There are vital lessons to be learned from Nowak’s death. Instead, it has been used to refuel a pervasive lie about ethnic minorities and ‘two-tier’ policing, says Guardian Opinion assistant editor Jason Okundaye

Henry Nowak, 18, died from multiple stab wounds in a brutal attack after a night out. His killer, Vickrum Digwa, falsely claimed he was a victim of a racist attack

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Vickrum Digwa, 23, was jailed for life to serve a minimum of 21 years for stabbing Henry Nowak with a knife, which he carried as part of his Sikh religion

Kemi Badenoch was visibly emotional as she discussed the harrowing bodycam footage that showed Henry Nowak’s cries for help being dismissed by police after he was stabbed to…

Henry Nowak was murdered by Vickrum Digwa, who fatally stabbed him with an 8-inch blade he claimed he carried as part of his Sikh faith.

The Prime Minister said he 'felt sick' after watching bodycam footage of the teenager pleading unsuccessfully for help from officers after he was brutally attacked by Vickrum…

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The Prime Minister says he "felt sick" when he saw the bodycam footage of police arresting 18-year-old Henry Nowak - moments before he died after being fatally stabbed by Vickrum…

Keir Starmer has said he “felt sick” watching footage of police handcuffing student Henry Nowak as he lay dying, and that there are “serious questions” to answer about the case

Vickrum Digwa, 23, stabbed Mr Nowak six times before lying to the first officers on the scene, claiming the teenager had shouted racist abuse, punched him and knocked off his…

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In his final conscious moments, a dying teenager repeatedly told police officers exactly what had happened to him.

UK police review race action plan after outrage over handcuffing of dying student Henry Nowak, as watchdog probes case and ministers deny two-tier policing.

There are vital lessons to be learned from Nowak’s death. Instead, it has been used to refuel a pervasive lie about ethnic minorities and ‘two-tier’ policing, says Guardian…

Henry Nowak's death has spurred right-wing claims ‘two-tier’ policing disadvantages white people

Rather than confront the failures of the police, much of the media has chosen to focus on those expressing outrage over the Henry Nowak case

Analysis of evidence and interviews with experts suggests focus by rightwing critics on race misses reality of police failures

Video of officers ignoring the pleas of a dying, innocent man has sparked a political storm about how police treat different ethnicities.

It is appalling that this harmless young man should have had to die to alert the British government and public sector to the lethal dangers of their policies.