News · 5 June 2026
US criticizes UK policing after student's false arrest
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Pressure on policing and politics has grown after US officials criticised “two-tiered policing” and offered condolences following the Southampton student's death. On 5 June, Donald Trump's State Department entered the dispute, calling such policing a sign of “civilisational decline”. Earlier footage showed 18-year-old Henry Nowak being handcuffed after false racial-abuse claims by Vickrum Digwa, 23, before protests broke out nearby.
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