US government criticises ‘two-tier’ UK policing after Henry Nowak murder

The US state department has criticised “two-tiered policing” in Britain in a message of condolence to the family of the murder victim Henry Nowak in a thinly veiled rebuke of the UK government. The 18-year-old student’s murder has been claimed by some as evidence of two-tier policing in the UK – the argument that some groups of people are dealt with more harshly than others for ideological reasons. Nowak was handcuffed by Hampshire police officers as he lay dying after his killer, Vickrum Digwa, had falsely accused him of racist abuse. Digwa was ultimately convicted of murder and jailed for life with a minimum of 21 years. The billionaire owner of X, Elon Musk, and the Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, are among those who have claimed the circumstances of Nowak’s false arrest and murder was evidence of bias against white people . Both have in turn been accused of exploiting the teenager’s death. On Thursday night the US state department, responsible for foreign policy and led by Marco Rubio, waded in to the debate . In a post on X, the department said: “Ideological conditioning and two-tiered policing are glaring symptoms of civilisational decline. They must be rejected across the West. The United States sends our condolences to the family of Henry Nowak and the people of the United Kingdom at this troubling time.” Allow content provided by a third party? This article includes content hosted on platform.x.com. …