IRVING — Ahmed Mohamed — who makes his own radios and repairs his own go-kart — hoped to impress his teachers when he brought a homemade clock to MacArthur High on Monday.
Instead, the school phoned police about Ahmed’s circuit-stuffed pencil case.
So the 14-year-old missed the student council meeting and took a trip in handcuffs to juvenile detention. His clock now sits in an evidence room. Police say they may yet charge him with making a hoax bomb — though they acknowledge he told everyone who would listen that it’s a clock.
In the meantime, Ahmed’s been suspended, his father is upset and the Council on American-Islamic Relations is once again eyeing claims of Islamophobia in Irving.
The bell rang at least twice, he said, while the officers searched his belongings and questioned his intentions. The principal threatened to expel him if he didn’t make a written statement, he said.
“They were like, ‘So you tried to make a bomb?’” Ahmed said.
“I told them no, I was trying to make a clock.”
“He said, ‘It looks like a movie bomb to me.’”
Ahmed never claimed his device was anything but a clock, said police spokesman James McLellan. And police have no reason to think it was dangerous. But officers still didn’t believe Ahmed was giving them the whole story.
“We have no information that he claimed it was a bomb,” McLellan said. “He kept maintaining it was a clock, but there was no broader explanation.”
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/northwest-dallas-county/headlines/20150915-irving-ninth-grader-arrested-after-taking-homemade-clock-to-school.ece
TL;DR: Notorious anti-science and racist state arrests a Muslim 9th grade student for making a clock.
WAT. 9/11 has fucked our heads up something fierce. This is a child an innocent child that unfortunately has to go through national shaming because he built a science project. No way in shit could I be a parent and if I'm this child's father we move away ASAP. It's not worth the headache living in such a hateful environment.
RT @POTUS: Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great.
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He's been invited to see/intern at tech related places, so some good is coming out of the dumbass bigotry displayed by the school and cops.
By db Go To PostHe's been invited to see/intern at tech related places, so some good is coming out of the dumbass bigotry displayed by the school and cops.
Sounds like affirmative action to me. I tell ya, brown kids get all the breaks.
Turns out that the kid in the NASA shirt actually just likes science shit. Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction.
Read the story earlier...this was my thoughts on the interview
Police: What did you make?
Ahmed: A clock.
Police: What does it do?
Ahmed: It tells time...
Police: ... Ok...
Ahmed: And nothing else.
Police: But what does it do?
Ahmed: ...
Police: What did you make?
Ahmed: A clock.
Police: What does it do?
Ahmed: It tells time...
Police: ... Ok...
Ahmed: And nothing else.
Police: But what does it do?
Ahmed: ...
This is just fucking disgusting. I saw this last night and was just so sad about what I was reading.
Good job Texas, you dumb fucks.
I wouldn't be surprised if TIME uses that arrest photo to showcase the current state of the US.
Good job Texas, you dumb fucks.
I wouldn't be surprised if TIME uses that arrest photo to showcase the current state of the US.
By The Frankman Go To PostRead the story earlier…this was my thoughts on the interview
Police: What did you make?
Ahmed: A clock.
Police: What does it do?
Ahmed: It tells time…
Police: … Ok…
Ahmed: And nothing else.
Police: But what does it do?
Ahmed: …
Basically. I was reading a response from somebody involved that can be boiled down to, "he only said it's a clock and not what for or why it was built"
:/
This hits home because the suburb is within DFW, 30 minutes from my place.
Reminds me of all the dumb fucking ignorant people I used to be surrounded by.
Reminds me of all the dumb fucking ignorant people I used to be surrounded by.
Hahah does he have a NASA shirt on in that pic? This nerd just wants to create clocks
This is so ridiculous I can't not laugh. Poor kid man, so fucked up.
This is so ridiculous I can't not laugh. Poor kid man, so fucked up.
By Fenderputty Go To PostBasically. I was reading a response from somebody involved that can be boiled down to, "he only said it's a clock and not what for or why it was built"what the fuck, are you serious? can you link it?
:/
The police were confused when they noticed this clock was counting upwards because bomb timers usually count downwards on TV.
The NASA shirt puts the whole thing over the top for me. But his face is just like, what in the actual fuck? And the cop in the back is like, breh, I just work here.
The whole thing gets farcical when they're holding him purely because they don't know what the device is.
If he says it's a clock and you have no legitimate reason to believe otherwise, then release him but hold the device.
Then take it to any electronics place and get them to verify. I mean, every uni campus will have someone that works in MEE, or most high schools will have a tech department that works with small electronic devices.
I can understand the initial concern. America has a pretty stupid tradition of violence at schools. But.. you need to know how to come up with a measured response.
If he says it's a clock and you have no legitimate reason to believe otherwise, then release him but hold the device.
Then take it to any electronics place and get them to verify. I mean, every uni campus will have someone that works in MEE, or most high schools will have a tech department that works with small electronic devices.
I can understand the initial concern. America has a pretty stupid tradition of violence at schools. But.. you need to know how to come up with a measured response.
By giririsss Go To Postmost high schools will have a tech department that works with small electronic devices.Nah most don't.
By giririsss Go To PostThen take it to any electronics place and get them to verify. I mean, every uni campus will have someone that works in MEE, or most high schools will have a tech department that works with small electronic devices.What high school you goto?
By The Frankman Go To PostWhat high school you goto?A competent one, apparently.
I know i took Tech A and B and we used electronic circuits in that. And the lab tech at school knew how to fiddle around with circuity.
*shrug*
I'm
I read it on GAF. So many reports its hard to find.
By Granadier Go To Postwhat the fuck, are you serious? can you link it?
I read it on GAF. So many reports its hard to find.
By giririsss Go To PostA competent one, apparently.
I know i took Tech A and B and we used electronic circuits in that. And the lab tech at school knew how to fiddle around with circuity.
*shrug*
Trade schools built specifically to teach that kind of stuff, sure. I went to one for my first two years of high school. Schools in general, though, don't usually offer that kind of thing.
The right-wing's shitting on this kid for not having built this clock from scratch might actually be the saddest and most desperate thing I've ever seen if it wasn't creepy as shit.
By J-Twelve Go To PostTrade schools built specifically to teach that kind of stuff, sure. I went to one for my first two years of high school. Schools in general, though, don't usually offer that kind of thing.Maybe I have a higher expectation for quality schooling, but here in AU my belief is, it's not uncommon to have a tech class elective in grades 9/10 that would teach basic circuitry.
By giririsss Go To PostMaybe I have a higher expectation for quality schooling, but here in AU my belief is, it's not uncommon to have a tech class elective in grades 9/10 that would teach basic circuitry.
Yeah. Even in Queensland.
By J-Twelve Go To PostWe're lucky our high schools have computers and books.Or even copy paper and pencils.
By IWMTB19 Go To PostThe right-wing's shitting on this kid for not having built this clock from scratch might actually be the saddest and most desperate thing I've ever seen if it wasn't creepy as shit.Classic instance of willfully missing the point. The justification appears to be, "well, if he made that up, maybe he made the whole thing up!"
By db Go To PostOr even copy paper and pencils.Or history books that don't refer to the School Integration movement in the 50s as "trouble ahead".
Evilore is still a piece of shit:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=179479454&postcount=750
Pencil holders are now briefcases.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=179479454&postcount=750
Pencil holders are now briefcases.
EviLore showing a really ugly side in the NeoGAF thread:
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1114765&page=16
Edit: haha. Sup IWMTB. Can't believe what I'm reading. He literally used the phrase "string of lies."
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1114765&page=16
Edit: haha. Sup IWMTB. Can't believe what I'm reading. He literally used the phrase "string of lies."
"The more reasonable explanation, on the day where Ben Carson denied that Muslims were U.S. Citizens and three days after a Trump supporter asked for Holocaust 2: Muslim Edition, isn't discrimination, it's a false flag operation by this 'kid' as my logic brain deduces."
I wonder if the mods, who are obviously against him, call him out on his bullshit or if they're afraid of getting demodded like Mumei.
I wonder if the mods, who are obviously against him, call him out on his bullshit or if they're afraid of getting demodded like Mumei.
By IWMTB19 Go To Post"The more reasonable explanation, on the day where Ben Carson denied that Muslims were U.S. Citizens and three days after a Trump supporter asked for Holocaust 2: Muslim Edition, isn't discrimination, it's a false flag operation by this 'kid' as my logic brain deduces."It's honestly really embarrassing and disgusting.
I wonder if the mods, who are obviously against him, call him out on his bullshit or if they're afraid of getting demodded like Mumei.
It's the first time I've been tempted to say some shit that'll portably catch me a ban.
Ah, everyone loves a benevolent dictator that would ban anyone against his own opinion. It's a nice echo chamber of power he created.
I don't think I've seen a more obviously stupid smear campaign allowed on GAF since Trayvon Martin got smeared.
Literally everyone trying to smear this kid is a terrible person and there is zero motivation for a kid to fake this attempt when the police shooting him to death was a far more likely outcome than this. Anyone who has any logical skills and has ever interacted with a human being before can tell that this wasn't a fake.
edit: Okay, I forgot about the Shaun King smear which was maybe worse because GAF has had a long experience with Milo at this point.
Literally everyone trying to smear this kid is a terrible person and there is zero motivation for a kid to fake this attempt when the police shooting him to death was a far more likely outcome than this. Anyone who has any logical skills and has ever interacted with a human being before can tell that this wasn't a fake.
edit: Okay, I forgot about the Shaun King smear which was maybe worse because GAF has had a long experience with Milo at this point.
The fact that people keep going on about Ahmed using "invent" as a synonym for "create" makes me thing that anti-Muslim people should never get to complain about feminists blowing things out of proportion ever again.
Like... At least 50 years or so. They have literally been trigged by a 14 year old saying invent instead of create.
Like... At least 50 years or so. They have literally been trigged by a 14 year old saying invent instead of create.
lawl at the "ahhh I see what you mean now" sycophancy--it's plainly obvious those peeps are trying to avoid bans
By Red Blaster Go To Postlawl at the "ahhh I see what you mean now" sycophancy–it's plainly obvious no rational person actually cares what evilore has to say and just pretends to agree with him to dodge a ban.
The mods that calling out the nonsense earlier are now gone now that Evilore is the poster doing it.
edit: Evilore was born with paper skin:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=179487203&postcount=931
I feel like he just wants to live in his own personal bubble. Quite obvious he struggles empathizing and lacks the skill to debate articulately.
He's the worst type of figurehead because people actually think his opinion holds more merit than the average person's, for whatever reason.
He's the worst type of figurehead because people actually think his opinion holds more merit than the average person's, for whatever reason.
also what's this about these third party accounts on what "actually" happened? is there a source for that that's not breitbart-tier
By Red Blaster Go To Postalso what's this about these third party accounts on what "actually" happened? is there a source for that that's not breitbart-tierNot the same extreme but it reminds me when reddit patted themselves on the back and thought they identified the Boston bomber only to end up accusing an innocent person. Same mentality.
By Red Blaster Go To Postalso what's this about these third party accounts on what "actually" happened? is there a source for that that's not breitbart-tier
It's Redstate and right-wing Youtube videos so no.
This is as embarrassing as people going after Shaun King with Milo as the reporter.