Too Tearful Policing

I have been sickened by the details which have emerged from the Henry Nowak murder trial. He was a young man stabbed five times with a dagger, a Sikh blade, wielded by a young man of Indian origin. The police were told by the killer that Nowak had racially abused him. They therefore arrested Mr Nowak while he was laying on the floor, handcuffing him while dying of his wounds. Camera footage records him pleading for help, explaining to officers that he could barely breathe. They ignored him. The last words that he heard were of the police telling him that he had the right to remain silent, but that anything he did say might be used in evidence against him. I wept when I wrote this. 

When George Floyd died in 2020, there were international outpourings of grief and thousands of politicians lining up to be photographed in the symbolic kneeling pose. No such fuss for poor Henry, though there have been some demonstrations in Southampton and the issue has been raised in the House of Commons. This is more than mere grandstanding, for there are serious problems with British policing. The Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Philp, said in the Commons that the "police appeared more concerned with the accusation of racism than they were with helping Henry". After two decades of diversity and inclusion training, police officers are preconditioned to leap at the opportunity to address racism or anything vaguely resembling homophobia, even if it means handcuffing a dying lad, arresting elderly Christian preachers or bullying pro-life women praying on pavements.

I was once proud of our police. The British bobby was the best in the world: no guns, no politics, just smart tunics, distinctive helmets, friendly faces and common sense. Now, all dressed like paramilitaries in their black body armour and baseball caps, they are ideologically driven, ineptly led and more interested in policing our thoughts than keeping safe our streets. Sadly, this is something that has been going on for years, which I have noticed even while contributing to this blog (try here, here, here and here for some examples and further details). I am now ashamed of the British constabularies, and while I still trust individual constables, I am certain that those of their ranks who successfully get promoted are more motivated by diversity ideology than a desire to keep people safe from crime.

One by one, British institutions crumble to the prevailing, godless worldview, while young men bleed to death. Pray for our benighted land!

A D