'Plea for calm ignored' and 'Arrest that outraged nation'
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Like many of Wednesday's papers, the i Paper leads with the aftermath of the sentencing of Vickrum Digwa for the murder of Henry Nowak. It reports that hundreds of protesters gathered outside Southampton Central Police Station chanting "I can't breathe". "Family's plea for calm ignored," the headline says.
Under the headline "Arrest that outraged nation", the Daily Star reports that a police officer involved in the arrest of Nowak quit after bodycam footage emerged which shows the student, handcuffed after being wrongly accused of a racist attack, repeatedly saying "I've been stabbed" to officers, one of whom replies: "Don't think you have mate."
The Daily Telegraph runs a story saying police forces are facing pressure to move away from "positive discrimination policies" and that politicians "blame DEI [Diversity, Equity and Inclusion] guidelines" for the death of Nowak "at the hands of Sikh killer".
The Sun also leads with coverage of the murder of Nowak under a large headline reading "Never again". Its front page also features a large image of a still taken from police bodycam footage showing Nowak being handcuffed "shortly before he died".
The top story in the Guardian reports on politicians and community leaders calling for calm "amid fears that the populist right are using the murder of Henry Nowak by a Sikh man to whip up racist resentment".
Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch's "fury" at Reform UK leader Nigel Farage over his comment that "white lives matter just as much as black lives" following the murder of Nowak leads the Daily Express.
The focus of the front page of the Times is also around the policing policies "to treat ethnic minorities differently" being blamed for the "wrongful arrest" of Nowak. It reports that police chiefs will review "controversial guidance".
The front page of the Daily Mirror is dominated by coverage of Nowak's murder. Its report leads with the footage of Nowak being handcuffed as "he bled to death". It says Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has called for calm and promised answers to the Nowak family.
The murder of Nowak "must be a turning point", Badenoch says in a piece written for the Daily Mail, which leads its coverage on her remarks saying the crime "is a 'seminal moment' in the fight against racism".
The Independent runs a large image of Nowak across its front page above an article angled on Mahmood warning "inflammatory commentary is making a dreadful situation even worse" in reference to anger over the case being "stoked further by Nigel Farage".
A still from the bodycam footage showing Nowak being handcuffed runs on the front of the Metro, which reports that a "political storm has erupted" after the video emerged and there have been calls for police "to be prosecuted over a 'two-tier' approach".
The Financial Times front page covers the hunt for an Ebola vaccine and a story on the US looking at deploying "nuclear capabilities in additional European Nato states" to reassure its allies.
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