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Murdered student 'did not die with dignity' says family
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Posted on 06/01/2026 11:42:47 PM PDT by RandFan

The family of murdered student, Henry Nowak, said they will carry their grief "every single day" for the rest of their lives and have called on the government to treat knife crime as a "national emergency".

It comes after Vickrum Digwa, 23, was sentenced to life in prison, for a minimum of 21 years, for using a 21cm (8in) blade he said he carried as part of his Sikh faith to stab the 18-year-old in Southampton in December.

Digwa had lied to police about being the victim of a racist attack and officers arrested and handcuffed Nowak as he lay dying on the ground.

The student's family called his treatment by police "inhumane and degrading". Hampshire police has apologised.

Judge William Mousley KC told Southampton Crown Court he was sure that Nowak had not said anything racist to the Sikh man who killed him.

Before sentencing Digwa, he told him his actions had "stirred up racial tension in Southampton and across the country which has made many Sikhs worried about their safety".

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
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THE VIDEO that shocks a nation?

"I'm arresting you for assault". WTF.

This is beyond awful what they did to him. Unconscionable even.

1 posted on 06/01/2026 11:42:47 PM PDT by RandFan
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“Hampshire police has apologised.”


Cheap and meaningless.


2 posted on 06/01/2026 11:50:12 PM PDT by Ken H (Freeper #240 - Dec 05, 1997)
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To: RandFan

Nigel Farage MP =>


“This is the most shocking footage of discrimination that you will ever see.

A white boy being handcuffed by police officers more concerned by an accusation of racism than an act of murder.

This must be a turning point. White lives matter too.”

https://x.com/Nigel_Farage/status/2061569366978613557


3 posted on 06/01/2026 11:53:26 PM PDT by Ken H (Freeper #240 - Dec 05, 1997)
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To: RandFan

Britain has made the charge of racism more serious than murder and rape. Paki rape gangs have groomed 100,000s white girls into sex slaves. immigration has turned Britain into a sick and degenerate culture. Diabolical.


4 posted on 06/01/2026 11:55:37 PM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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To: Ken H

And not a word from the political elites. Shocking


5 posted on 06/01/2026 11:55:39 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: Ken H; All

And it’s only because of people on X (Elon Musk, etc) posting about it that it’s even in the news

No wonder they tried to hide this. It’s truly shocking


6 posted on 06/01/2026 11:58:29 PM PDT by RandFan
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I am trying to imagine what kind of men would treat 5he VICTIM in such a way..


7 posted on 06/02/2026 12:04:55 AM PDT by cherry
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To: RandFan

Knife crime is an excuse. The real problem is unfettered immigration combined with progressive ideology.

CC


8 posted on 06/02/2026 12:18:26 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!)
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The price for harvesting a perfectly good white boy

“life in prison, for a minimum of 21 years”

Insanity.

Should be death.


9 posted on 06/02/2026 12:19:21 AM PDT by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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To: DeplorablePaul

And, the MSM claims the family blame “knife crime”.

WUT? How the poor sod is hurt is the issue? Only to the MSM. The issue is that savages were imported and coppers accuse the victim by handcuffing him.


10 posted on 06/02/2026 12:46:09 AM PDT by bobbo666
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“The issue is that savages were imported and coppers accuse the victim by handcuffing him.”


This.


11 posted on 06/02/2026 12:51:44 AM PDT by Ken H (Freeper #240 - Dec 05, 1997)
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To: bobbo666

I saw the interview with the parents. They said that they wanted the government to declare a “knife” emergency in Britain. I think that their coded message was that immigrant crime is out of control. I don’t think that they were asking for knife control.


12 posted on 06/02/2026 1:56:39 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Ping. The bodycam footage was released and it’s worse than anyone could have imagined


13 posted on 06/02/2026 2:10:29 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: Celtic Conservative

THIS!


14 posted on 06/02/2026 2:39:08 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Charlie Kirk's assassination / murder was our Fort Sumter moment. But only one side is fighting.)
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"I'm arresting you for assault". WTF.

Blaming the victim is more common that people think, and the murderer was very skilled at claiming to have been a victim. My British friend tells me that many muzzies got hired as cops in the UK, especially in London. They have a tribal mentality most westerners don't understand.
15 posted on 06/02/2026 2:44:37 AM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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So the taxpayers have to pony up for 21 years for three hots and a cot for a convicted murderer??

What happened to ‘an eye for an eye’? This a$$whole should swinging from a stout tree limb by now ...


16 posted on 06/02/2026 3:08:31 AM PDT by ByteMercenary (Election 2020 was stolen by mail-in voting. Mail-in voting and RCV counting should be abolished.)
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To: RandFan

I didn’t think I could be any more outraged by this story. This family’s son was murdered not just by a terror-minded fanatic, but by the very police whose job it is to protect and serve. But now, apparently, the family has decided that the only way they can get any justice is to become NPC drones spouting the party line of the totalitarians. Calling on the government to control the national emergency of KNIFE crime? Did Monty Python not perfectly enunciate the madness of trying to take weapons away from people as the means of controlling crime? (”Sharp, pointy sticks”) Archie Bunker? (”Would you rather they was pushed out of winderrs?”)

The problem here is that the cops have been very thoroughly trained to suspend their own common sense (as dangerous bigotry) and instead see everything through the lens of British must be evil, imports must be angelic.

Don’t get me started on the insanity of charging Black police officer J Alexander Keung with aiding and abetting manslaughter for his role in the killing of George Floyd. Some of you are probably already mad I called it a “killing.” But here’s the thing: Chauvin continued kneeling on Floyd after his body went lifeless. Everything up until that point, I’m 100% behind what Chauvin did. But when Floyd went limp and Chauvin didn’t re-evaluate what he was doing, he crossed the line. Murder? Probably not; given the situation, I find it difficult to judge his ability to process all of his inputs, and more difficult to find he started off with the intent to see Floyd dead.

But what these limeys did was the same wrongdoing but in comparably cold blood.


17 posted on 06/02/2026 3:21:50 AM PDT by dangus
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It’s a very troubling case


18 posted on 06/02/2026 3:36:55 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: griffin; Lurker

I will not make a bold prediction but there is definitely support for hanging to be brought back, particularly in murder cases or for child killers.

That’s what surveys say anyway


19 posted on 06/02/2026 3:57:35 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Britain is the reason why we will fight for the SECOND AMENDMENT. A gun is better than a knife!!


20 posted on 06/02/2026 5:07:42 AM PDT by DeplorableTrumpSupporter (FKA ConservaTeen)
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