"Bomb" clock kid wants $15 million

c_man

... and a written apology - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/ahmed-mohamed-demands-15m-compensation-for-homemade-clock-arrest-a6745706.html

Seems a little excessive. Sure the initial arrest must have been humiliating but meeting El Prez, getting the backing of various renowned scientists and celebs must have made up for it?

smash

c_man wrote: »

Sure the initial arrest must have been humiliating but meeting El Prez, getting the backing of various renowned scientists and celebs must have made up for it?

Yea but all that stuff doesn't buy you things!

endacl

No harm in asking.

I want $15m too! Please?

c_man

smash wrote: »

Yea but all that stuff doesn't buy you things!

Well how much is a slave in Qatar these days?

EazyD

endacl wrote: »

No harm in asking.

I want $15m too! Please?

I'd take a bit of discrimination for $15m too, sign me up.

smash

c_man wrote: »

Well how much is a slave in Qatar these days?

Three fiddy?

KERSPLAT!

Little shît, €15 flippin million!? Id give him a euro and tell em not to spend it all in one shop!

J. Marston

There goes all that goodwill.

Nerd.

Fr_Dougal

Sad to see this happen, I'm sure the young fella has very little to do with it.

IvySlayer

He's a kid, obviously being pushed by parents/lawyers looking to get rich quick

overshoot

Cant say he hasnt bought into American culture! they do love a good lawsuit!

I remember a lot of posts here along the "hope he sues and gets millions" line...

HugsiePie

I bought a homemade bomb to school but because I was a white female it was assumed it was infact a clock

Fúcking stereotypes. :rolleyes:

Ill have 15million too please for the discrimination I faced

c_man

Deleted User wrote: »

I remember a lot of posts here along the "hope he sues and gets millions" line...

I think he's well entitled to an apology. As for the rest, don't give him a dime.

MilesMorales1

'The family is demanding' So chances are, he has very little to do with it.

RobertKK

This is America.

I was in Indianapolis in 2001 with a friend, we were crossing at a junction and walking behind the car, the car reversed and hit my friend, it was nothing just like a soft tap. There was a person on the corner who saw it and said ' I saw what happened if you want to sue the driver'.
'We said no, no one was hurt'.

It is no wonder he is suing, it's their 'culture'.

RobertKK

sugarman wrote: »

So hold on, hes suing for civil rights violation, but plans to move to Qatar with his family?

....Riiiiiiiiiiiighhhhht

Where they train ISIS to make clock bombs...

RobertKK

RobertKK wrote: »

This is America.

I was in Indianapolis in 2001 with a friend, we were crossing at a junction and walking behind the car, the car reversed and hit my friend, it was nothing just like a soft tap. There was a person on the corner who saw it and said ' I saw what happened if you want to sue the driver'.
'We said no, no one was hurt'.

It is no wonder he is suing, it's their 'culture'.

It's very much part of our culture too.

And I say that as someone who works in law and who has stared at clients and said "but I really don't see a case" and even said "is there anything to be said for going around with a bottle of whiskey and saying let's work this out as neighbours" (it may sound glib, but for things like boundary disputes between farmers it can be the quickest and cheapest option). It has probably cost me lots of money, granted...

rubadub

I think Dawkins was spot on, sad to see him back down a bit though. Great scam, surprised it went so well.

endacl

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Sad to see this happen, I'm sure the young fella has very little to do with it.

IvySlayer wrote: »

He's a kid, obviously being pushed by parents/lawyers looking to get rich quick

I dunno...

He did manage to take the innards out of a perfectly good clock, and install them in a box. Seems like a pretty smart cookie to me.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Sad to see this happen, I'm sure the young fella has very little to do with it.

I agree, His parents and their lawyer are probably driving this case.

Richard tea

And it was also RACISM of the highest order.......and most likely homophobic.probably. Maybe a little

corner of hells

I see an opportunity here , my ex is of foreign descent and one of my chisliers is of a tanned complexion.

He will be building a piece of crap clock over the weekend.

the_syco

PrettyBoy wrote: »

A student is found with a crude, hand-made ticking device with wires hanging out of it in his school bag - the school staff were completely right to be suspicious.

Here's the thing; he's suing the cops for doing their job, not the school authorities who knew it was not a bomb.

hatrickpatrick

I hope he wins it. Not because I think he deserves it (like seriously...lmao) but because it will act as a deterrent. No public organisation will dare engage in racial profiling if they know bankruptcy is the penalty.

salamanca22

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

I hope he wins it. Not because I think he deserves it (like seriously...lmao) but because it will act as a deterrent. No public organisation will dare engage in racial profiling if they know bankruptcy is the penalty.

That is called punitive damages.


I agree this time things got a little far but come on, if the authorities are afraid to ask questions because they might be hit with a lawsuit then they will never catch the real threat.

It takes a bit of common sense alright, look at the device, get the engineering teacher to sign off on it and be done with it. But just because he is a muslim should not give him a blanket pass just because someone might be accused of being a racist.

Every situation needs to be judged on its merits alone. No outside force or influences should come into play and being part of a specific group should not offer you more lenient or harsher conditions. It just so happens this time there was a resemblance to a device which could cause harm and needed to be examined. It should have been signed off by someone with the authority and experience to do so and be done with.

meepins

sugarman wrote: »

So hold on, hes suing for civil rights violation, but plans to move to Qatar with his family?

....Riiiiiiiiiiiighhhhht

That's going to be huge for the tech industry in Qatar. With that injection of capital from the lawsuit he can start mass producing his own micro processors, you know.. the ones that he builds himself.. in his house.. where he also builds clocks.

Peregrinus

Hey, his American patriotism has been called into question because he's, you know, quite brown to look at. What better way to prove his embrace of truth, justice and the American way than to make like an American, and sue for $15 million?

suicide_circus

The mercanry little git has shown his true colours. Off to the tolerant and inclusive utopia of Qatar with him.

RobertKK

RobertKK wrote: »

This is America.

I was in Indianapolis in 2001 with a friend, we were crossing at a junction and walking behind the car, the car reversed and hit my friend, it was nothing just like a soft tap. There was a person on the corner who saw it and said ' I saw what happened if you want to sue the driver'.
'We said no, no one was hurt'.

It is no wonder he is suing, it's their 'culture'.

It's Irish culture too, so wouldn't expect anyone here to be surprised.

delahuntv

meepins wrote: »

That's going to be huge for the tech industry in Qatar. With that injection of capital from the lawsuit he can start mass producing his own micro processors, you know.. the ones that he builds himself.. in his house.. where he also builds clocks.

You do know Qatar is rolling in money? $15m is small change out there.

Buona Fortuna

Richard tea wrote: »

And it was also RACISM of the highest order.......and most likely homophobic.probably. Maybe a little

and feminism probably even fourth or fifth wave.

and I bet his parents don't work and have a caravan.

RobertKK

RobertKK wrote: »

This is America.

I was in Indianapolis in 2001 with a friend, we were crossing at a junction and walking behind the car, the car reversed and hit my friend, it was nothing just like a soft tap. There was a person on the corner who saw it and said ' I saw what happened if you want to sue the driver'.
'We said no, no one was hurt'.

It is no wonder he is suing, it's their 'culture'.

When medical bills cost a fortune it's either that or go bankrupt

AnonoBoy

suicide_circus wrote: »

The mercanry little git has shown his true colours. Off to the tolerant and inclusive utopia of Qatar with him.

He's pursuing the American Dream - get rich off the back of not doing much at all.

Duggy747

After getting that kind of special exposure and the overwhelming support he got (Celebrities and even Obama himself?), they still need €15 million?

suicide_circus

AnonoBoy wrote: »

He's pursuing the American Dream - get rich off the back of not doing much at all.

15 million will secure him plenty of slaves in Qatar

tommy_tucker

http://artvoice.com/issues/v14n38/news_feature/clock

In fairness that looks like a bomb and with all the sh!t going on in american schools you can forgive them for thinking it.

allibastor

tommy_tucker wrote: »

http://artvoice.com/issues/v14n38/news_feature/clock

In fairness that looks like a bomb and with all the sh!t going on in american schools you can forgive them for thinking it.

Holy sh1te, if I saw someone with that I would run. That is no way looks like a clock

Saadyst

I read that when the cops came over to him and saw that it was just a harmless device, they went ahead and arrested him anyway because everyone else was freaking out.

$15m will probably get dialed down to $1-2m I guess. It's something that should never have happened, so I don't buy this "poor cops" or "poor teachers" line. Fact is it would never have happened with a white kid.

circadian

Think of how much you'll realistically get, multiply it a few times and hope for the best.

Sam Kade

endacl wrote: »

No harm in asking.

I want $15m too! Please?

Like Robert De Niro in this boy's life "want with one hand sh1t in the other hand and see which one gets full first"

sonny.knowles

The little fecker will probably build a real bomb the next time, if we don't give him the money.

stunmer

Kid is a genius

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHk_6Vh4Qeo

meepins

Saadyst wrote: »

$15m will probably get dialed down to $1-2m I guess. It's something that should never have happened, so I don't buy this "poor cops" or "poor teachers" line. Fact is it would never have happened with a white kid.

From all we know now about him, his father and his sister we can clearly see that this incident was set up deliberately to provoke this type of reaction. They knew they could count on the leftie media and sjws to do exactly what they always do at the drop of a hat.
This never would have happened with a white kid because he would be suspended or expelled and you would never hear about. It would be cast aside like those other stories about kids being thrown out of school for wearing a t-shirt with a gun on it or drawing a picture of gun and other such nonsense.

wes

Kids has every right to sue, and he won't get any where near $15 million dollars in anyways.

As for the various accusations people are making about this being planned, well if such claims are true, then the law suit will be thrown out on that basis.

darkpagandeath

15 million for not inventing anything, Could say I'm surprised.... Oh wait.

The letters claimed the teenager’s civil rights were violated and that he and his family suffered physical and mental anguish. They claim he was singled out because of his “race, national origin, and religion.”

What civil rights did the police violate exactly.

Saadyst

meepins wrote: »

This never would have happened with a white kid because he would be suspended or expelled and you would never hear about.

A white kid would be expelled for bringing a homemade clock into school? :rolleyes:

Kenny Logins

Ah, the American dream - multi-million dollar paycheck for doing nothing more than being an idiot.

My name is URL

darkpagandeath wrote: »

15 million for not inventing anything, Could say I'm surprised.... Oh wait.



What civil rights did the police violate exactly.

They arrested and questioned him without allowing him to see his parents or have access to any legal rep

Pretty basic stuff really, and has all been acknowledged by police already

hatrickpatrick

salamanca22 wrote: »

That is called punitive damages.


I agree this time things got a little far but come on, if the authorities are afraid to ask questions because they might be hit with a lawsuit then they will never catch the real threat.

It takes a bit of common sense alright, look at the device, get the engineering teacher to sign off on it and be done with it. But just because he is a muslim should not give him a blanket pass just because someone might be accused of being a racist.

Every situation needs to be judged on its merits alone. No outside force or influences should come into play and being part of a specific group should not offer you more lenient or harsher conditions. It just so happens this time there was a resemblance to a device which could cause harm and needed to be examined. It should have been signed off by someone with the authority and experience to do so and be done with.

In this particular case they knew it wasn't a bomb, and make a show of him anyway because they accused him of "hoaxing" or "threatening" people, which to me translates as "you should have known that someone with your demographics couldn't bring a complicated looking device to school without causing panic". That's the racial profiling and that's what needs to be punished and deterred.

It's well established at this stage that they never actually believed that it was a bomb.

darkpagandeath

My name is URL wrote: »

They arrested and questioned him without allowing him to see his parents or have access to any legal rep

Pretty basic stuff really, and has all been acknowledged by police already

Could they just not quote anti terror laws on that.