US Warns UK of ‘Civilizational Decline’ After Henry Nowak Murder

The case has triggered a national debate in the UK about ’two-tier policing.’

People hold images of Henry Nowak and a pair of bloody handcuffs as they take part in a protest outside a police station in Southampton, England, on June 2, 2026. Photo by Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images

The United States has offered its condolences to the family of Henry Nowak, the 18-year-old white student who was wrongly accused of racism and then handcuffed by police in England as he lay dying after being stabbed by a 23-year-old British-born Sikh.

“Ideological conditioning and two-tiered policing are glaring symptoms of civilizational decline. They must be rejected across the West,” the State Department wrote in a June 4 post.