British Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has criticized the U.S. State Department’s remarks condemning two-tier policing in Britain following the murder and wrongful arrest of white teenager Henry Nowak.
The U.S. State Department on Thursday condemned the rise of two-tier policing in the United Kingdom, a move that followed recent uproar over the death of 18-year-old Henry Nowak, a white student who was murdered and wrongfully arrested in Southampton, England.
In a statement, the State Department said: “Ideological conditioning and two-tiered policing are glaring symptoms of civilizational decline. They must be rejected across the West. The United States sends our condolences to the family of Henry Nowak and the people of the United Kingdom at this troubling time.”
Badenoch responded by stating, “I don’t need to get other countries to tell me what to think… I know what I think, and I’ve been very clear,” without elaborating further.
Earlier remarks have drawn attention to Badenoch’s statements on racial justice. In 2020, following the death of George Floyd, she stated “Black lives matter.” More recently, in response to Henry Nowak’s case, she said, “I don’t want to hear about white lives matter. We all matter.”
As a minister in the former Conservative government, Badenoch promoted diversity and DEI hiring while publicly criticizing Critical Race Theory.
Vice President J.D. Vance has issued a statement on the case, declaring: “Henry Nowak died the same way a civilization dies: abandoned, handcuffed by authorities who neither trusted nor cared for him, and accused of hate crimes he did not commit.”
The British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s office has accused U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance of foreign interference for his remarks on Henry Nowak’s murder.
