The political fallout surrounding the murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak has crossed the Atlantic, triggering a massive reaction across conservative media in the United States, where prominent commentators are weaponizing the tragedy to condemn the United Kingdom’s political establishment.

US broadcasters are heavily heavily utilizing the recently released Hampshire Police bodycam footage—which showed officers handcuffing a dying Nowak based on a false racism allegation—as definitive proof that British institutions have collapsed under ideological capture.

The “Woke Mind Virus” and Keir Starmer

Leading the charge across American airwaves, prominent media figure Megyn Kelly delivered a blistering attack on the UK government during her broadcast. Kelly directly blamed Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the policing culture that led to the incident.

“This is Keir Starmer’s Britain… he is Neville Chamberlain 2.0,” Kelly declared, demanding that every officer at the scene be immediately fired. Kelly further argued that the tragedy exposes the lethal consequences of diversity training, stating: “Knives obviously can kill, but so can the woke mind virus.”

On Fox News, commentator Will Cain drew a direct and provocative parallel between Nowak’s final moments and the 2020 death of George Floyd in the US. Pointing out that Nowak also repeatedly told police “I can’t breathe,” Cain questioned the political disparity in the response: “Why do some victims become symbols while others do not?”

Other Fox News broadcasts claimed the UK policing system is entirely “infected by the woke edicts of their overlords,” suggesting that native-born Britons are being targeted by the state.

A “Litmus Test” for Western Civilization

The international media reaction was heavily amplified domestically by GB News. Appearing on the network, American conservative commentator Don Keith argued that the US is watching the Nowak case closely because Great Britain serves as a “litmus test for the rest of western civilization.”

Keith sharply criticized the UK Parliament and law enforcement for failing to officially honor Nowak in the same manner they honored George Floyd, noting the absence of official moments of silence or police officers taking a knee.

Right-leaning British commentators utilized the US media reaction to bolster their demands for sweeping domestic reform. Panelists on the GB News broadcast argued that the tragedy proves British institutions are hopelessly captured by political activism, formally demanding that the UK government completely abolish and replace the College of Policing.