Minister condemns riot but urges review of police anti-racism guidance following Henry Nowak death – UK politics live

Sarah Jones appeals for calm after rioting over the death of Nowak, who was handcuffed while dying from stab wound

In her Today interview, Jones refused to say if the police officers involved in the arrest of Henry Nowak as he was dying were still on duty.

She said the IOPC [Independent Office of Police Conduct] was dealing with that.

I would say that the principles are important, that everyone is equal under the law.

I would say that there are 100,000 999 calls a day and that in the majority of cases, the police are doing the right thing, making the right decisions in the right way.

We see examples of people making the wrong call in different ways. In the main, that is not what we see.

To push a certain sort of agenda in this case is not helpful.

I look at that footage and as a mother I find it almost impossible to see. I think everybody does.

I think everybody can’t understand what the response was. I think everybody has a degree of anger about it because it looks so wrong.