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'We are sorry for handcuffing and arresting Henry' - police chief constable
BBC ^ | June 3 | BBC

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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KEYWORDS: apology

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This chief constable should resign as well. One of the cops has but the chief constable is the leader of that force, sets the tone and the culture that led to this tragedy.

What do you think?

1 posted on 06/03/2026 8:43:41 AM PDT by RandFan
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I think Britain is toast. I think their political and law enforcement leadership is a despicable pack of extremely "woke", anti-British, anti-white, islamist-appeasing ankle-grabbers.

Very sad for the British people, and a serious warning to us in the U.S.

2 posted on 06/03/2026 8:46:35 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: RandFan

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.


3 posted on 06/03/2026 8:46:38 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: RandFan

Or...Sorry for Killing Henry.


4 posted on 06/03/2026 8:46:40 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (... )
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The UK police are working for the dark side.


5 posted on 06/03/2026 8:46:55 AM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: RandFan

All GB Cops are B@stards?


6 posted on 06/03/2026 8:47:27 AM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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They certainly dont help themselves

We are captured!


7 posted on 06/03/2026 8:48:58 AM PDT by RandFan
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Can’t apologize for being so STUPID


8 posted on 06/03/2026 8:49:09 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: RandFan

9 posted on 06/03/2026 8:49:41 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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The chief should resign, and the officers involved should probably be receiving accessory charges for aiding in a murder.


10 posted on 06/03/2026 8:49:45 AM PDT by bak3r
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“But we didn’t want to alarm the darkies...”


11 posted on 06/03/2026 8:50:29 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ’‰! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ™! Winning currently!)
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In a sane world


12 posted on 06/03/2026 8:50:40 AM PDT by RandFan
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“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.


13 posted on 06/03/2026 8:51:12 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ( )
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“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.


14 posted on 06/03/2026 8:51:56 AM PDT by drwoof
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Ireland too, apparently....


15 posted on 06/03/2026 8:52:31 AM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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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.


16 posted on 06/03/2026 8:52:35 AM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (Progressivism is socialism. Venezuela is how it ends.)
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โ€œSorry all of you people got emotionally upset that Kevin was too slow to not get in the way of a knife. โ€œ


17 posted on 06/03/2026 8:53:38 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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They were accomplices to murder, because the guy was white.


18 posted on 06/03/2026 8:54:47 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

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)


19 posted on 06/03/2026 8:54:59 AM PDT by RandFan
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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.


20 posted on 06/03/2026 8:59:31 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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