The final moments of Henry Nowak’s life must have been unimaginably(难以想象地) distressing. Lying on the ground, bleeding internally from a knife wound, the 18-year-old student was clapped in handcuffs(被迅速铐上手铐) by police who cast doubt on(对…表示怀疑) his claim to have been stabbed. Mr Nowak’s murderer, Vickrum Digwa, had lied to officers, saying that the teenager had racially abused him and caused him injury. Mr Digwa, a Sikh Briton from a family of Indian origin, claimed Mr Nowak had knocked off the turban that he wears as a sign of his faith and called him a “Paki”, a slur(侮辱性称呼（尤指种族歧视）).
亨利·诺瓦克生命的最后时刻必定令人难以想象的痛苦。躺在地上，因刀伤内出血，这名18岁的学生被警察迅速铐上手铐，而警察对他声称被刺伤一事表示怀疑。杀害诺瓦克的凶手维克拉姆·迪格瓦向警察撒谎，称这名少年曾对他进行种族辱骂并造成伤害。迪格瓦是一名来自印度裔家庭的锡克教英国人，他声称诺瓦克打掉了他作为信仰标志佩戴的头巾，并称他为“Paki”——一种侮辱性称呼。
In fact, according to the judge who has sentenced Mr Digwa to at least 21 years in prison, what happened was that the victim “perhaps cheekily(厚脸皮地；冒失地)” commented on the large dagger that the killer was wearing (another religious symbol, although most observant(遵守教规的；敏锐的) Sikhs carry a much smaller knife hidden under clothing). In response Mr Digwa grabbed Mr Nowak’s phone, sparking a scuffle which ended with him unsheathing(拔出（刀剑等）) the 21cm blade and stabbing the student several times. Even after his arrest Mr Digwa was not handcuffed.
事实上，根据判处迪格瓦至少21年监禁的法官的说法，事情的经过是受害者“也许有点冒失地”评论了凶手佩戴的大匕首（另一个宗教象征，尽管大多数虔诚的锡克教徒会在衣服下藏一把小得多的刀）。作为回应，迪格瓦抓住了诺瓦克的手机，引发了一场扭打，最终他拔出21厘米的刀片，刺了该学生数刀。即便在逮捕后，迪格瓦也没有被戴上手铐。
The crime took place in Southampton, on the south coast, in December last year. But it was not until this week, after Mr Digwa’s sentencing and the release of harrowing(令人痛苦的；折磨人的) video footage showing officers cuffing(给…戴上手铐) Mr Nowak as he lay helpless on the ground, that the events became politically explosive(具有政治爆炸性的). The prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, said he “felt sick” watching the video. Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, called it “disturbing” but insisted that the Independent Office for Police Conduct, the watchdog for police forces, should be left to complete its investigation into the behaviour of the officers involved (before they arrived an emergency call is said to have mentioned the possibility of a stabbing). The attorney-general is considering whether to review if the minimum prison term is “unduly lenient(过分宽大)”.
这起犯罪发生在去年12月，地点是南海岸的南安普敦。但直到本周，在迪格瓦被判刑以及令人痛苦的视频片段公布后——画面显示警察在诺瓦克无助地躺在地上时给他戴上手铐——这些事件才变得具有政治爆炸性。首相基尔·斯塔默爵士表示，看视频时他“感到恶心”。内政大臣沙巴娜·马哈茂德称其“令人不安”，但坚称应让警察独立办公室（警察部队的监督机构）完成对相关警官行为的调查（据悉在警察到达前，紧急电话已提及可能发生刺伤事件）。总检察长正在考虑是否审查最低刑期是否“过分宽大”。
The politics of anger
愤怒的政治