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AFP Spent $500k Trying to Lock Up Autistic 13-Year-Old on Terrorism Charges

We learned earlier this year, it’s not just the FBI targeting extremely vulnerable people with the intent of radicalizing them into arrests on terrorism charges. The FBI has been a world lead…

Members of the Federal Police’s (AFP) counter-terrorism task force targeted a 13-year-old autistic teen after his parents approached local law enforcement to express their concern about the their child’s interest in the Islamic State. Answers to questions on notice from Senator David Shoebridge to the commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions also revealed that the CDPP spent a further $72,614 in external costs in relation to the case. Deputy Commissioner Krissy Barrett apparently felt the officers might possibly feel bad about what they’d done, so she took the time to assure them that they were still a valuable part of the AFP’s radicalization program Joint Counter-Terrorism Task Force.

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