Nigel Farage is responsible for these riots.
His behavior over the last 24 hours demonstrates precisely what he is: he is a persistent threat to national security. He didn’t give a damn about Henry Nowak’s family’s wishes.
Henry Nowak’s father could not have been clearer when he left the court. His son had been murdered. He had been handcuffed and treated with suspicion as he died, after his murderer had wrongly accused him of racist assault. He and the family had gone through what no-one should ever experience. But they conducted themselves with grace, dignity and precision.
Mark Nowak said that his family “do not want Henry’s murder to be used to create further hatred, division or tension”. The family were, of course, outraged at how police had treated their child, but they did not condemn the police in general. They expressed their “heartfelt gratitude” to the murder investigation team, who “secured justice for our son” and the police liaison officers.
No-one has anything kind to say about the police officers who attended to Henry Nowak on the evening he was stabbed, but it is worth reading the judge’s remarks. It does not necessarily absolve them from blame, but it places events in a context that a two minute video cannot.
