Texas Police try their best to create homegrown terrorist

[Slenderson]

Here's how a Texas school explained arresting a 14-year-old Muslim boy for making a clock

Surprised this hasn't been posted here yet. Irving, TX police arrest a teen for building a clock and bringing it to school, who just so happens to have an Arabic name.

 

[Chuck C]

Merica, bringing freedoms to your city soon.

 

[Titanhawk2]

He was turned in by the teacher and the school

 

[pablow]

Here's how a Texas school explained arresting a 14-year-old Muslim boy for making a clock

Surprised this hasn't been posted here yet. Irving, TX police arrest a teen for building a clock and bringing it to school, who just so happens to have an Arabic name.

The idiot school authorities do the same things to whites, blacks, hispanics, you name it. Why excuse Ahmed from the fun.

 

[Bulldogs1974]

Would you deny that school shootings and killings are a problem?
Another article was quoted as saying it "looked like a bomb".
Take his name out of the equation, any kid that brought something that looked like bomb would get in trouble.
Does his name compound the problem, sadly yes.

 

[Slenderson]

Would you deny that school shootings and killings are a problem?
Another article was quoted as saying it "looked like a bomb".
Take his name out of the equation, any kid that brought something that looked like bomb would get in trouble.
Does his name compound the problem, sadly yes.

Shouldn't the solution be to give all kids homemade clocks that looks like bombs, then everyone would be safe? Homemade clocks that look like bombs don't kill people. People kill people.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

Would you deny that school shootings and killings are a problem?
Another article was quoted as saying it "looked like a bomb".
Take his name out of the equation, any kid that brought something that looked like bomb would get in trouble.
Does his name compound the problem, sadly yes.

But it's not a bomb. It's a clock. I understand the initial concern, but what police officer made the determination that there was probable cause to arrest the kid after it was shown to be a clock? Either the police, an administrator at the school, or both, made a serious mistake here.

 

[Joes Place]

But it's not a bomb. It's a clock. I understand the initial concern, but what police officer made the determination that there was probable cause to arrest the kid after it was shown to be a clock? Either the police, an administrator at the school, or both, made a serious mistake here.

....yeah....but that kid is only a few pounds of enriched uranium away from turning Irving, TX into a giant mushroom cloud....having the 'clock timer' is just about halfway there!!!

 

[tarheelbybirth]

Would you deny that school shootings and killings are a problem?
Another article was quoted as saying it "looked like a bomb".
Take his name out of the equation, any kid that brought something that looked like bomb would get in trouble.
Does his name compound the problem, sadly yes.

I had a kid who bought an electronic timer he built himself to school three years ago. I suppose if you didn't know the student you might have thought it looked like a bomb. The idea of calling the police never occurred to me, though.

 

[KennyPowers_96]

Would you deny that school shootings and killings are a problem?
Another article was quoted as saying it "looked like a bomb".
Take his name out of the equation, any kid that brought something that looked like bomb would get in trouble.
Does his name compound the problem, sadly yes.

In Texas, he is lucky they didn't shoot him first and ask questions later. But seriously, if he's enthusiastic and shows his teacher what he built, why would you equate him to a cowardly murderer?

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

In Texas, he is lucky they didn't shoot him first and ask questions later. But seriously, if he's enthusiastic and shows his teacher what he built, why would you equate him to a cowardly murderer?

Your answer is set forth in the first two words of your first sentence .... ;-)

 

[theIowaHawk]

Take his name out of the equation, any kid that brought something that looked like bomb would get in trouble.
Does his name compound the problem, sadly yes.

http://gawker.com/7-kids-not-named-mohamed-who-brought-homemade-clocks-to-1730999866

 

[theIowaHawk]

I had a kid who bought an electronic timer he built himself to school three years ago. I suppose if you didn't know the student you might have thought it looked like a bomb. The idea of calling the police never occurred to me, though.

This is what I find astounding. The kid is clearly a nerd, a tech nerd...........and the school/faculty didn't know him well enough to believe him a non-threat? Come on.

I mean, in no way am I surprised Law Enforcement treated him like shit, but the school?

 

[IACub]

I'll mess with Texas.

 

[theIowaHawk]

Who can post a picture of this dastardly device?

 

[IACub]

Who can post a picture of this dastardly device?

 

[theIowaHawk]

Is that it though? I saw that, but couldn't get a description. Was that exactly how it came, open with shit just hanging out from it? Is this after they began dismantling it?

When I first saw that I realized that the teachers and, sadly, law enforcement watched wayyyyy too many movies from the 90s.

 

[TexMichFan]

We live in a time where if you make a piece of bread look like a gun you get suspended so it should not come as much of a surprise that this happen. I don't blame the police but I do the school administration, they were right to confiscate it and investigate and contact the parents and if they would have done that it would have made for a great engineering class that day.

 

[TexMichFan]

I'll mess with Texas.

Haven't been keeping up with the Jade Helm stuff have you. The tunnels were built for people who want to mess with Texas.

 

[tarheelbybirth]

Jindal and Graham just said we need more racial profiling of Muslim-looking middle school science geeks.

 

[like-woahh]

This story is ridiculous on so many levels. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that if someone brought a bomb into a school they wouldn't show it to their teacher.

"Hey Mrs. Thompson - look at my homemade bomb!"

The following also kills me:

"Police spokeman James McLellan said that, throughout the interview, Ahmed had maintained that he built only a clock, but said the boy was unable to give a "broader explanation" as to what it would be used for."

Gee, I don't know - maybe TO TELL THE TIME. Kind of like that clock on your wall with the hands and stuff.

 

[doughudd]

http://gawker.com/7-kids-not-named-mohamed-who-brought-homemade-clocks-to-1730999866

A couple of water clocks and a potato clock and you want to compare them to a circuit board clock?

 

[Mattski]

I'm sure you'd say the same think if he brought a pressure cooker to school. Those sure don't look harmful either right? The reality is, you just never know and it's better to be safe then sorry.

 

[like-woahh]

I'm sure you'd say the same think if he brought a pressure cooker to school. Those sure don't look harmful either right? The reality is, you just never know and it's better to be safe then sorry.

Haha, what? You're being serious, and that is hilarious.

What if it's home ec class? Hey teacher, look at my canned tomatoes!

That is one of the dumbest things I've read on this board. Haha, thank you, thank you so much for that.

 

[swagsurfer02]

Ban time telling devices!!

Clocks, watches, sun dials....etc

 

[irunlikeAcieEarl]

Would you deny that school shootings and killings are a problem?
Another article was quoted as saying it "looked like a bomb".
Take his name out of the equation, any kid that brought something that looked like bomb would get in trouble.
Does his name compound the problem, sadly yes.

How many bombs have you've seen, have they all been on MacGyver?

 

[HawkEngineer]

That one pic does look slightly alarming but any teachers who would know the kid should have been able to ask the right questions. He couldn't elaborate why? Oh so we're expecting this kid to be able to communicate that he's building electronic and potentially coding skills? Shouldn't a teacher be able to help interpret that or do we have such dumb kids now that they don't know how to handle someone who is self motivated to learn?!?

 

[Joes Place]

That pic of an 85 lb. kid in handcuffs wearing his NASA T-shirt is pretty effing sad.

Seriously?? He was such a threat the cops had to handcuff him? Someone needs a month or two of unpaid leave over this one....

 

[like-woahh]

That pic of an 85 lb. kid in handcuffs wearing his NASA T-shirt is pretty effing sad.

Seriously?? He was such a threat the cops had to handcuff him? Someone needs a month or two of unpaid leave over this one....

I'm sure there will be an extensive internal investigation followed by a very painful period of paid leave.

 

[strummingram]

Amazing how this country has devolved and on a constant "Terror threat." Reap what you sow, I guess.

 

[like-woahh]

Amazing how this country has devolved and on a constant "Terror threat." Reap what you sow, I guess.

We're definitely a pins and needles society at the moment. Unless a person just doesn't give a crap, it's prudent to over analyze every social interaction you have. I suppose that's one benefit to my random periods of extreme introversion.

Making a post to social media, whether in jest or not? Better vet it so you don't offend the thousands of people out there just looking for something to be outraged by. Innocuous post leads to death threats.

Want to bring something to school that you tinkered with? Better analyze how it might be misconstrued into being a bomb. Screw it, I'll just bring a banana. Damnit, a banana is phallic - might offend some group against penises. YOU'RE ASSERTING YOUR MALE DOMINANCE BY PROMOTING PHALLIC FRUIT (phallic fruit should be the name of a band, would go great with opening for Pussy Riot).

Go out and have a few drinks, have consensual sex with another person who is also tipsy? Uh oh, apparently in some areas consent can be taken back after the fact. Now we have to have consent forms before getting it on to protect your figurative ass. (this is a real thing, believe it or not). Can you honestly imagine having to sign a form before having sex just in case the other person regrets it later and tries to bury you. It's hard enough keeping a female in the mood, now we might have to do it while she's filling out documents in triplicate.

What a bizarre culture that is formulating right now. We are far too comfy as a society. A little real, in your face strife at a large scale level might do us some good so we stop squabbling over such trivial bullshit.

Actually, I should probably change my avatar to not be a picture of myself as it could honestly come to bite me in the ass someday. But I won't, because I happen to be one of those people who doesn't give a crap. YOU CAN'T SLAY ME SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIORS.

Apologies for the tangent, my brain has a tendency to float from topic to topic.

 

[TexMichFan]

We're definitely a pins and needles society at the moment. Unless a person just doesn't give a crap, it's prudent to over analyze every social interaction you have. I suppose that's one benefit to my random periods of extreme introversion.

Actually, I should probably change my avatar to not be a picture of myself as it could honestly come to bite me in the ass someday. But I won't, because I happen to be one of those people who doesn't give a crap. YOU CAN'T SLAY ME SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIORS.

Trying to throw off the Feds with the "I should probably change my avatar to not be a picture of myself" is prudent but how do we know it is really you and not some photo shopped picture of a bearded guy? This sounds like a conspiracy as to whether it is you or not and should trigger a social media investigation. I look forward to the dueling You Tube videos as to whether it is you or not.

 

[lucas80]

I'm sure there will be an extensive internal investigation followed by a very painful period of paid leave.

The tough guy that turned a minor traffic stop into Sandra Bland going to jail over a cigarette hasn't faced repercussions, yet. Don't hold your breath waiting for a police department in Texas (Or, anywhere for that matter), to admit they did something wrong.

 

[theIowaHawk]

A couple of water clocks and a potato clock and you want to compare them to a circuit board clock?

Wait, does the circuit board transform it in to a bomb?

I think you, as well as those in the OP, watched way too much Speed back in the day.

 

[theIowaHawk]

That pic of an 85 lb. kid in handcuffs wearing his NASA T-shirt is pretty effing sad.

Seriously?? He was such a threat the cops had to handcuff him? Someone needs a month or two of unpaid leave over this one....

That is another good point. I'm consistently amazed at the need to handcuff. I get it, it is SOP, but come on.

 

[dandh]

Looks like an ordinary clock to me.

 

[pablow]

Looks like an ordinary clock to me.

Try to get that into a federal building or on an airline.

 

[IronFist1776]

The tough guy that turned a minor traffic stop into Sandra Bland going to jail over a cigarette hasn't faced repercussions, yet. Don't hold your breath waiting for a police department in Texas (Or, anywhere for that matter), to admit they did something wrong.

When police are allowed to investigate themselves and routinely fantasize that they are above the law, you get murders like Sandra Bland's, 12 yr old Tamir Rice in Ohio and John Crawford III, also in Ohio. The last two were murdered simply for possessing BB guns in public. Ohio is even an open carry state. The gutless thugs and murderers "investigated themselves" and concluded that they did nothing wrong. sadly, badged thugs and lying, unaccountable murderers aren't exclusive to Texas alone. Police brutality and murders committed by police are at an all time high and the lying LameStreamMedia desperately tries to manufacture a "black vs white" narrative instead of calling it what it really is: a police state out of control.

 

[theIowaHawk]

Try to get that into a federal building or on an airline.

I asked this, lets see if you know the answer. Is this how it was brought in to school, open and with wires just hanging out? Is this after they poked and prodded? Anyone know?

 

[pablow]

I asked this, lets see if you know the answer. Is this how it was brought in to school, open and with wires just hanging out? Is this after they poked and prodded? Anyone know?

I don't know. I do know it would draw suspicion going through an x-ray machine. It's a pretty goofy looking "suitcase clock."

 

[theIowaHawk]

I don't know. I do know it would draw suspicion going through an x-ray machine. It's a pretty goofy looking "suitcase clock."

Precisely why I was asking. In the video of the kid he just holds up wires going everywhere. Was he really proud of bringing in a clock that has wires just dangling? Weak for a kid with a NASA shirt.