Konstantin Kisin: How America’s Racial Politics Poisoned Britain Vickrum Digwa stabbed 18-year-old student Henry Nowak, pictured, to death. Nowak was handcuffed by police as he lay dying because Digwa accused him of racism. (Press Association via AP Images) Henry Nowak lay dying in the street. Instead of helping him, police handcuffed him because his killer accused him of racism. Most Americans have not heard the name Henry Nowak.