9th-grader arrested after taking homemade bomb to school

Ahmed's next science project:



Its a personal cooling fan, designed to keep you cool in the hot sun with several working fans!

 

Ahmed Mohamed did a long interview, along with his attorney, on Now with Chris Hayes. He said he showed the clock to 3 teachers, the first was fine, the second said keep it under wraps in case someone thinks it's a bomb, and the third said she was confiscating it for the day. If you think something is a bomb, you don't stick it in the teacher's desk for the remainder of the school day! But he didn't think a lot about it until he was called in and interrogated by a number of cops for over an hour. He is 14 so entitled to have a parent or guardian present, and certainly an attorney. He said he repeatedly asked to have his parents called and the cops told him he could not have his parents because he was being interrogated. He was then taken away in handcuffs. Only then were his parents called. He was also suspended for 3 days, apparently for being smarter than dumbasses at the school and police department. The cops justified it by saying he could not really answer their questions, they kept asking him what the device was and he kept saying it was a clock. Because, of course, it WAS a clock.

Ahmed also said he has been subject to abuse because of his name/national origin/religion, he has been called "terrorist" and "bomber" by other kids, but did not expect that so called responsible adults would act like this (where do the kids learn it from?) He was clearly scared and hurt, as he had a right to be. He should have been applauded and probably would have been had he been a white kid named Robert Smith.

I'm glad to see that there are some adults in the country who recognize talent and innovation. President Obama has invited him to a White House session on space science and asked him to bring his cool clock, Mark Zuckerberg invited him to Facebook. Ahmed had expressed an interest in going to MIT and a physics professor at MIT said she is inviting him there, as is Harvard.

Some see terrorist, others see the future of America.

 

The title of this thread is horrible. I think it should be changed. If he were White he wouldn't be in this situation.
You think they would've called the police? I don't think so for one second...

 

If he was white, this wouldn't even be a story at all even if he got expelled. The fact that he's muslim and everyone's quick to suck on Islam's dick is why this story is out there. You think Obama would tweet about this if he was white? You think everyone would be falling over each other showing their support to show how tolerant they are of white culture? That's what this story comes down to. Some people are fearful of islam so they freak out. Some people want to show they are progressive and tolerable and support muslims, so they go overboard with the overeager support. Some people see it for what it is, a device that looks like what a bomb would look like and dumb idea to bring to school, especially since something like this what people think about when they think about the end game of radical islam.

 

I'm good at faking it until I make it.

 

When I was in high school, there were several fake bomb threats called in and the school was evacuated both times. If they were really concerned, why wasn't the school evacuated? Shitty cops/teachers?

 

Almed goes to school everyday and is surrounded by people he is smarter than. Some of them feel inadequate and try to bully him. Many of them have very low standards on how to treat others. People that experience academic failure are also more likely to bully others. Some of them may come from home environments that are prone to producing bullies.

It is a good thing Almed is getting support from his fellow students. Some of his teachers and local enforcement officers have some serious issues.

 

Is that Yassir Arafat's head scarf thingy?

 

Yes.

 

Funnily enough, had he been a white kid named Robert Smith, he probably wouldnt have received all those great invitations

 

Yeah.. Because his clock wouldn't have been confiscated and he wouldn't have been arrested.

 

It sucks for the boy, but its not law enforcement or teachers faults that other ahmeds in recent history have flown planes into buildings and raped snd killed journalists. Its not yheir fault other Ahmeds have come out saying to kill Americans. I'll get slammed for this, but better safe than sorry. Had no one checked and it was a bomb that killed someone people would be asking why it wasnt checked

 

Maybe

 

Where have you people been? Have you not been paying attention to the zero tolerance crap going on around the country?

13 year old kid arrested for kissing a girl on a dare (white kid)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern...ested-for-assault-for-kissing-girl-in-school/

6 year old suspended for kissing a girls hand (white kid)
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/11/living/6-year-old-suspended-kissing-girl/

10 year old suspended for making fingers into shape of gun (white kid)
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/04/us/ohio-boy-suspended-finger-gun/

6 year old suspended for making gun shape with hand (white kid)
http://www.infowars.com/six-year-old-child-suspended-for-making-gun-shape-with-hand/

7 year old suspended for nibbling his pop tart into the shape of a gun (white kid)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/18/student-suspended-for-pop-tart-gun_n_2903500.html

5 year old suspended for pink bubble gun
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/18/kindergarten-suspension-pink-bubble-gun_n_2507017.html

Kindergartner suspended for having a cap gun
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/...gun-maryland-school-suspension_n_3390523.html

This is going on all around the country. It's not just in the south. It's educators not using their brains and suspending kids/expelling kids for the dumbest crap imaginable. I'm sorry that Ahmed was treated the way that he was, but to act like this is only happening because he's Middle Eastern is ridiculous. We have a real problem with a fear culture in this country in the wake of shootings like Sandy Hook, and it's only getting worse.

 

Nobody else thinks this is as fake as your average car crash money grab?

This is a total setup, knowing the racist tendency in this country and exploiting it for a lawsuit.

I bet that kid took that thing to school and said it was just a clock while giving a creepy psycho smile.

The whole thing smells IMO.