I do not speak about politics often on this account. But this time I will.
He was eighteen. He was stabbed five times on a street in Southampton, UK. And in the minutes that decided whether he lived or died, the police handcuffed him, the victim, because his killer told them he was the aggressor and called him a racist. They did not believe Henry when he said he had been stabbed and could not breathe many times. By the time they understood, he was gone.
His death was not just the failure of a few individuals at the scene. It was the failure of a system that has lost its moral compass. A system of murderous empathy. A court has since ruled that the killer's story was, in the judge's own words, wholly false. The force has apologised for arresting a dying boy. But Henry is still dead.
For years our institutions have been shaped by ideas that sort people into fixed categories of victim and offender before the facts are known. These frameworks distort judgment at every level. Some learn to wield an accusation as a shield. Others, placed in authority, grow so afraid of being called biased that they abandon basic fairness and ordinary courage. The result is paralysis, confusion, and injustice, and on that night it was fatal.
This is not compassion. It is moral chaos, it is a true racism and it destroys real lives. It took Henry's. It will take more if we keep pretending nothing is wrong.
I honor Henry by refusing to look away. We owe him a society built on responsibility, equal treatment and same rules for everyone, and the courage to say plainly what is happening in front of us. Henry Nowak should still be alive.
@geertwilderspvv Als het “ineens” zonder verklaring geen geldig ID is, mogen ze ook de openbare ruimte niet meer betreden. Zonder ID heb ik een probleem. Kortom, of dat coa-kaartje toch accepteren of de azielzoekers niet meer het AZC laten verlaten. Mijn voorkeur heeft het 2de.
@geertwilderspvv
Geachte heer Wilders. Daar wij in een democratie leven, waarom stelt u in de tweede kamer niet voor dat bij de opvang van asielzoekers, we dit eerst doen in gemeenten waar linkse partijen de afgelopen lokale verkiezingen hebben gewonnen? Probleem opgelost.
De protesten tegen #asielzoekerscentrums in Nederland gaan door en zijn bijna niet meer bij te houden. Vanavond opnieuw een protest in #Apeldoorn waar het al dagen onrustig is. Morgenavond een protest in #DenHaag en #Hillegom.
@endthebeeb@WarMonitorClips Thanks for your reply.
Every loss is ashame ofcourse. Human suffering is universal😔. That was what i tried to say. Although i am against hamas, there is no hate to the common people of / in Gaza. Don’t really understand why you would think that after my message.
@BoerBurgerB Belastinggeld uitgeven aan eigen burgers is not done voor D66. Maar miljarden zomaar aan Ukraine geven kan altijd zonder probleem. Walgelijke groep dat het is. Ik wacht tot we massaal de straat opgaan. Dit is ons leven, geef ons geld uit aan ons!