Henry Nowak's stabbing death in England raises questions about woke police bias, two-tier policing and equity policies in British law enforcement.
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Back in 2012, the 17-year-old was shot and killed during a struggle with another young man in a Florida gated community. The tragedy that day was discussed in the national media and eventually adjudicated in a court of law.student was stabbed by another young man in Southampton, England. The victim’s name was Henry Nowak. The American press ignored the story.
The British press and politicians largely did too. Freshman student Henry Nowak was stabbed many times by Vikram Digwa who used an eight-inch ceremonial knife in December, 2025. Digwa was found guilty of murder in late May. Like Obama, I thought: this could have been my son.
Martin and Nowak were killed by private citizens, not in encounters with the police. There are many differences between the two cases — the races of both killers and victims; the locations, the motives. But while the tiny Sanford, Fla. , police station was merely accused of"sloppy work" by the New York Times in handling the Martin case, many in Britain believe thata short time.
As late as 2001, the"White British" were over 90% of the population. Today, at most 75% are. Last year, only 53% of births were to women described as"White British.
" With huge demographic change has come an equally abrupt cultural change. 200,000 SMALL BOAT ARRIVALS LOOM AMID UK RAISING THREAT LEVEL TO ‘SEVERE’ FOLLOWING RECENT TERROR ATTACK Despite being home to the"mother of parliaments," where the oratory of William Pitt and Winston Churchill once rang, Britain is now one of theit comes to speech. The Times newspaper reported 12,183 arrests for offensive online messages in 2023. Freedom House rates the UK only 76 out of 100.
At Speakers’ Corner in London’s Hyde Park, you’d be risking your life today to say anything"transphobic" or derogatory about British police have become highly attuned to the sensitivities of race and gender minorities. In 2005, the national College of Policing started recording"non-crime hate incidents," which are based entirely on the perceptions of a claimed victim, who needs produce no actual evidence.
" that"means roducing equality of policing outcomes for people from different ethnic groups by responding to individuals and communities according to their specific needs, circumstances and experiences, with understanding that these will be racialised and with the aim of reducing harm. " In plainer language, the guidance says that anti-racism"does not mean treating everyone ‘the same’ or being ‘colour blind’ . " It means"equity.
" At Speakers’ Corner in London’s Hyde Park, you’d be risking your life today to say anything"transphobic" or derogatory about Islam.racism" by the convicted stabber Vickrum Digwa"than they were in helping a dying man," as Chris Philp, a member from the Conservative Party, said in Parliament. The police officers took Digwa’s accusation seriously but scoffed at Nowak’s repeated cries that he’d been stabbed.
POLICE, UK PM ACCUSED OF DOUBLE STANDARD AS SUSPECT INDICTED FOR KILLING 3 GIRLS FACES TERROR RELATED CHARGE Philp mentioned another case where a paranoid schizophrenic with a violent past, Valdo Calocane, was not placed in a mental institution involuntarily because health workers were concerned about"an overrepresentation of young black males incauses are generally tolerated by authorities, while flying the English flag is considered suspect. Standing with your eyes closed too close to an abortion provider can get you arrested under a"Public Spaces Protection Order.
" Speaking against mass migration to the West from the"global South" is considered"far right," and got Dutch commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek banned from the country. Social media is full of complaints about"two-tier" policing, the accusation that indigenous British people and conservatives are treated worse in criminal law than illegal immigrants and leftists.
"Woke" official bias has been alleged in several high-profile criminal cases. kneeled in support of the Black Lives Matter movement after the death of George Floyd, thousands of miles away in America. He also championed the release of a foreigner whose speech"would usually be considered criminal under English law," according to the Wall Street Journal, yet had nothing to say in 2024 when an English young mother was jailed for over a year for one offensive tweet she quickly removed.
"Two-Tier Keir" by critics. His unpopular Labor government is desperate not to alienate recent immigrants it depends on for votes. But its simultaneous attempts to placate the outrage of a native majority are unconvincing. Without serious attempts to roll back"equity" initiatives and restore equal treatment in crime and punishment, Starmer and Labor are sitting on a steadily boiling pot.
Simon Hankinson is a senior research fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Border Security and Immigration Center and author of
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