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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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[-] saltesc@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

I'm sorry, but how the fuck does an early teen with disability and an IQ of 71 manage to outdo the parents so much that they go to the police about it?

Are they unicellular organisms or is he just the family genius?

[-] BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 9 months ago

What does "outdo" mean in this context?

They went to the police because they were scared he would be radicalised not knowing that that was the cops plan anyway.

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