Key facts
- Police body-worn video shows Vickrum Digwa lied to officers.
- Digwa lied about being racially attacked by Henry Nowak.
- Digwa falsely claimed Henry Nowak was drunk.
- Henry Nowak died after being stabbed.
- The Nowak family asserts Digwa received more decent treatment than their son.
- Newly released video supports the Nowak family's assertion.
Newly released police body-worn video footage has revealed that Vickrum Digwa repeatedly lied to officers regarding the circumstances of an altercation with Henry Nowak, who subsequently died after being stabbed. Digwa falsely claimed to police that Nowak had racially attacked him and that Nowak was intoxicated. The released video supports the Nowak family's assertion that Digwa was treated with more decency by law enforcement than their son received. The family has maintained that Digwa received preferential treatment during the investigation.
The body-worn camera footage captures Digwa's interactions with police following the incident. During these interactions, Digwa provided false accounts of the events, including the assertion of a racial motive for the attack against him and that Nowak was drunk. These statements are now contradicted by the visual evidence from the body cameras. The Nowak family has pointed to this discrepancy as evidence of a biased investigation.
Henry Nowak died after being stabbed. The circumstances surrounding his death and the subsequent police investigation are now under scrutiny due to the revelations from the body-worn video. The family's claims of differential treatment are being highlighted in light of Digwa's admitted lies to the authorities.