Explaining Britain’s ‘Sickly Reversed’ George Floyd Moment

Explaining Britain’s ‘Sickly Reversed’ George Floyd Moment
People hold images of victim Henry Nowak and handcuffs as they take part in a protest outside of Southampton Central Police Station in Southampton, southern England, on June 2, 2026, following the murder of Henry Nowak by Vickrum Digwa. Body camera footage of a dying student who was handcuffed by British police after being stabbed by a Sikh man and falsely accused of racially abusing his murderer sparked outrage Tuesday. Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images
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This is a lightly edited transcript of a June 4 segment of the Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words podcast.

There was a murder in Britain in the town of Hampshire that’s got worldwide news because it’s kind of iconic of the whole problem of immigration and DEI in the Western world.

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Victor Davis Hanson
Victor Davis Hanson
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Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and military historian. He is a professor emeritus of classics at California State University, a senior fellow in classics and military history at Stanford University, a fellow of Hillsdale College, and a distinguished fellow of the Center for American Greatness. Mr. Hanson has written 17 books, including “The Western Way of War,” “Fields Without Dreams,” “The Case for Trump,” and “The Dying Citizen.”