You’ll be telling us that Christians don’t walk around with a ceremonial hammer and nails in their pockets no doubt.
Bit of difference between that and a kirpan, to be fair, and Christians have no obligation to go around with such items. That said, Sikhs don’t have a history of causing issues or actually using it as a weapon. Vickram Digwa was a loose cannon and booted from his Gudwara for being a menace. He and his family have behaved disgracefully, but should not be seen as a totem to unite hatred against Sikhs, who have assimilated well into British society as a whole, but you will always get bad eggs.
There probably should be an evaluation of how to proceed on kirpans in future because, even though this wasn’t a Sikh extremist attack so far as we know (more a nutter with a weapon), having access to weapons is a risk for anyone with violent tendencies. Like, if Sikhs boot someone for the Gudwara for such reasons, the person should waiver their right to have a kirpan for religious reasons being an example of possible reform.
The police definitely need to have an investigation because the protocols on what to do when someone says they’re stabbed was not followed and Henry was unfortunately treated with cynicism and disrespect. A combination of weariness, inexperienced police and cynicism towards those suspected of crimes (the police were called by Digwa, claiming he was the victim of Henry) played its role here.
