Britain's Great Self-Loathing Crusade

From the BBC, in a story about the murder of college student Henry Nowak by 22-year-old Sikh Vickrum Digwa:

Under UK law, it is illegal to carry most knives in public… But the law does provide exemptions for religious reasons as potential lawful defenses… The CPS said Digwa chose to carry two ceremonial knives and that the judge’s finding of fact made clear he agreed with its assessment that the weapon used was a kirpan.

The crazy Nowak story is a reverse-George Floyd moment for the U.K., but coverage here, when there’s been any, has been a dull “Republicans pounce” caricature. A Sunday BBC headline centered on Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy criticizing J.D. Vance for blaming the murder on the “politics of self-hatred,” which is exactly what it was. The bodycam footage alone came off as tasteless sketch comedy, with British cops genuflecting before a murderer whose brother told them had been “racially abused by some white person,” while handcuffing and ignoring Nowak, the person actually bleeding to death. When Nowak gasped, “I can’t breathe, call an ambulance,” and said he’d been stabbed, an officer said, “I don’t think you have, mate.”

Making things worse were two bizarre distortions. British citizens are generally barred from carrying knives, but Sikhs can carry ceremonial blades for religious reasons. Digwa was carrying two sheathed blades, one being the murder weapon. Second, British police under an insane “Anti-Racism Commitment” guidance are not only directed to be “sorry for the damage racism has caused and continues to cause” and to pledge that “it is not enough for us to not be racist,” but told their “commitment to racial equity” does “not mean treating everyone ‘the same’ or being ‘colour blind’ (racial equality).” In England, justice is no longer allowed to be blind!