The fallout over the police bodycam footage has stoked divisions, with tensions spilling out onto the street Tuesday night as violent protests erupted in Southampton.
The online discourse surrounding the tragic case has also become increasingly charged, with high-profile figures such as Elon Musk criticising the actions of the police.
The tech billionaire and X owner on Tuesday told his 240 million-strong following on X to send the bodycam footage “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.”
He also claimed “the West has created an utterly evil state religion” in which an accusation of racism “is the gravest offense that can be committed.”
Starmer has accused Musk of “interfering in our politics” and “trying to whip up division.”
“That is not who we are in Britain,” he said. “In Britain, we are reasonable, tolerant people. When we have a terrible case, like Henry’s case, we react calmly, as his family have done.”
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