Muslim school boy arrested Texas

asherbassad · 16-09-2015 03:29PM

Omackeral wrote: »

Has "blown out of proportion" been used yet? If not, I'd like to state that I think this bomb story has been blown out of proportion.

Suspension is a bit harsh. He should have just been given a few hours detonation

Magico Gonzalez · 16-09-2015 03:32PM

Smart kids with their smart engineery stuff. Damn right he needed to be locked up. Making the stupid teachers look even stupiderer.

MonkeyTennis · 16-09-2015 03:37PM

Nerd

PARlance · 16-09-2015 03:39PM

Disappointed upon reading thread... was expecting Sharleen Spiteri and her mates to have been handcuffed by some Muslim kid.

16-09-2015 03:41PM

asherbassad wrote: »

Massive lawsuits might put the brakes on colossal stupidity and those that defend it no matter how flabbergasting it is.

Oh I agree, after all we live in a country where a child can be removed from its parents because it isn't Roma enough looking so we know all about racial profiling and the police.

But child brings device into school, looks like a bomb, USA is on high alert about violence is classrooms etc. etc. Sounds like a series of unfortunate events. Look, if it's clear that there is racial profiling, fair enough, let them go to Court and prove it.

allibastor · 16-09-2015 03:45PM

asherbassad wrote: »

So if a kid brought the same gadget to school in Dublin what would your reaction be?

Seems there's always an excuse or an apology for the galactic retardation of the American reaction to things and the fantasyland view they have about everything.

Here's a few more for ya. i'd like to hear your justifications for these:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/student-arrested-for-burping-lawsuit-claims/

He could have ingested anthrax and was threatening to kill the whole school with a belch, right?

What's your opinion of this one:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/cops-called-for-school-kiss-657831

How about this one:

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/01/02/charlton-library-sends-police-to-collect-overdue-books-from-5-year-old/

Sending the cops to a 5 year-old's house because her library books were overdue.

No doubt you'll find some justification for it. Personally I'd send round a cake to congratulate the little girl for availing of the public library rather than playing xbox.

A few more for your enjoyment:

http://www.activistpost.com/2012/04/10-disgusting-examples-of-very-young.html

Those stories are bloody hilarious.

Not funny like laugh our loud funny, but showing how stupid Americans really are funny.

How can such a thick lot of people have most of the worlds wealth

Magico Gonzalez · 16-09-2015 03:58PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Oh I agree, after all we live in a country where a child can be removed from its parents because it isn't Roma enough looking so we know all about racial profiling and the police.

But child brings device into school, looks like a bomb, USA is on high alert about violence is classrooms etc. etc. Sounds like a series of unfortunate events. Look, if it's clear that there is racial profiling, fair enough, let them go to Court and prove it.

Child brings clock into school, looks like a clock....

super_furry · 16-09-2015 03:58PM

Well what does he think he's doing walking around not being white in Texas?

BattleCorp · 16-09-2015 04:00PM

I would be more shocked if nobody investigated something like this but the reaction was way over the top.

If the principal has a report of a bomb from another teacher, he has to investigate. I don't blame him for calling the cops to be honest.

You can't expect the principal to examine the suspected bomb himself, he wouldn't be qualified. In fact, if it was a bomb, an untrained person could set it off inspecting it. I'm of the opinion that examining possible bombs is something that should only be done by the experts.

Right so, that's the cops called.

I don't blame the cops for handcuffing the kid. After all, if it is a suspected bomb, he is a suspected terrorist.

The cops should have consulted with the engineering teacher and found out if it was a bomb or not. Next best scenario is to call the bomb squad. The bomb squad would then call out, investigate the clock and give the all clear.

At that stage, all there is to do is apologise to the kid, "Sorry son, but we have to investigate reports, let me take off those handcuffs and you can go back to school now". Case closed.

Suspension from school and threatening legal action for making a fake bomb........I don't know where that is coming from. Oh yeah, he is Muslim.

super_furry · 16-09-2015 04:09PM

You know I could almost see where the school could be coming from if they really did think it could be a bomb but........if the principle or the school had even the slightest, tiniest, smallest inclination that it might have been a bomb, then why wasn't the school evacuated?

Duggy747 · 16-09-2015 04:14PM

That kid is clearly a danger to time and needs to be locked away. I hear the Phantom Zone houses some of the more imaginative criminals like him.

Footoo · 16-09-2015 04:35PM

Wouldn't this "bomb" be noticeably missing a vital feature - like a few lbs of explosives?

16-09-2015 05:10PM

asherbassad wrote: »

So if a kid brought the same gadget to school in Dublin what would your reaction be?

Seems there's always an excuse or an apology for the galactic retardation of the American reaction to things and the fantasyland view they have about everything.

Here's a few more for ya. i'd like to hear your justifications for these:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/student-arrested-for-burping-lawsuit-claims/

He could have ingested anthrax and was threatening to kill the whole school with a belch, right?

What's your opinion of this one:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/cops-called-for-school-kiss-657831

How about this one:

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/01/02/charlton-library-sends-police-to-collect-overdue-books-from-5-year-old/

Sending the cops to a 5 year-old's house because her library books were overdue.

No doubt you'll find some justification for it. Personally I'd send round a cake to congratulate the little girl for availing of the public library rather than playing xbox.

A few more for your enjoyment:

http://www.activistpost.com/2012/04/10-disgusting-examples-of-very-young.html

There seems to be two separate strands here, first of all the the police in the USA overreact, which I think is a perfectly fair and assessment and wouldn't challenge that. They seem to be in a state of permanent paranoia. And secondly that this incident was racially motivated, whereas of course your own thread shows that they overreact when white kids are involved too.

Still though, maybe after we pay out huge sums to the Roma kids who were taken off their families for...well just not looking Roma enough for our liking, we can laugh about the overreaction there.

Son Of A Vidic · 16-09-2015 05:16PM

seamus wrote: »

The terrorists won on 11th September 2001. The goal was terror. And now the Americans are terrified. You've lost the war on terror, America.

Compounded by the fact that they lost the war on stupidity some time ago.

InTheTrees · 16-09-2015 05:18PM

Red King wrote: »

Texas.

Just remember this happened in the hellhole that is texas.

They're still deciding whether to teach evolution in the schools there.

Frynge · 16-09-2015 05:18PM

I'm not going to lie...... I'm a bit jealous of this kid.

When I got my electrical engineering degree in 1975 my final years project was to make a clock, he does it in high school.

Shelflife · 16-09-2015 05:21PM

Strangley theres no mention of the school being evacuated, or the classroom cleared ?

Surely if there was any chance that it actually could have been a bomb the first thing you would do is get all the children and teachers out of there.

The fact that it was clock like would imply a timer, fat lot of good putting handcuffs on him would do in that situation.

seamus · 16-09-2015 05:22PM

To be fair, the knowledge and parts would have been much harder to come by in 1975. I remember my brother building some weird LED-based calculation thing in college as part of his degree in the mid-90s.

Now the parts and knowledge for building a small LED clock are freely available online. He could have even bought it as a kit, all he had to do was put it together. Doesn't mean it's not cool that he's experimenting like that as his age though.

RDM_83 again · 16-09-2015 05:53PM

His next project should definitely be a more sophisticated clock that has a count down that accelerates when the red wire is cut (or is it the blue wire :-o )

I do get the initial response but everything else is ludicrous.

He showed it to his engineering teacher first thing Monday morning and didn’t get quite the reaction he’d hoped for.

“He was like, ‘That’s really nice,’” Ahmed said. “‘I would advise you not to show any other teachers.’

He should have listened to the first teacher!

Timberrrrrrrr · 16-09-2015 06:00PM

weisses wrote: »

He brought a clock ... Not a glock

It was Texas, a Glock probably wouldn't have been given a second glance.

Little CuChulainn · 16-09-2015 07:08PM

This is what he apparently brought in

https://twitter.com/RobertWilonsky/status/644183297757593600

Old Jakey · 16-09-2015 07:13PM

Hey, better to be safe than sorry!

extra gravy · 16-09-2015 07:19PM

https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/644193755814342656?lang=en

Old Jakey · 16-09-2015 07:31PM

extra gravy wrote: »

https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/644193755814342656?lang=en

Maybe that was Ahmed's plan all along?

the_syco · 16-09-2015 07:40PM

Little CuChulainn wrote: »

This is what he apparently brought in

https://twitter.com/RobertWilonsky/status/644183297757593600

Before or after it was "made safe"? Was it like this going into the school, or was it like this after the bomb squad looked at it?

The Randy Riverbeast · 16-09-2015 07:40PM

On the plus side I wouldnt be surprised to see him getting a scholarship for MIT or Stanford

Little CuChulainn · 16-09-2015 08:12PM

the_syco wrote: »

Before or after it was "made safe"? Was it like this going into the school, or was it like this after the bomb squad looked at it?

My guess would be it was closed. So it would appear like a metal case with a clock display on the front. I mean, if it was under my car I'd be worried but the kid had already shown it to his engineering teacher earlier so I can't see any justification for even calling the police.

My name is URL · 16-09-2015 08:26PM

Why are the police still saying that he might be charged with making a hoax bomb when it's absolutely clear that it's not true? Absolute fools

America really is gone to shit. It's like people are trying to outdo each other in how idiotic they can be.

Ahmed's clock is still sitting in a police evidence room. He's vowed to never take an invention to school again.

Great job on getting a smart kid to distrust authority :rolleyes:

kylith · 16-09-2015 09:31PM

Little CuChulainn wrote: »

My guess would be it was closed. So it would appear like a metal case with a clock display on the front. I mean, if it was under my car I'd be worried but the kid had already shown it to his engineering teacher earlier so I can't see any justification for even calling the police.

Apparently the case had a tiger on it. Slightly less ominous that way, I think.

wakka12 · 16-09-2015 09:41PM

Well what if it was a bomb and students died. It'd be all 'PC gone mad , afraid to say anything wrong to racial minorities' , better safe than sorry. Im sorry the kid went through that though Im sure it was quite upsetting and embarassing.

Muslim school boy arrested Texas

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