Body cam footage from the United Kingdom has turned at Henry Nowak's death from a local outrage into a

national indictment. The footage appears to show officers handcuffing an 18-year-old stabbing victim,

dismissing his pleas for help, and treating him as the suspect while he bled to death.

Noak, an 18-year-old from Essex, reportedly told officers, I can't breathe and I've been stabbed.

Officers mocked him, denying that he had been injured and debating whether they had any obligation to check.

The case has drawn comparisons to George Floyd in the United States due to the phrase,

I can't breathe. The comparison is definitely imperfect, but the contrast is

obvious. In Noak's case, the police really were responsible for him dying in their custody.

In December, Noak was walking home from a pub while recording himself on social media. He encountered

Vikram Digwa, a 22-year-old Sikh immigrant who claimed

Noak intentionally bumped into him. The recording stopped during the initial encounter,

so the exact sequence remains unclear. When it resumed, Noak called Digwa a bad man before

Degwa grabbed his phone and the recording ended permanently.

Digwood then allegedly stabbed Noak multiple times in the jaw, legs, and heart with a ceremonial dagger.

Britain imposes strict anti-knife laws on its native population, but seeks receive a special exemption to carry their knives. That fact turned Noak's death into a symbol of Britain's two-tier

society. Digua did not immediately summon help. Instead, he recorded himself mocking Noak as the

wounded teenager tried to escape over a fence. Noak told his attackers more than once that he was dying.

But again, Digwood didn't get help.

He conspired with his mother to hide the dagger because they knew he was going to be in trouble.

Digua's brother did eventually call the police, but he fed them some story about Nook being a violent racist who had insulted and assaulted the Sikh man before injuring himself while climbing a fence.

The police appear to have accepted that story instantly.

They treated the bleeding English teenager as the threat and the immigrant suspect as the victim.

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