Federal prosecutors say an 18-year-old from suburban Denver who allegedly planned to go to Iraq to fight for the Islamic State group has been arrested as he tried to board a flight to Turkey.

An 18-year-old from suburban Denver who allegedly planned to go to Iraq to fight for the Islamic State group was arrested last week as he tried to board a flight to Turkey.

  • Melody Fwygon@lemmy.one
    169·
    1 year ago

    The document noted that Meyer had previously undergone mental health treatment and has been diagnosed with […] mental health conditions. […]

    Oh; so he was not only disabled but…

    Soon after he turned 18 in November, Meyer began communicating online with someone he thought was an Islamic State facilitator but was actually a paid FBI informant, the document said. The following month, that person introduced Meyer to another informant who claimed to be an Islamic State travel facilitator, who met with Meyer three times to talk about his plan to pay and prepare for traveling to join the Islamic State.

    They entrapped him.

    • brewdtype@lemmy.world
      111·
      1 year ago

      Asking in case I’m wrong: isn’t it only entrapment if the defendant wouldn’t have pursued the illegal action without the law enforcement playing a part? We can’t be sure from the details given, but by my understanding this would not qualify for entrapment if the accused sought out a contact with the Islamic State, but was funneled to the FBI agent instead, and they already expressed intent to join.

      • lps2
        111·
        1 year ago

        Correct, dude fell for a honeypot, he wasn’t coerced into it. No different than a police sting pretending to be a hooker and arresting a John

    • ickplant@lemmy.world
      112·
      1 year ago

      Where does it say he is disabled? I have adhd and bipolar, I’m not disabled, and it never occurred to me to join ISIS. My husband is autistic, and he never wanted to join a terrorist organization.

      Edit: He said he’d build a fertilizer bomb in the US if he couldn’t go to the Middle East. Not defensible, IMO.