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Henry Nowak…….an absolute tragedy.

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Sago Fri 29-May-26 08:41:07

How has the tragic case of this young man not caused outrage?

Imagine if he had been a person of colour or ethnic minority.

The Police handling of this case raises serious questions.

The killer behaved appallingly, lying to Police and then getting his family to hide weapons and cover for him.

It’s also astonishing to learn Sikhs can carry these knives in public because they are “ religious regalia”

For anyone that isn’t aware of this tragedy here is a link.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70vy0kknj4o

Oreo Sat 06-Jun-26 13:41:05

sundowngirl

Luckygirl3

Cold hard rage is fine if you don't incite others who may turn that into violence as Farage has done.
Indeed so.

I believe Nigel Farage actually said pure cold rage not ‘hard’ and did not intentionally incite anyone.

The definition of cold rage is a highly controlled suppressed form of intense anger, instead of a loud explosive outburst, it manifests as calm, detached and calculated.

Not that the ‘rent a crowd’ thugs would have understood that

It seems to be misquoted everywhere, sometimes as hard cold rage or white cold rage.
Pure cold rage means exactly what you say sundowngirl.

LemonJam Sat 06-Jun-26 13:37:38

surfsup

Lemonjam

LemonJam

surfsup
Lemonjam

No Hate Crime Conviction: Minnesota prosecutors, including Attorney General Keith Ellison, publicly stated that there was no explicit or overt statement of motive to prove Chauvin committed a hateful crime driven by racial bias
Surfsup- There is clear evidence of Chauvin's repeated pattern of behaviour, ie. his use of excessive force against black men- see some detail in post above.

Of course you believe you know better than the attorney general.

Back to suiting your own bias again.

I note you have not quoted my whole post....

surfsup Sat 06-Jun-26 13:32:27

Lemonjam

LemonJam

surfsup
Lemonjam

No Hate Crime Conviction: Minnesota prosecutors, including Attorney General Keith Ellison, publicly stated that there was no explicit or overt statement of motive to prove Chauvin committed a hateful crime driven by racial bias
Surfsup- There is clear evidence of Chauvin's repeated pattern of behaviour, ie. his use of excessive force against black men- see some detail in post above.

Of course you believe you know better than the attorney general.

Back to suiting your own bias again.

MissAdventure Sat 06-Jun-26 02:50:46

As i posred earlier, the ex chief of police in the met said that their job is to asesss, reaasess, reassess and reassess.
As standard first aid instructs, you would go to the person who is quiet in a situation where you aren't sure what's going on, because they are most likely to be the ones in need of help.

Lovetopaint037 Sat 06-Jun-26 02:43:21

The murder of this young man is utterly appalling. The police were called and given the information that an assault had occurred. They had a call which is on record from the brother of the murderer sounding very upset and in need of police help. The police turn up in the belief that a racist attack had occurred. It was dark and blood wasn’t evident despite the poor lad telling them he had been stabbed and he couldn’t breath. Unbelievably he is handcuffed instead of receiving medical help. The police made a tragic mistake but the reason was based on the lies of the murderer and his brother aided by the mother removing the knife. This wasn’t two tier policing it was a terrible mistake. Farage steps in with his incitement to a riot and all hell breaks loose. This despite the family asking that their heartbreak was not to be escalated into further trouble. That poor family needed support and they got Farage and his racist and divisive words.

twaddle Fri 05-Jun-26 23:43:12

MissAdventure

That's truly disgusting.
It stands as it is is.
A racist and unpleasant jibe at migrants, via the death of a young man, and entirely disregarding what that young man's family would want, and have requested.

I've no interest at all in dicussing those types of comments.

Unfortunately, there are those who do have an interest. The Pandora's Box has been opened.

twaddle Fri 05-Jun-26 23:42:15

MissAdventure

I can't even begin to fathom how terrible tjey must feel, no doubt exacerbated by a disregard for their plea to keep things peaceful.

Ordinary people disgussng it, ensuring that falsehoods aren't passed off as truth, I don't see as adding to their grief.
Henry's isn't a name that must never be spoken of again.

Exactly! Falsehoods must not be passed off as truth. Henry's last few minutes should not have been as they were and there is no doubt that a gross mistake was made. I don't think anybody has denied that. What we don't know is what was going through the police officers' minds. There is an ongoing enquiry and, hopefully, the truth will come out. Why did that officer not believe Henry? Whatever people like to think, they just don't know. Meanwhile, two falsely accused people have had threats and have been forced into hiding. 11 police officers and a dog have been injured. Property has been damaged. Just what has any of that achieved? Let's wait for the truth and not spread falsehoods!

Oh, yes, Farage, you were right about one thing. I feel rage - rage at the idiots who want to divide society and make things even worse - all because it suits you to destroy society, so you can step into the vacuum. angry

MissAdventure Fri 05-Jun-26 23:37:40

That's truly disgusting.
It stands as it is is.
A racist and unpleasant jibe at migrants, via the death of a young man, and entirely disregarding what that young man's family would want, and have requested.

I've no interest at all in dicussing those types of comments.

Wyllow3 Fri 05-Jun-26 23:26:57

I take your ordinary people discussing it thing trying to understand, come to terms with it, decide for themselves.

but its been seized and used with ffs Vance from the USA

"JD Vance has claimed the “invasion of migrants” in Europe is to blame for the murder of Henry Nowak in Southampton"

fanning flames of discord and division, using this family, we are bound to discuss this too. But rage never adds anything but more sorrow in the end.

MissAdventure Fri 05-Jun-26 23:19:03

I can't even begin to fathom how terrible tjey must feel, no doubt exacerbated by a disregard for their plea to keep things peaceful.

Ordinary people disgussng it, ensuring that falsehoods aren't passed off as truth, I don't see as adding to their grief.
Henry's isn't a name that must never be spoken of again.

Wyllow3 Fri 05-Jun-26 23:11:39

And how must the family feel with their terrible sorrow

Being used by Farage and a mob for political purposes!!!!!

Wyllow3 Fri 05-Jun-26 23:07:35

I don't feel rage, I feel terrible sorrow.

petra Fri 05-Jun-26 22:58:24

MissAdventure

Pure, cold rage.
Exactly how I feel.
Not because of farage.
Not because I'm some sort of knuckle headed, knuckle dragging idiot that needs inciting.

They're perfectly natural feelings about a deep injustice, as I see it.
Nobody likes injustice: current and ongoing threads on here are proof enough of that, I'd have thought.

Summed up perfectly.

MissAdventure Fri 05-Jun-26 22:29:32

Agree.

sundowngirl Fri 05-Jun-26 22:26:19

Luckygirl3

*Cold hard rage is fine if you don't incite others who may turn that into violence as Farage has done.*
Indeed so.

I believe Nigel Farage actually said pure cold rage not ‘hard’ and did not intentionally incite anyone.

The definition of cold rage is a highly controlled suppressed form of intense anger, instead of a loud explosive outburst, it manifests as calm, detached and calculated.

Not that the ‘rent a crowd’ thugs would have understood that

Cossy Fri 05-Jun-26 20:37:43

Plevey08

Oh yeah you're in most of her threads Tulip. That makes sense. Talking about respect... it's a two way street. The constant spouting of the the gross Farage reform party and his bunch of sexist, racist, violent and embezzling creeps is just tooo much! We all may have political views and choices of who we support. But they are often personal, or if shared then it's done in a respectful way and certainly not forced on everyone else. She barely reads posts but constantly responds inaccurately. And certainly spoils the tone and respect of the subject of this post. So no I don't feel shame, I feel exasperated and fed up with the ill thought out aggressive Farage drivel.

Perhaps you need to take a little time out and whilst you’re there read the “rules” which apply to all of us Gransnetters.

Please stop attacking individual posters, it’s bullying, rude, ignorant and disrespectful.

We often have quite heated and passionate debates here, especially in the N&P section. We rarely make personal attacks against other posters.

Cossy Fri 05-Jun-26 20:32:23

Plevey08

You've gotta admit she's driving people to it!

No “she” isn’t and I find your comments extremely rude and completely unnecessary!

Cossy Fri 05-Jun-26 20:30:04

Luckygirl3

*Cold hard rage is fine if you don't incite others who may turn that into violence as Farage has done.*
Indeed so.

Indeed.

Luckygirl3 Fri 05-Jun-26 20:23:15

Cold hard rage is fine if you don't incite others who may turn that into violence as Farage has done.
Indeed so.

MissAdventure Fri 05-Jun-26 19:54:30

I'm able to feel a multitude of emotions about Henry's death, and I do.

I also think it shouldn't be swept under a convnient carpet of things we must not talk about.
Or, as i have said, some people would be under a misapprehension about what truly happens.

Until it is official, we are all speculating.

Oreo Fri 05-Jun-26 19:48:14

MissAdventure 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I can’t watch the repeating footage of the incident as it causes tears.Most of us on here are Mothers and probably grandparents too and can envisage that awful scene all too well.

AGAA4 Fri 05-Jun-26 19:47:07

Cold hard rage is fine if you don't incite others who may turn that into violence as Farage has done.
My feeling are more of deep sorrow for that poor young man and his family

MissAdventure Fri 05-Jun-26 19:41:56

Pure, cold rage.
Exactly how I feel.
Not because of farage.
Not because I'm some sort of knuckle headed, knuckle dragging idiot that needs inciting.

They're perfectly natural feelings about a deep injustice, as I see it.
Nobody likes injustice: current and ongoing threads on here are proof enough of that, I'd have thought.

foxie48 Fri 05-Jun-26 19:40:22

The police attending the incident got it wrong and for Henry Nowak it meant when taking his last breaths he was not being helped and comforted but handcuffed with his needs being ignored. That's absolutely tragic and I don't think there's anyone who thinks otherwise but that doesn't mean that there's two tier policing. What it means is that the attending police made a dreadful error, they will have to live with that for the rest of their lives but hopefully it will inform the future training of officers, which is what I believe Henry's family want.

AGAA4 Fri 05-Jun-26 19:37:30

Farage gets away with far too much. Similar to his hero Trump.