CTOA CopCast – Season 1 – Episode 6: Mubin Shaikh

Points of Interest

The media has shown an uptick in incidents regarding extremism, what do you think is driving that? 4:09
How does a recruiter get an individual to a point where they act upon their grievances? 5:13
Do you think extremist groups thrive off of the exploitation of lawful protests? 7:37
How do you begin to pull someone away from an (extremist) belief system?
If we can’t get them off the team, how do we prevent them from getting on the team? 11:29
What are some of the indicators that someone is turning towards extremism? What do we do as a community? 15:20
A narrow interpretation of the world & a chosen religion 17:56How difficult is it for a (Muslim) family to see a child becoming radicalized?
Are we legitimizing terror groups by putting them on lists and giving them attention? Should they be ignored? 24:23
Are you seeing a link between organized criminal groups and extremist groups? 28:32
How do people follow & get ahold of you? 31:29
Ex-KKK working as a counter-extremist 32:25