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Then what are you saying? It's clearly not commentary on the article. > As the court order overturning the criminal charges noted, officers deliberately steere

Then what are you saying? It's clearly not commentary on the article. > As the court order overturning the criminal charges noted, officers deliberately steered Carrick away from anything that would have helped him and towards actions that would have seen the rest of his life destroyed. > The community would not expect law enforcement officers to encourage a 13-14 year old child towards racial hatred, distrust of police and violent extremism, encouraging the child’s fixation on ISIS,” magistrate Lesley Fleming said in the decision.

jrussino 2y ago
> officers deliberately steered Carrick away from anything that would have helped him and towards actions that would have seen the rest of his life destroyed. Now I'm imagining an alternative world where we have a well-funded and dedicated department full of agents who identify people on a "destructive path" like this and covertly steer them toward mental health support, positive influences, and productive hobbies... I'm sure that would end up being dystopian too. But it would be way better than what we have now. (Although kudos to the folks who thwarted the planned attack on a Taylor Swift concert recently; clearly not all of the work in this space is bullshit).