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Chris Selley: The U.K.'s Henry Nowak outrage happens in Canadian courts every day

Equal treatment for Britons of all races isn't even a goal? Really?

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The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary has contributed a horrifying new classic to the “harrowing police video” genre: Rodney King in Los Angeles in 1991; Robert Dziekanski at Vancouver Airport in 2007; Eric Garner in New York City in 2014; George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020; and now Henry Nowak in Southampton, on England’s south coast.

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On Dec. 3 last year, Nowak, an 18-year-old studying finance and accountancy at the University of Southampton, was randomly set upon by 23-year-old Vickrum Digwa, who stabbed him five times with a kirpan — the Sikh ceremonial dagger.

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Digwa claimed Nowak had been the aggressor, racially abusing him, punching him and knocking off his turban. All lies.

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