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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by Deceptichum@kbin.social to c/australia@aussie.zone

Counter-terrorism police encouraged an autistic 13-year-old boy in his fixation on Islamic State in an undercover operation after his parents sought help from the authorities.

The boy, given the pseudonym Thomas Carrick, was later charged with terror offences after an undercover officer “fed his fixation” and “doomed” the rehabilitation efforts Thomas and his parents had engaged in, a Victorian children’s court magistrate found.

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[-] LineNoise@kbin.social 29 points 9 months ago

A reminder: never, ever, call police on someone whose welfare you care about.

[-] zurohki@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago

As the saying goes: if you have a problem and call the police, you now have two problems.

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