Chris Donovan Trust

They didn’t just fail Henry Nowak as he lay dying. They failed his family in the hours that followed. Right after telling them their 18 year old son had been murdered, police asked about his political views. And theirs. His mother later said: “It’s a really strange question. You’ve just been told your son’s been murdered and then they asked that.” Meanwhile the official story kept changing. First aid had been given immediately. Then it became he was detained. Then handcuffed. Then arrested while he was dying. They were shown a draft press release that painted their son as the aggressor while his father was still driving home from identifying his body. The family now say they fear they were manipulated in their darkest hours, with decisions made to protect the police rather than help them. That’s not support. That’s something far colder.