Protesters chant ‘racist police, off our streets’ after Nowak arrest footage released

Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleHundred of protesters gathered outside Southampton Central Police Station on Tuesday night after police bodycam footage was released of Henry Nowak’s arrest in December.Nowak was handcuffed in December after being stabbed by Vickrum Digwa, with police initially appearing to believe Digwa’s story that he had been racially abused and attacked by Nowak.Nowak died shortly after being handcuffed, and Digwa was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 21 years on Monday for his murder.The bodycam footage was released on Monday evening, and showed Nowak repeatedly telling police that he could not breathe and that he had been stabbed, but his version of events was not initially believed.Protesters who took to the streets outside Southampton Central Police Station on Tuesday were heard chanting “racist police, off our streets” and “I can’t breathe”.In fullPolitics latest: Officer involved in Henry Nowak case resigns after Starmer says he ‘felt sick’ watching bodycam footageThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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