> 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.

> 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).