Amidst widespread shock in the United Kingdom over the death of young Henry Nowak, the House of Commons on Wednesday witnessed an unusual episode of unity against the far-right and against the politicization that Reform Party leader Nigel Farage has sought to make of the murder. Indeed, after a night of riots in Southampton, he went as far as to predict more violence if "a large number of white youngsters think the police are prejudiced against them." At the same time, both the government and police organizations and forces are questioning whether a review of law enforcement protocols is necessary.

Police error or indication of structural bias in the treatment of victims? The dissemination by Hampshire police, in southern England, of images of the arrest of Henry Nowak, an eighteen-year-old youth, while he was seriously injured on the ground, has reopened this Tuesday in the United Kingdom the debate on security force protocols and decision-making in emergency situations. At the same time, it has sparked a controversy between the Labour government and Nigel Farage's far-right Reform Party, which has accused the police of unequal treatment, in this case against white people, "due to the dangerous ideology of so-called anti-racism, which allows people to be treated differently based on race".