YouTuber and filmmaker Jesse Ridgway said this week that he and his wife Ashley ended the life of their unborn baby following a prenatal diagnosis of Trisomy 21, commonly known as Down syndrome. The update was shared publicly through a post on X.
Ridgway said the couple received the diagnosis during the pregnancy and then spent time weighing their options. He described it as a difficult period, saying the decision had a significant emotional impact on both of them.
The video then shows officers moving toward Nowak, who is lying on the ground and repeatedly asking for assistance, stating that he had been stabbed. An officer responds at one point, “don’t think you have, mate,” before informing him he is under arrest. Nowak is heard saying, “Please, brother. I can’t breathe.”
Nigel Farage raised the case in the House of Commons, linking it to wider policing guidance and arguing that anti-racism policy has influenced how officers assess situations involving different ethnic groups. He said the policy is “clear and written down in ink” and claimed police officers “must treat different ethnic groups in different ways,” referring to the Police Race Action Plan and its associated guidance on policing outcomes.
The policy framework in question, the Police Anti-Racism Commitment, was introduced following the 2020 race action framework. It states that equality of policing outcomes “does not mean treating everyone ‘the same’ or being ‘colour blind’,” and instead calls for responses based on “individuals and communities according to their specific needs, circumstances and experiences.”
It also references policing history in the UK, including what it describes as a “difficult history in its relationships with Black communities,” and cites the 2020 killing of George Floyd as part of its background context.
The document states that “nations across the globe were rocked by the outpouring of emotion following the murder of George Floyd,” describing it as a catalyst for renewed attention on policing reform.
“In the summer of 2020,” the guidance reads, “nations across the globe were rocked by the outpouring of emotion following the murder of George Floyd. It provided a catalyst for the expression of deep concerns about the social injustice experienced by Black people. This was the same in the UK. Although this was a wider expression against societal injustice, it was about policing.”
