it "absolutely appalling".She said the gravity of Nowak's wounds meant police could probably not have saved his life, but "what I see now is...police who don't know how to do the right thing anymore".Badenoch said she blamed "the training that police have been given, all of this nonsense that came in after the Black Lives Movement".She added: "I do not want police looking at the colour of your skin when they're deciding how to treat you...I think they are, because that's what they're being taught."Reform's Nigel Farage claimed on social media it showed a "two-tier Britain...where the rights of white people matter less than ethnic minorities". He said the response should be "pure cold rage" - sending a message that people had had "enough of anti-white prejudice" and "white lives matter just about as much as black lives".Badenoch has criticised him for that, saying...