I have been harassed and followed in public countless times while alone. I have cried after being followed and approached several times after uni because I know that if someone actually tried to harm me, I wouldn't even be able to try to defend myself because any form of defense spray is illegal to carry. I would be the one in the wrong. So we either die or get arrested trying to protect ourselves? Against someone who possibly has an ACTUAL weapon on them 'legally?' Is that how it works?
NOBODY should be scared of being harmed in public.
NOBODY should be branded a criminal while dying just because one man says so.
NOBODY should be carrying weapons in public.
NOBODY should die at the hands of somebody else.
NOBODY should spend their last living moments being read their rights and being treated like the problem while also not being believed for their injuries.
I feel sick, the world is evil.
This shouldn't have ever happened to Henry 💔
Taken from Facebook:
Kelly Hatchard
“To me, Henry wasn't a headline or a court case. He was my best friends funny, caring, cheeky son. Henry had a way of making people smile without even trying. He had so much life ahead of him, so many plans, and so much love to give. When Henry was just a baby, Lucy gave me the honour of being his godmother. Our kids, like us shared their childhood. Henry's loved ones were just normal people and we were enjoying watching our kids grow into adults, naively taking for granted that we would see all the wonderful things that life had to offer them.
On December 5th 2025, when the news broke, life as we knew it stopped.
My focus in what I want to say will always be Henry and Henry's family.
But, nothing I could ever say would come close to explaining the pain of losing Henry. But alongside the heartbreak of losing Henry has been the pain of watching one of the kindest families I have ever known have their entire world torn apart.
I was lucky enough to grow up with the family of my best friends Lucy (Henry's Mum) and Katie (Henry's aunty). The family make everyone feel welcome. Their home is filled with kindness, warmth and laughter. No matter what life throws at them they always find a way to bring light to those around them. They are generous with their time, compassionate in their hearts, and the sort of people who make others feel like family too, including me and then my children. Their laughter is infectious, their support unwavering, and their love for one another shines through in everything they do.
My heart is broken for them, a very large part of them died on the day that monster chose to rip Henry from their lives. Yet even through their darkest days they continued to be the wonderful people that they are. Their focus during these dark times was to shine a light on and raise money for the charity that has helped them.
Then, 6 months after Henry's death, the heart ache continued as they had to face the trial. Being subjected to sit in a room with the monster who brutally murdered their son and watch the lies spill so easily from his mouth. A man who has not once showed an an ounce of remorse for what he did. They endured a living nightmare.
Thinking that things could not possibly get worse, in the last few weeks they have learned that the very institution that is there to protect us not only ignored Henry's plea for help, but they sided with the monster who put him on the ground .
Henry's family learned that his last moments were not only spent so afraid of the monster who attacked him but he was then wronged and let down by the police officer who I have no doubt, Henry assumed was there to help him.
That police officer handcuffed Henry and read him his rights. The last thing my best friend's beautiful boy heard before we lost him forever.
This image, we will never ever be able to erase from our minds. Family, friends and now the world, will have seen that image and we all have to live with it forever.
Shame on the monster who took you, shame on the police officer who should have helped you and shame on the organisation that trained the police officer to side with an incorrect racist slur over a dying young man. Shame on you all!!
You treated a loving caring intelligent hardworking young man, with such disregard and disrespect. You treated Henry's family, such good people, with such dishonesty! The lies have been inforgivable !! HOW DARE YOU.
Henry deserved so much more from this life. Henry and his family have been let down so badly.
THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN TO ANYONE, ANYONE'S CHILD.
This has to stop now.
Henry we will fight until the end for you. The world will know your name. You changed our lives for the better for being a part of it, I believe you will now go on to change the lives of others by the legacy you will leave.
God bless you my darling 💙”
@LigmaMael@BeanerOfSnow@Cyn1calCrusader Litterally, just imagine florida weather, but it barely cools down at night, and there's no AC, cars, busses, or even hospitals. Everyone in the UK is broke compared to the US, so no one is buying AC especially when it's going to be freezing cold again when this passes soon.
@LigmaMael@BeanerOfSnow@Cyn1calCrusader I was there last July for independence Day and did a trip in the everglades, nice and warm, but with a cool breeze from time to time, I'd move there if I could. but it's just factual that the weather we have had this recent heatwave (over 90f) is comparable to the heat there.
@BeanerOfSnow@LigmaMael@Cyn1calCrusader No shit Einstein, do you think I'm arguing the UK is hotter than florida year round.
The UK summer isn't that hot. it's not even summertime. You're mistaken if you think the issue is summer. It's a rare and extreme heatwave that will pass in a few days.
@LigmaMael@BeanerOfSnow@Cyn1calCrusader https://t.co/J8eQTzEo6P
https://t.co/LxfhsV4NI5
In your screenshot, it's 81F in May it was 94F the other day here. In what world is that normal for a country on the 55th parallel. Stepping into any car or building in miami was like walking into a freezer. It made the heat easy.
@BeanerOfSnow@LigmaMael@Cyn1calCrusader Because it's avg 28c in Miami in July, and it was 34c in my town in northern England with similar humidity and not a single car or building has A/C and foreigners from all around the world's hottest countries come to the UK and say its more uncomfortable than back home.
@LigmaMael@Banatar86@Cyn1calCrusader The North of England is closer to Anchorage Alaska than any other US city, and it was over 90F yesterday. I don't care if you choose to live in the devil's asshole part of the world, but nobody here signs up for that.
@LigmaMael@Banatar86@Cyn1calCrusader https://t.co/LxfhsV4NI5
https://t.co/J8eQTzEo6P
Idk it more or less matches what it was like when I was there. Really not that crazy. Regardless, there's no earthly reason a high latitude cold country like the UK should ever come close to the heat of Florida, and yet it does.
@Banatar86@LigmaMael@Cyn1calCrusader Regardless, Florida's hottest month is July at 28c and something like 80% humidity. Today in the UK, it's hitting 33c and around 70%, where I am, and this is supposed to be a country with a year-round cold climate. Imagine if alaska suddenly got Florida weather.
@Banatar86@LigmaMael@Cyn1calCrusader Probably is just AC giving you a break constantly that makes it manageable. In the US, everyone drives everywhere, and every car has AC, and every store has it, too. Having short periods of heat vs. 24/7 with no relief.
@buckeyegirl25@Cyn1calCrusader The UK is too poor to afford air conditioning, especially when there's only short-term heat spikes, and it's freezing all the rest of the year.
@failed_testing@Cyn1calCrusader Part of retaining heat is that homes in the UK have a larger number of smaller rooms with thick walls. When I stayed in the US, 1 unit would cool the entire place. At my house, you'd need multiple of those units. The cool air from the living room wouldn't reach the kitchen, etc.