Hello there, I'm Alyssa McCarthy-McCarthy. Thanks for downloading the yesterday in Parliament podcast.

On Tuesday the 2nd of June, the Home Secretary said there would be an investigation into police officers' actions on the night 18-year-old student Henry Novak was killed.

Henry Novak repeatedly told police he couldn't breathe as he lay handcuffed and dying

after being stabbed on a Southampton street. His killer, Vikram Digwa, lied to police at the

scene, claiming he'd been the victim of a racist attack. In the comments, the Home Secretary

Shabana Mahmood

said many MPs and the public would by now have seen the police body-worn camera footage

in which Henry tells officers he's been stabbed. It is, without question, a disturbing and

tragic thing to see. People are rightly asking questions about how the situation was handled and they are

shocked and disquieted to hear Henry's words, I can't breathe. I know that it is difficult to wait

any longer for answers, but there is a proper process to assess whether there have been incidents

of police misconduct.

So there'd be an investigation by the Independent Office of Police Conduct to look at what could and should have been done differently.

Vikran Digwa was jailed for a minimum of 21 years after stabbing Henry in the heart

with an 8-inch blade that he said he carried as part of his Sikh faith.

The case has sparked accusations of two-tier policing, favouring one community over another.

Shabana Mahmood said officers had a sacred duty to police without fear or favour.

Everyone in this country is equal before the law.

It is the promise upon which our whole justice system rests and the equality of every citizen is the foundation on which the openness,

tolerance and generosity of this country rests. The Shadow Home Secretary, the Conservative

Chris Philp, said the police had seemed more

concerned with the accusation of racism than with helping Henry. We cannot tolerate a situation

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