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14 year old arrested for making a clock!

Timberrrrrrrr · 2015-09-16 16:50:10

So a 14 year old Muslim kid makes a clock and brings it to school to show his engineering teacher. Another teacher later sees the clock, decided it looked like a bomb and called the police. One has to wonder if there would have been a 5 hour detention by the law and handcuffs if the kids name had been Jimmy and he was…

16-09-2015 4:50pm

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So a 14 year old Muslim kid makes a clock and brings it to school to show his engineering teacher. Another teacher later sees the clock, decided it looked like a bomb and called the police. One has to wonder if there would have been a 5 hour detention by the law and handcuffs if the kids name had been Jimmy and he was white?

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/muslim-boy-14-arrested-making-clock-mistaken-bomb-33793557

Police detained a 14-year-old Muslim boy after a teacher at his North Texas high school decided that a homemade clock he proudly brought to class looked like a bomb, according to school and police officials.

A couple of pictures for clarity, both taken in Texas.

Muslim kid makes a clock and brings it to school

http://i59.tinypic.com/2hiayjr.jpg

White kids in public with guns

http://i59.tinypic.com/21mgl0o.jpg

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Thread here already

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