Welcome to Watching Brief. As the name implies, each week Marc (Mr Soup) & Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what they find.

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0:00 Introduction

1:36 A Brief History

9:29 Protest, Trial, Aquittal

18:32 An Archaeological Perspective

24:44 A Legal Precedent?

35:17 Final Comments

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Link of the Week:

Secret Barrister Commentary:

https://tinyurl.com/4uzukn3m

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Links:

A Knee on His Neck: George Floyd’s America:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/george-floyd-america/policing/

Edward Colston Statue Toppling and Colston Timeline of Events:

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/edward-colston-statue-toppling-timeline-6444863

Bristol’s Slavery ‘Cancer’ was ‘Surgically Removed’ by Colston Four, Says Historian David Olusoga:

https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/james-obrien/bristols-slavery-cancer-was-surgically-removed-by-colston-four/

The Secret Barrister: Do the Verdicts in the Trial of the Colston 4 Signal Something Wrong with Our Jury System? 10 Things You Should Know:

https://thesecretbarrister.com/2022/01/06/do-the-verdicts-in-the-trial-of-the-colston-4-signal-something-wrong-with-our-jury-system-10-things-you-should-know/

Discussing the Toppling of Edward Colston Statue in Bristol - Live Stream:

https://youtu.be/zNexB4vVFpI

Outrage as 'Space Archaeologist' Sarah Parcak Advises How to Topple Statues!? - WB June 2020

https://youtu.be/I7rXhuPT7I0

Muppets of the Month: Thugs 'Defend' Statues from No One & Fight the Police! - WB June 2020

https://youtu.be/2ZOQJv5WfSc

Statue Wars, UNCHARTED: Golden Abyss, Age of Samurai: Media Picks - WB 2nd July 2021

https://youtu.be/HTGoG2RIz98