- A police chief has warned that claims of two-tier policing from politicians such as Nigel Farage could set back efforts to end prejudice against black people “to the 1960s and 1970s”.
- It follows the murder of Henry Nowak , which has been met with political outcry centred on the response of the police officers who dealt with the student before his death.
- Mr Nowak’s killer, Vickrum Digwa, claimed he had been the victim of a racial attack while the student was handcuffed by the police as he lay dying.
- Nigel Farage said that division in Britain would get “far worse” if steps were not taken to change policing culture. The Reform UK leader has defended his response to Mr Nowak’s murder after Keir Starmer called him “unforgivable” for suggesting the public should feel “pure, cold rage” about the case.
- Chief Inspector Andy George of the National Black Police Association said that debate around two-tier policing “needs to be evidence-based”, adding “there is a danger of policing going back to a time long before Stephen Lawrence’s murder, to the 1960s and 1970s”.
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Police chief warns claims of two-tier policing could set back efforts ‘to the 1960s’
