Kemi Badenoch insisted Henry Nowak’s family want ‘common sense’ policing today after speaking to his bereaved parents.
The Tory leader praised the ‘extraordinary courage’ of the murdered student’s father, mother and stepmother after meeting them.
She said they were keen for Henry’s ‘memory to help bring our society together’ instead of ‘tearing our communities apart’.
The talks came after violence broke out in Southampton amid an outcry over the treatment of the 18-year-old.
Distressing footage showed officers handcuffing the stabbed teenager as he lay dying on the street, discounting his pleas for help.
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