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Henry Nowak’s killing exposes Britain’s dangerous two-tier justice system

Officers on the scene appeared more concerned with racism accusations than helping a dying teen, an MP said

By Simon Hankinson Fox News

Published June 6, 2026 9:00am EDT

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Uproar grows over fatal stabbing of Henry Nowak in UK

Fox News senior foreign affairs correspondent Greg Palkot joins ‘America’s Newsroom’ to report on the reaction to the fatal stabbing of Henry Nowak in the United Kingdom, which has sparked protests and public outcry.

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Before George Floyd, before Michael Brown, there was Trayvon Martin.

Back in 2012, the 17-year-old was shot and killed during a struggle with another young man in a Florida gated community. The tragedy that day was discussed in the national media and eventually adjudicated in a court of law.

When the trial was over, President Barack Obama said: "When Trayvon Martin was first shot, I said that this could have been my son."

Last December, an 18-year-old college student was stabbed by another young man in Southampton, England. The victim’s name was Henry Nowak. The American press ignored the story. The British press and politicians largely did too.

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Freshman student Henry Nowak (L.) was stabbed many times by Vikram Digwa who used an eight-inch ceremonial knife in December, 2025. Digwa was found guilty of murder in late May. (Hampshire Police; Press Association via AP Images)

Like Obama, I thought: this could have been my son.

Martin and Nowak were killed by private citizens, not in encounters with the police. There are many differences between the two cases — the races........

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