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How Australian undercover police ‘fed’ an autistic 13-year-old’s fixation with Islamic State (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/australia

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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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Reminds me of when Riverside Sheriffs busted a special ed student (he had been diagnosed with Aspergers)....and then did it again to another one (who apparently had the cognitive level of a 3rd grader) the next year after having and undercover officer befriend them (along with others) and pressure them into buying or stealing drugs for them. Also, the case is crazy because somehow a minor regardless of having Aspergers can apparently waive their Maranda rights as well as their guardians not be contacted.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Surprised to see the article still using the term Asperger’s. Asperger was a nazi sympathiser and experimented on kids with autism and his name should be relegated to the toilet of history.

Edit: ah, the article is from 2014, so maybe a little less surprising that they used the term.

[–] zik 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

There's no such thing as Miranda rights in Australia - that's an American law. We do however have "the right to silence", and must be informed of that right by police on arrest so it has a similar effect.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I didn't say there were Miranda rights in Australia. I was referring the story I linked, which is from the US.

[–] zik 1 points 9 months ago

Ah, I see