Lucy unpacks what happened, why she refused to be intimidated and what her case could mean for policing, protest rights and free expression in New Zealand.
In Episode 25 of The Good Oil Podcast, Cam sits down with ‘silent protestor’ Lucy Rogers.
She’s a criminal defence lawyer and Free Speech Union member whose quiet stand at a November 2023 anti-Israel protest ended in arrest.
An investigation later found the arrest was unlawful, and she is now taking legal action herself.
Lucy unpacks what happened, why she refused to be intimidated and what her case could mean for policing, protest rights and free expression in New Zealand.
For once the money might flow east across the Tasman.
Willis would do well to focus on fixing the books rather than picking fights she cannot win.
Our systems are failing us – the doctors, the coroners, the police, Medsafe, the Ministry of Health, our politicians, the wider judiciary and the media. It is up to ordinary, decent New Zealanders who care about the future of this country to make a noise.
The outsider who refused to stay angry but stayed too-often gullible.
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