Chris1989 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 (edited) A 14 year old Muslim boy made a digital clock, brought it into school and the teachers thought it was a bomb.When 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed arrived at school on Monday morning with a digital clock he’d built from scratch, he was keen to show his teachers the fruit of his labors. Instead, he was pulled out of class and arrested for attempting to build a bomb. The Dallas Morning News reports that Ahmed built the clock at home on Sunday night. It’s simple, but demonstrates that he knows what he’s doing: it was built from a small circuit board, power supply and digital display, all housed inside a case decorated with a tiger hologram (he is 14, give him a break). Ahmed showed his engineering teacher the clock, who told him not to show any of the other teachers at MacArthur High School in Irving. Later in the day, Ahmed sat in English class. Sadly, the clock kept beeping, and a teacher insisted that she be shown what was causing the disruption. When Ahmed revealed the clock, the teacher took it from him. Then, in the sixth period of the day, the school’s principal arrived in his class with a police officer. Ahmed was arrested and removed from school, and claims to have been interrogated by five different officers, all of whom asked him why he’d been trying to build a bomb. He also claims his principal threatened him with expulsion and that his fingerprints were taken. It turns out, in a police report released last night, that three teachers from MacArthur High School were listed as complainants against Ahmed — they all thought he’d been trying to build a bomb. When the object was presented to him during questioning, a statement from the police explains that Ahmed “kept maintaining it was a clock” and “offered “no broader explanation.” The same police statement points out that the clock “could reasonably be mistaken as a device if left in a bathroom or under a car.” In fact, Irving police may yet charge Ahmed with building a “hoax bomb.” Ahmed’s father, Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed, thinks the incident is a result of racial prejudice. “Because his name is Mohamed and because of September 11th, I think my son got mistreated” he told The Dallas Morning News. It certainly seems that Ahmed is an innocent geek: he was a member of a robotics club at his middle school, and in a photo taken by his sister of his arrest, his bewildered expression is framed by the NASA t-shirt he was wearing on the day. There’s now a hashtag circulating on Twitter — #IStandWithAhmed —and many fellow nerds and geeks are offering him support. Ahmed is now at home, though he’s currently suspended from school for three days. Perhaps some of his teachers should be suspended so they can spend a little time working out what the difference between a digital clock and a bomb is. Edited September 16, 2015 by Chris1989 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracii Guns Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Poor lad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Poor lad. I was thinking'The poor kid'then I read your response too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Poor clock. It is probably destroyed by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 FFS Lenny. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Poor clock. It is probably destroyed by now.He could always build another one. Kid is a genius, too bad his teachers are morons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 He was using it to time his strike on the Pentagon. Thank you USA by take care us. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlslash Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 He was using it to time his strike on the Pentagon. Thank you USA by take care us.ISIS is better than the old one.In all seriousness, how fucked up is this?! Genius kid builds a clock and brings it to his new school because he wants to impress people and fit in, and instead they arrest him for bringing a "bomb"?! If this were a white kid with glasses and a pocket protector, sure he'd have his lunch money stolen right quick, but hard to imagine he goes to jail. This country sucks sometimes. Could we at least have the courtesy to use a dogwhistle for our racism? Ugh...At least someone gets it.https://twitter.com/potus/status/644193755814342656 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 A friend of mine one wrapped an empty can of Coke in a paper bag and stuck a few wires in it and left it in the school parking plot overnight. The last day of school was cancelled, everybody was pissed because that was the one day of school we all wanted to attend. Years later, he called a bomb threat on prom. He was never caught but we all knew it was him.Anyway, none of the 5 Muslim kids in our grade got accused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Your friend sounds like a cunt.Anyway, very sad story in a way. Unbelievable. Obama and Mark Zuckerberg both commented on this and said they'd love to meet him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bran Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 our schools(and country) are becoming retarded. kid builds a clock and its a bomb, kid eats a pop tart into "the shape of a gun" and is suspended, a little girl brings to school a wonder woman lunch box and its deemed "too violent" and is sent home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 A friend of mine one wrapped an empty can of Coke in a paper bag and stuck a few wires in it and left it in the school parking plot overnight. The last day of school was cancelled, everybody was pissed because that was the one day of school we all wanted to attend. Years later, he called a bomb threat on prom. He was never caught but we all knew it was him.Anyway, none of the 5 Muslim kids in our grade got accused. I like your friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 A friend of mine one wrapped an empty can of Coke in a paper bag and stuck a few wires in it and left it in the school parking plot overnight. The last day of school was cancelled, everybody was pissed because that was the one day of school we all wanted to attend. Years later, he called a bomb threat on prom. He was never caught but we all knew it was him.Anyway, none of the 5 Muslim kids in our grade got accused. I like your friend I could go on if you want. He was telling us how much of an asshole he is, even though we arleady knew he is. His girlfriend, whom we all liked would wake up him up serving breakfast and blow jobs and he repays her by cheating on her, constantly. He just likes to fuck everything up for everybody. Anyway, this kid is a freaking genius, to build a digital clock and call it "easy". Yeah, as fucked up as this kid's day has been, he is going to get a ton of girls dirty pictures on his phone. He will get his 72 virgins without having to blow himself up.Way to go, Ahmed you stud! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumblefeet Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 (edited) The 'land of the free' whites.Good thing they didn't send the poor kid straight to Guantanamo P.S. That kid needs to start a lawsuit right away and those teachers need to be fired. Edited September 16, 2015 by Bumblefeet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slash23579 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 (edited) In all seriousness, I could see how paranoid school administration could confuse this as a bomb Edited September 16, 2015 by slash23579 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Yeah it's a serious issue, racism and stuff.I couldn't help laughing at this though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlslash Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 In all seriousness, I could see how paranoid school administration could confuse this as a bombBut if a white kid had brought that to school, do you really think they get taken away in cuffs? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowOfTheWave Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Looks like the weekly sob story for the PC crowd is here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slash23579 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 In all seriousness, I could see how paranoid school administration could confuse this as a bombBut if a white kid had brought that to school, do you really think they get taken away in cuffs?And if they did, do you think this would've had half as much attention? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 In all seriousness, I could see how paranoid school administration could confuse this as a bombI'd be more worried about people who can identify a bomb cuz i cant, that just looks like a circuit board with a bunch of wires, a VCR looks something like that if you crack it open.Does anyone on here know what a bomb looks like? Or do get our ideas from James Bond and Lethal Weapon films? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 (edited) Looks like the weekly sob story for the PC crowd is here.Translation: Stop sticking up for the coons! Edited September 16, 2015 by Len B'stard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 He's going to The White House to meet Obama and he has a shoe in for MIT. And they say racism is bad. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Looks like the weekly sob story for the PC crowd is here.Translation: Stop sticking up for the coons! Yeah, didn't you get the memo? Racism is over, darkies are all safe now and it's white people who are being oppressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturginho Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 In all seriousness, I could see how paranoid school administration could confuse this as a bombI'd be more worried about people who can identify a bomb cuz i cant, that just looks like a circuit board with a bunch of wires, a VCR looks something like that if you crack it open.Does anyone on here know what a bomb looks like? Or do get our ideas from James Bond and Lethal Weapon films? CUT THE RED WIRE!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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