The video shows he was likely accosted in the night, back talked, and then his phone taken. His killer is obviously a sociopath in some capacity and was in all likelihood the instigator. Yeah, Henry should've left it, but he's still completely innocent.

What were police meant to do differently??? Watch the video. He said he'd been stabbed and they ignored him multiple times, saying 'sure you did mate'. They then didn't do a proper medical survey and HANDCUFFED HIM WHILE HE SAID HE WAS BLEEDING OUT. He said he couldn't breathe, and said 'call an ambulance' a few times. The lies about racism contributed to their dismissal of his claims, because they painted Henry as a racist attacker - and they therefore didn't believe he had the injuries of a victim. The false claims played a direct role in his death.

As to the outrage - to be sure, the underlying cause of the outrage by the rioters and far right is POC on white violence - but the source of outrage for the entire rest of the country is the horrific police failure, and the weaponisation of anti racism. It's such a clear cut case that actually, I do think much of the country would be just as outraged if Henry was black, and you might even have larger protests because it would come under the same banner as George Floyd.