Texas 14-year-old arrested for bringing homemade clock to school after teacher said it looked like a bomb

[Teh One Who Knocks]

FOX News


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A Texas high school freshman said he was arrested Monday after one of his teachers said a homemade clock he had brought to school looked like a bomb.

The Dallas Morning News reported late Tuesday that Ahmed Mohamed, 14, has been suspended from MacArthur High School in Irving and police say they may charge the teen with making a hoax bomb.

Mohamed told the News that he built the clock in about 20 minutes Sunday evening using a pencil case, a circuit board, and a power supply wired to a digital display. Mohamed said he showed it to his engineering teacher Monday morning.

"He was like, 'That’s really nice,'" Mohamed told the paper. "'I would advise you not to show any other teachers.'"

Later in the day, the News reports, Mohamed's English teacher complained when the clock beeped in the middle of a lesson. When Mohamed showed her the device after class, he claims she told him, "It looks like a bomb."

"It doesn’t look like a bomb to me," Mohamed says he told her. The teacher kept the device, and the school's principal and a police officer pulled Mohamed out of class and brought him to a room where five other officers questioned him and searched his belongings.

"It could reasonably be mistaken as a device if left in a bathroom or under a car," Irving police spokesman James McLellan told the News. "The concern was, what was this thing built for? Do we take him into custody?" McClellan admitted that Mohamed has always maintained the device was a clock and officers have no reason to believe the contraption is dangerous.

Ultimately, the paper reported Mohamed was taken to a juvenile detention center, fingerprinted, and released to his parents, who claim their son was singled out because he is Muslim.

"He just wants to invent good things for mankind," Ahmed’s father Mohamed told the News. "But because his name is Mohamed and because of Sept. 11, I think my son got mistreated."

The Council on American-Islamic Relations is investigating the incident. Alia Salem, the director of the organization's North Texas chapter, said the case "raises a red flag" and "seems pretty egregious."

The Irving School District has made no public comment on the matter.

[Goofy]

He'd have been fine if his name was Dave or Steve etc :tup:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

He'd have been fine if his name was Dave or Steve etc :tup:

:racist:

[Goofy]

:racist:

:yup:

[HyperV12]

Ridiculous! :rofl:

[Hal-9000]

Seems like a smart kid. Gets into high school at 14...seems to me he was testing the system, not just making a clock.

Why else would someone 'spend 20 minutes Sunday night' to make a simple clock?

and yes the Ahmed Mohamed thing probably plays into it....

[Teh One Who Knocks]

and yes the Ahmed Mohamed thing probably plays into it....

:racist:

[Hal-9000]

Git your feet offa my seat! :x

[HyperV12]

Git your feet offa my seat! :x

:lol:

[DemonGeminiX]

Seems like a smart kid. Gets into high school at 14...

Most freshmen in American high schools are 14 years old. A vast majority of high schools generally are 9th grade to 12th grade. A few (comparatively speaking) are 10th through 12th.

Senior (12th grade): 17-18 years old
Junior (11th grade): 16-17 years old
Sophomore (10th grade): 15-16 years old
Freshman (9th grade): 14-15 years old

The age to the left is the predominant age, the age to the right is generally because some kids are born later in the year and the school boards have rules with respect to when children get into kindergarten depending on the time of year they're born.

[Hugh_Janus]

Why else would someone 'spend 20 minutes Sunday night' to make a simple clock?
because it's more productive than knocking one out?

[HyperV12]

Obama invited him to the Whitehouse.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/253837-obama-invites-suspended-muslim-teen-to-the-white-house

[Hal-9000]

Most freshmen in American high schools are 14 years old. A vast majority of high schools generally are 9th grade to 12th grade. A few (comparatively speaking) are 10th through 12th.

Senior (12th grade): 17-18 years old
Junior (11th grade): 16-17 years old
Sophomore (10th grade): 15-16 years old
Freshman (9th grade): 14-15 years old

The age to the left is the predominant age, the age to the right is generally because some kids are born later in the year and the school boards have rules with respect to when children get into kindergarten depending on the time of year they're born.

Our high schools are grades 10-12...ages 16 -18

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Fucking Obama

[deebakes]

Fucking Obama

he's only encouraging the terrorists :x

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Seriously, this kid new wtf it looked like. Fuck him.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Seriously, this kid new wtf it looked like. Fuck him.

He's just some kinda attention whore, they showed him on the news at a 'rally' for him thanking all his followers on Twitter and Facebook :roll:

[Hal-9000]

I knew it...it was more than just a clock, he's trying to make a shitty point with no good end

[HyperV12]

There must be some pretty slim pickings if clock boy is their #1 choice for that award. All this for throwing together a couple parts of a clock to look like a bomb. If he wasn't Muslim it never would have been news.
http://cdn.washingtonexaminer.biz/cache/730x420-11aeedbce4c19788e442bf7e23a98159.jpg

"Ahmed Mohamed, also known as "Clock Kid," has just won another title: "American Muslim of the year."The Council for American-Islamic Relations, the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the country, recognized Mohamed at a ceremony in Arlington, Va.

Mohamed is expected to attend "Astronomy Night" at the White House on Monday, though the situation has become further scrutinized since Mohamed reportedly met with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (https://twitter.com/wasilalitaha/status/654385467262005248), a wanted war criminal charged with genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes by the international Criminal Court."

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/clock-kid-wins-u.s.-muslim-of-the-year/article/2574378

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I wonder who is up for the American White Person of the Year award? :-k

[HyperV12]

I wonder who is up for the American White Person of the Year award? :-k

:racist:

[RBP]

I wonder who is up for the American White Person of the Year award? :-k
Donald Trump. :lol:

[Pony]

He got that award and he didn't even duct tape it to his chest and detonate it??

[HyperV12]

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Attorneys for the 14-year-old Muslim boy arrested after taking a homemade clock to his Dallas-area school say he was publicly mistreated and deserves $15 million.
A law firm representing Ahmed Mohamed (http://www.chron.com/search/?action=search&channel=news%2Ftexas&inlineLink=1&searchindex=gsa&query=%22Ahmed+Mohamed%22) sent letters Monday demanding $10 million from the city of Irving and $5 million from the Irving Independent School District. The letters also threaten lawsuits and seek written apologies. Ahmed took his clock to school in September, and an educator thought it could be a bomb. Ahmed was arrested but never charged. He was also suspended from school. The family accepted a foundation's offer to pay for Ahmed's education in Qatar and has since moved to the Persian Gulf country.

[Hal-9000]

finally the other shoe drops...this is why he stayed up 20 minutes on Sunday night to make the clock

anticipating the $$$ lawsuit after triggering some legitimate fears involving brown people and bombs

[RBP]

I really hope the city tells him to go pound Qatarian sand up his camel.

[Godfather]

Yes, a visit to the White House, a scholarship, public fame... I totally see the damages :roll: Way to turn public opinion on a dime.

[RBP]

He needs the money to perfect the prototype. :hand:

[Godfather]

He needs the money to perfect the prototype. :hand:

I'm sure it works well enough... in fact I would wager that if Ahmed checked his clock bomb, it was clearly show that his 15 minutes are up!

[RBP]

I'm sure it works well enough... in fact I would wager that if Ahmed checked his clock bomb, it was clearly show that his 15 minutes are up!

:rimshot:

[Hal-9000]

I'm sure it works well enough... in fact I would wager that if Ahmed checked his clock bomb, it was clearly show that his 15 minutes are up!

:lol:

[Hal-9000]

"American Muslim of the year."

I'll never be a contenda :sad2:

[deebakes]

:haha: canada