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Henry Nowak was an 18-year-old student with his whole life ahead of him until he was fatally stabbed five times in Southampton. His attacker later claimed racial abuse that never happened, yet that false narrative shaped everything that followed.When police arrived, they ignored Nowak’s desperate pleas that he had been stabbed and could not breathe. Instead they handcuffed the dying young man, delaying the medical help that might have saved him.This case exposes a deeper failure. A white victim’s death barely registered with the media while questions of two-tier policing and selective justice hang over the entire episode. An inquest is due, but the silence already speaks volumes.