"Bomb" clock kid wants $15 million

c_man · 24-11-2015 12:12AM #1

... 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 · 24-11-2015 12:13AM

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 · 24-11-2015 12:16AM

No harm in asking.

I want $15m too! Please?

c_man · 24-11-2015 12:16AM

smash wrote: »

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

Well how much is a slave in Qatar these days?

EazyD · 24-11-2015 12:20AM

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 · 24-11-2015 12:21AM

c_man wrote: »

Well how much is a slave in Qatar these days?

Three fiddy?

KERSPLAT! · 24-11-2015 12:24AM

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

J. Marston · 24-11-2015 12:25AM

There goes all that goodwill.

Nerd.

Fr_Dougal · 24-11-2015 12:26AM

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

IvySlayer · 24-11-2015 12:26AM

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

overshoot · 24-11-2015 12:29AM

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

24-11-2015 12:29AM

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

HugsiePie · 24-11-2015 12:32AM

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 · 24-11-2015 12:32AM

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 · 24-11-2015 12:38AM

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

RobertKK · 24-11-2015 12:38AM

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 · 24-11-2015 12:41AM

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...

24-11-2015 12:46AM

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 · 24-11-2015 01:27AM

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

endacl · 24-11-2015 01:36AM

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 · 24-11-2015 01:39AM

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 · 24-11-2015 01:41AM

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

corner of hells · 24-11-2015 01:46AM

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 · 24-11-2015 03:06AM

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 · 24-11-2015 03:11AM

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 · 24-11-2015 03:24AM

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 · 24-11-2015 05:28AM

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 · 24-11-2015 05:38AM

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 · 24-11-2015 06:17AM

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

24-11-2015 06:24AM

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 · 24-11-2015 06:27AM

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.

"Bomb" clock kid wants $15 million

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