The bodycam footage is impossible to unsee. Eighteen-year-old Henry Nowak lies on a Southampton street, bleeding heavily from multiple stab wounds inflicted by Vickrum Digwa. He tells officers repeatedly, “I’ve been stabbed” and “I can’t breathe.” One officer replies, “I don’t think you have, mate.”

Instead of immediate medical aid, Nowak is handcuffed, dragged across gravel, and read his rights as he dies. His attacker’s minor complaint and family’s racism allegations receive priority treatment.

This is the reality Britain’s establishment media has worked overtime to downplay or distort since the footage emerged. Yet international coverage from the United States and Australia has ripped open the story of two-tier policing and institutional double standards.

? JUST IN: Will Cain is BLASTING the terrifying Henry Nowak bodycam footage on national television in front of millions, and CALLING OUT the George Floyd double standardThe sound of Nowak helplessly saying "I can't breathe," "I've been stabbed," and the cop saying "I don't…pic.twitter.com/HwbxXj7XMD

In the UK, however, the approach has been avoidance where possible and a concerted effort to frame public fury as the actual danger when coverage cannot be avoided.

American audiences heard Will Cain on national television draw the direct parallel: George Floyd’s death triggered national soul-searching, corporate DEI pledges, and even Keir Starmer taking a knee in solidarity. A white British teenager dying on camera while ignored by police because officers accepted the killer’s side of the story? That receives far less institutional soul-searching at home.

Australian media have reached out for interviews. Italian state broadcaster RAI is sending a reporter. French outlets have contacted GB News host Patrick Christys. The story of a British teen left to die while police believed unverified racism claims from the perpetrator’s family is travelling the world.

Australian media have also just reached out to me about Henry Nowak. His murder, and the police’s incompetence, is being viewed around the world.https://t.co/apUOoVUjaS

British newspaper readers relying on legacy print titles would barely know any of this happened. Front pages and prominent coverage have been notably absent or buried, leaving those without X or alternative sources in the dark about the bodycam evidence, the deleted police statement, and the international reaction.

Our newspapers today, if you don’t have X, you will know nothingAbout what’s really going on ?pic.twitter.com/ZfjXWSiOE7

Source: modernity