#32. Along the Lines of… Police Power: Freedom, Human Rights, Covid, & Protests (with Trevor Brown)

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Along the Lines

Dan J Brown

36 episodes

1 week ago

A conversational podcast started during the Covid-19 pandemic. Beginning the first episodes in lockdown, and unable to meet each guest in person, the conversations had to take place along the phone lines. Each episode is along the lines of... whatever subject/s are interesting and relevant (to the guest/s) at the time of recording.

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#32. Along the Lines of… Police Power: Freedom, Human Rights, Covid, & Protests (with Trevor Brown)

Along the Lines

1 hour 42 minutes 12 seconds

4 years ago

#32. Along the Lines of… Police Power: Freedom, Human Rights, Covid, & Protests (with Trevor Brown)

In this episode, Dan talks to his Dad, Trevor Brown, about a few different topics that include...

- Police freedom to talk to the press
- Police whistleblowing policies and culture over the years
- Trevor's views on whistleblowing
- The potential of police officers having an overly authoritarian mindset
- How to prevent police officers becoming too power-hungry
- The frustration of working within a criminal justice system that's in favour of the perpetrator
- When humans rights and the police come into conflict
- The potential negative results of compromising on any human rights
- Trusting or distrusting government intentions
- Have the Covid restrictions been worth it?
- When is it right for the restrictions to be breached?
- Managing our moral views during these Covid restrictions
- Trevor's criticism of journalism over this past year
- Have the BBC been too biased during the past year?
- Do protests mostly "achieve absolutely nothing"?
- How protests encourage conversation and change

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Music: "Tombstone" by George Styles and Fluid Root (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RO4HfxP3sE)

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