Badenoch claims police who arrested Henry Nowak influenced by guidance saying ‘hate crimes should be treated as priority’ – UK politics live

From 2h agoBadenoch claims police who arrested Henry Nowak influenced by guidance saying hate crimes should be treated as priorityKemi Badenoch starts by talking about the video filmed by the police as they arrested Henry Nowak.She says it was hard to watch because she “found myself willing the police to stop, to at least consider Henry’s story and check if he had been stabbed”.She says she met Nowak’s family last week. They do not want this case to be used to divide people.She goes on:

double quotation markThey want the police to become an institution that we can trust again.

And if we want to honour that wish to honour Henry’s memory, we need to ask the right question.

I believe that question is why did the police take an accusation of racism more seriously than the claim that Henry had been stabbed?

This question goes beyond policing.