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Starmer decries Nowak death video, backs probe amid protests

6/3/2026

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Keir Starmer called the footage of Henry Nowak’s death harrowing and supported an Independent Office for Police Conduct investigation.
The video shows 18-year-old Henry Nowak, stabbed, saying “I can’t breathe” as an officer replied “Don’t think you have, mate.”
Protesters threw stones and bottles at Southampton Central Police Station, chanted “two tier scum,” and the police council announced a Race Action Plan review after an officer received online death threats.

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Keir Starmer called the footage of Henry Nowak’s death harrowing and supported an Independent Office for Police Conduct investigation.
The video shows 18-year-old Henry Nowak, stabbed, saying “I can’t breathe” as an officer replied “Don’t think you have, mate.”
Protesters threw stones and bottles at Southampton Central Police Station, chanted “two tier scum,” and the police council announced a Race Action Plan review after an officer received online death threats.