Isn’t it a good thing that we’re stopping mentally ill kids from shooting up stuff before it happens?
(and no, I’m not saying autism automatically means mental illness or danger to society, so go ahead and save that outrage for someone else)
(and no, I’m not saying autism automatically means mental illness or danger to society, so go ahead and save that outrage for someone else)
And hell, even if he would have—this wasn’t a particularly good way to stop it. For him, his family, or the state.
> 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.
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).
That's just fucked up, man.
When the parents say something: he’s just a confused kid, he probably wasn’t going to kill anyone!
The vast majority who are going to be innocent.
We've been down this road, it does not end well for anyone.
It's often the ideological equivalent of sending a bunch of skanks to blue ball a bunch of sailors fresh off a 90 day sail after leading them to a lust cliff. Yes it's rape if they act, and it's not entrapment, but we all know there's something at play we wouldn't want the government doing.
Attempting to kill people is a crime in most jurisdictions, even if someone stops you before you actually do it.