Posted on 06/03/2026 8:43:41 AM PDT by RandFan
The head of Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary tells the BBC the force is "sorry for handcuffing and arresting Henry".
In an interview with the BBC's Lucy Manning, Chief Constable Alexis Boon says the bodycam footage of Henry Nowak being arrested and handcuffed after telling officers he had been stabbed was a "very difficult watch".
"What was filmed there is a tragedy, an absolute tragedy, you can't help but be affected by it."
He adds: "I really feel for the family of Henry at this time."
The chief constable says he understands "their point of view and why they're upset with the police", which he says is why the force have said "we are sorry for handcuffing and arresting Henry" at that time.
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What do you think?
Very sad for the British people, and a serious warning to us in the U.S.
If that was in America, ‘sorry’ would not cut it, there would be lawsuits filed and ‘nice’ settlements quickly offered (with Non-Disclosure Agreements) to pull this story out of the News Cycle.
Or...Sorry for Killing Henry.
The UK police are working for the dark side.
All GB Cops are B@stards?
They certainly dont help themselves
We are captured!
Can’t apologize for being so STUPID
The chief should resign, and the officers involved should probably be receiving accessory charges for aiding in a murder.
“But we didn’t want to alarm the darkies...”
In a sane world
“What do you think?”
The whole episode pisses me off. The cops, especially. Poor Henry was down on the street saying “I’ve been stabbed” and one cop replying (as he cuffed him) “Mate, no you haven’t.” Now a bland “We’re sorry Henry was murdered.” Sickening.
“What was filmed there is a tragedy, an absolute tragedy, you can’t help but be affected by it.”
“I really feel for the family of Henry at this time.”
That the Chief Constable is nearly illiterate is of no surprise. Good Lord.
What happened was not a ‘tragedy’. It was a horrific display of incompetence, hubris, and a bit of malice that resulted in a man losing his life. It is so very comforting to hear that the Chief ‘feels for the family’. Again, Good Lord.
Ireland too, apparently....
That’s it!?!
Sorry we treated your innocent son like a criminal by handcuffing him after he was attacked and fatally wounded by a scumbag immigrant because we assumed that your white son was racist and the attacker.
Unspeakable rage.
“Sorry all of you people got emotionally upset that Kevin was too slow to not get in the way of a knife. “
They were accomplices to murder, because the guy was white.
He had the good sense to resign though that cop and investigations are ongoing.
But really, this is more about the culture than the one officer. They’re trained like this now I believe and that’s appalling.
It’s sad the way it’s going
And I know Freepers back the blue generally and in difficult circumstances (just not the DEI, stupid version of policing)
The UK is just another Islamic s hole now. Even the little country villages are being over run with Islamic trash because the Home Office thinks it is unfair that the natives don’t have the wonderful diversity of places like Manchester.my cousin had to move from Glasgow because the Islamic filth was brutally bullying their kids in the private school. The administration did absolutely nothing and called them racist for not wanting their fair skin white red haired daughter to be brutalized by the Islamic turds. But now, the UK is renting out village hotels and B&Bs and stuffing african and paki turds in to every corner of their pathetic kangdom. From the empire on which the sun never set to Islamic third world s hole in one generation.
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