British Government Pushes Back as Trump Administration Criticizes U.K. Policing Amid Murdered Student Row

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British Justice Secretary David Lammy has rejected the U.S. State Department’s accusation of “two-tiered policing” in the U.K. amid a political row over the death of a student who was handcuffed by police after he had been stabbed. “I don’t recognize this caricature of Britain having a two-tier criminal justice system,” Lammy said Friday, emphasizing his belief that “everybody has got to be equal before the law, that is a fundamental concept in our Democratic settlement.” A spokesperson for