UK Populist Right Appropriate “Taking a Knee”

From the International Business Times: Protesters across parts of the United Kingdom have begun reviving the ‘take the knee’ gesture following the murder of Southampton student Henry Nowak and the release of police body-worn camera footage showing officers handcuffing him as he lay fatally injured. …Images and videos shared on social media have shown people kneeling outside police stations and public buildings in what organisers describe as a response to the handling of the case. Commentary on Nowak’s death has been extensive, with many writers saying much the same thing. We know that Nowak’s killer, Vickrum Digwa, gave a false account to police, as a result of which police handcuffed Nowak and intially disbelieved his claim to have been stabbed. The pathologist found that nothing could have been done to save his life (although, inevitably, a fringe theory that police likely dislodged a blood clot is doing the rounds), but Nowak died without dignity, thinking that the police believed…