Sarah Jones appeals for calm after rioting over the death of Nowak, who was handcuffed while dying from stab woundLIVE Updated 9m agoWed 3 Jun 2026 09.29 CESTFirst published on Wed 3 Jun 2026 09.19 CESTDemonstrators attack a police van following a protest march in Southampton. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty ImagesDemonstrators attack a police van following a protest march in Southampton. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty ImagesFrom 17m agoPolicing minister calls for calm and says police should review anti-racism guidanceGood morning. Keir Starmer spoke for many people yesterday when he said that he felt “sick” watching the video of Henry Nowak being handcuffed as he lay dying, while a police officer who had been told Nowak had committed a racist assault ignored Nowak saying he had been stabbed. Starmer’s was a good faith response to the tragedy, which saw Nowak’s killer jailed for life on Monday.But there have been plenty of bad faith responses to the murder too, which culminated in rioting in Southampton last night. Here is our overnight story about yesterday’s events.And here is Steven Morris’s report on the rioting.Sarah Jones, the policing minister, has been giving interviews this morning. Speaking to Times Radio, she said the rioting was unacceptable and she said there had been two arrests, “one for assault of a police officer, one for possession of a weapon”.She also appealled for calm, saying: