Trump wades into Henry Nowak scandal as State Department slams ‘two-tiered policing’ in Keir Starmer’s UK
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The Trump administration has broken its silence on the horrific murder of British teenager Henry Nowak.
Nowak, 18, was handcuffed by UK police as he lay on the ground with fatal injuries after being stabbed in the southern city of Southampton in December.
Vickrum Digwa, 23, who stabbed Nowak with the ceremonial dagger that all adult Sikh men are religiously required to wear, lied to police at the scene, claiming he was the victim of racism.
“Ideological conditioning and two-tiered policing are glaring symptoms of the decline of civilization,” the State Department said in a statement on social media. ‘They must be rejected throughout the West.’
‘The United States extends our condolences to the family of Henry Nowak and the people of the United Kingdom at this troubling time.’
This was the first time the Trump administration had commented on the politically explosive incident from across the pond.
Sickening police body camera footage of the incident was recently released and showed Nowak pleading with police that he had been stabbed.
“I don’t think you got it, man,” one of the officers said as Nowak was being handcuffed.
18-year-old Henry Nowak was killed by 23-year-old Vickrum Digwa. The Foreign Office criticized the UK’s ‘two-tier policing system’ in a statement published on Thursday. Trump administration addresses teenager’s murder for first time
Body camera footage from the scene shows police handcuffing Nowak covered in blood
Digwa can also be seen in the footage standing over Nowak, who told authorities he had been stabbed and couldn’t breathe.
The 18-year-old boy was heard telling the authorities that he could not breathe during the incident, which was compared to the death of George Floyd on some websites.
About a minute after handcuffing Nowak, authorities realized the extent of his injuries and began providing medical care.
On Monday, Digwa was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Nowak’s family has been invited to meet Prime Minister Keir Starmer at 10 Downing Street on Thursday.
Starmer accused Elon Musk of “trying to incite division” in Britain over the murder.
Musk has posted about the tragedy repeatedly over the past week.
“Send the video to everyone you know, showing how disgustingly Nowak was treated by the police in the moments of his death, and how the police cowardly submitted to his killer,” Musk wrote on Tuesday.
‘The old mainstream media, which has written about George Floyd a million times, is completely silent on Nowak.’
Photograph of Vickrum Digwa, who was sentenced to life imprisonment on June 1, 2026, for the murder of Henry Nowak
Ceremonial Sikh knife used by Digwa on Henry.
Nowak with his father
Conservative figures in the UK argue that the murder is evidence that police in Britain treat whites and ethnic minorities differently.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ statement, referring to the ‘two-tiered police force’ in the country, coincides with domestic criticism.
Protests over the murder broke out in the UK, with scores of activists taking to the streets to demand justice for Nowak.
