Vice President JD Vance has torched ‘European elites’ and their support for an ‘invasion of migrants,’ which he blames for the murder of British teenager Henry Nowak.
The 18-year-old was stabbed to death by Vickrum Digwa, 23, a Sikh man armed with a ceremonial blade, in Southampton, UK, in December. Digwa lied to police that he had been the victim of a racist attack and acted in self-defense.
Police body camera footage shows Nowak being handcuffed as he pleads for medical attention and cries out to officers that he has been stabbed.
‘I don’t think you have, mate,’ one of the officers tells the teenager.
When police finally realized their mistake and began administering medical treatment, it was too late. Digwa was convicted of murder this week and sentenced to life in prison.
Vance wrote on X Friday: ‘Henry Nowak died the same way a civilization dies: abandoned, handcuffed by authorities who neither trusted nor cared for him, and accused of hate crimes he did not commit.’
‘He should still be alive today, and he would be if the last few generations of European elites had stood their ground against the politics of self-hatred and the mass invasion of migrants, many of whom despise the West and the people who love it,’ he added.
Vance wrote that the only response to such an incident ‘is righteous anger,’ adding that nobody ‘should ever die the way that Henry Nowak died.’
Vice President JD Vance penned a scathing statement slamming ‘European elites’ and ‘the mass invasion of migrants’ for the horrific death of UK teenager Henry Nowak
The 18-year-old, above, was murdered by a Sikh man who falsely claimed he had been racially abused in Southampton, UK, in December
Body camera footage from the scene shows police handcuffing Nowak as he bled out
Vance’s comments echo those of Reform UK Party leader Nigel Farage, who demanded that people should respond to the footage with ‘pure, cold rage.’
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer quickly condemned Farage’s comments, saying that he was ‘shocked’ by the rhetoric.
‘A grieving family have asked us not to respond in the way that the leader of Reform has responded,’ Starmer said.
‘His [Farage’s] response has been to appeal for rage. Rage – that’s his response to a father who’s lost his son and asked for that not to happen.’
‘Exploiting this tragedy to create grievance and division would be wrong in any circumstances. But to do it when the family are expressly saying “please don’t” is unforgivable. It shows exactly who he is,’ said the PM.
A spokesman for Starmer said shortly after Vance’s post: ‘In recent days we have seen people trying to interfere in our democracy and seeking to stir up division on our streets.
‘The Nowak family are grieving after Henry’s horrific murder. They have said they do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension. We should be respecting their wishes.’
Vance’s full-throated condemnation comes after the Trump administration broke its silence on the case that has sparked uproar in the UK, with thousands of protesters taking to the streets.
The State Department said in a statement: ‘Ideological conditioning and two-tiered policing are glaring symptoms of civilizational decline. They must be rejected across the West.
Vickrum Digwa, 23, was sentenced to life in prison over the killing of Nowak on Monday
The ceremonial Sikh knife Digwa used to murder Nowak
Nowak with his father, Mark, who gave a statement outside court after Digwa’s sentencing
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‘The United States sends our condolences to the family of Henry Nowak and the people of the United Kingdom at this troubling time.’
The stomach-churning body camera footage shows Nowak pleading with authorities to help him, stating nine times he could not breathe and four times that he had been stabbed.
Starmer has repeatedly denounced anyone speaking out about the tragedy, including UK lawmakers and even Elon Musk.
The prime minister has accused Musk of ‘trying to whip up division’ in Britain over the murder.
Musk has repeatedly posted about the tragedy in the past week.
‘Send the video to everyone you know showing how heinously Nowak was treated by the police in his dying moments and how the police cravenly kowtowed to his murderer,’ Musk wrote on Tuesday.
‘Legacy mainstream media, same ones who wrote about George Floyd millions of times, are dead silent about Nowak.’
Conservative figures in the UK argue that the murder is proof that police in Britain treat white people and ethnic minorities differently.
Vance’s and the State Department’s statements, citing the country’s ‘two-tiered policing,’ fall in line with those domestic criticisms.
‘We do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension,’ Nowak’s father, Mark Nowak, said outside Southampton Crown Court on Monday.
