Clashes erupt in UK city over racially charged case of police handcuffing dying student
Protests erupted in Southampton after video emerged of police handcuffing 18-year-old Henry Nowak as he lay mortally wounded. Nowak was stabbed by a Sikh man and falsely accused of racially abusing his attacker.

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AI-generatedProtests erupted in Southampton after video emerged of police handcuffing 18-year-old Henry Nowak as he lay mortally wounded. Nowak was stabbed by a Sikh man and falsely accused of racially abusing his attacker. In bodycam footage from December, Nowak repeatedly told officers he couldn't breathe. Far-right figures, including Tommy Robinson, have used the case to claim police discriminate against white Britons, speaking at a rally in the city. Protesters threw bricks at police during the demonstrations.
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4 extractedEighteen-year-old Henry Nowak repeatedly told officers: “I can’t breathe” in bodycam footage.
Far-right figures, including Tommy Robinson, claim police treat white British people as “second-rate citizens”.
Video of a dying student handcuffed by British police after being stabbed sparked outrage.
Protesters threw bricks at police during clashes.