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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Fri Sep 18, 2015, 04:12 PM Sep 2015

Kids Fight Back Against Racist School and Police By Bringing Clocks To School

http://countercurrentnews.com/2015/09/kids-irving-high-school-support-ahmed-mohamed/#

Students at Ahmed Mohamed’s Irving, Texas high school have rallied to support the Muslim teenager, after school officials and police had him arrested for bringing a home-made clock to school.

Since his arrest, students tweeted a school-wide plan to bring clocks to school today and tell the teachers it was in solidarity with their classmate.

Some students said they would leave the clocks at the doorway of the principal who called the police on Ahmed.

MacArthur High School principal Daniel Cummings is still standing by the decision to racially profile the 14-year-old freshman, saying in a letter to parents: “While we do not have any threats to our school community, we want you to be aware that the Irving Police Department responded to a suspicious-looking item on campus yesterday. Please rest assured that we will always take necessary steps to keep our school as safe as possible.”



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Kids Fight Back Against Racist School and Police By Bringing Clocks To School (Original Post) KamaAina Sep 2015 OP
Flavor Flav did this 25 years ago underpants Sep 2015 #1
Thats what I thought. WDIM Sep 2015 #2
... CatWoman Sep 2015 #9
I saw that on FB underpants Sep 2015 #23
Contact information for the admin at the high school. rhett o rick Sep 2015 #40
Mayor of City Where Teen Was Wrongly Arrested Is Anti-Sharia Crusader Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #3
Goddam - another Coulter/Florianus look-alike (the mayor of Irving, TX) erronis Sep 2015 #4
Behind her left ear lobe. A serial number to differentiate between models. Eleanors38 Sep 2015 #21
Have you not heard of poodles? elehhhhna Sep 2015 #36
She is horrid as is the chief of police who not only wouldnt apologize he wouldnt randys1 Sep 2015 #26
Lovely malaise Sep 2015 #5
I have hope in the world when I hear stuff like this. Imagine what could have been roguevalley Sep 2015 #10
+1,000 malaise Sep 2015 #41
Take it to 'em, kids! gregcrawford Sep 2015 #6
Daniel Cummings is a racist piece of shit. blackspade Sep 2015 #7
This sure fits.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #8
Man, you beat me to it... Yep, gotta show ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL!!! cascadiance Sep 2015 #16
Take a look around - the murders, racist homicides, a lot of it is being done by young people. jtuck004 Sep 2015 #19
I hope they all synchronized them to 11:55-- lastlib Sep 2015 #11
Maybe Mr. Principal will have them all arrested?!? SoapBox Sep 2015 #12
Clock-upy! Starry Messenger Sep 2015 #13
if they were taking the necessary steps to keep the school safe... smiley Sep 2015 #14
Yup nt artislife Sep 2015 #34
Bull! If it was suspicious looking they should have / would have evacuated the school.... usaf-vet Sep 2015 #15
If you are going to Texas, leave your watch at home just in case. Especially digital watches. L. Coyote Sep 2015 #17
Apparently it was an "alarmist clock". MindPilot Sep 2015 #18
i prefer this some boomtown rats dembotoz Sep 2015 #29
I WONDER if the teachers will LEARN ANYTHING yuiyoshida Sep 2015 #20
Not sure if the suspicious looking item they're d_legendary1 Sep 2015 #22
Kids with more sense than adults TNNurse Sep 2015 #24
Bless those kids mcar Sep 2015 #25
Beautiful nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 #27
K&R - the kids rock! raven mad Sep 2015 #28
they rock around the clock! Skittles Sep 2015 #35
Great idea. That's terrific. GoneFishin Sep 2015 #30
Kids for Kongress ElodaAnne Sep 2015 #31
welcome to du niyad Sep 2015 #39
Principal's ideas, emitting from his one working brain cell, must immediately Thespian2 Sep 2015 #32
How about Ben Carson? KamaAina Sep 2015 #33
Great Choice!!! Thespian2 Sep 2015 #38
Good job, kids in Irving. stage left Sep 2015 #37

erronis

(15,241 posts)
4. Goddam - another Coulter/Florianus look-alike (the mayor of Irving, TX)
Fri Sep 18, 2015, 04:56 PM
Sep 2015

I know when you breed dogs to have slender faces they become dumber than shit. This is not PC and I realize that the blonde wig is about as un-dyed as tRumps so I'm not casting aspersions in that direction.

randys1

(16,286 posts)
26. She is horrid as is the chief of police who not only wouldnt apologize he wouldnt
Fri Sep 18, 2015, 06:46 PM
Sep 2015

admit any wrong on their part.

Fucking racist punks

And I dont care if one of the cops arresting the kid was Black...

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)
10. I have hope in the world when I hear stuff like this. Imagine what could have been
Fri Sep 18, 2015, 05:28 PM
Sep 2015

achieved with social media once upon a time.

gregcrawford

(2,382 posts)
6. Take it to 'em, kids!
Fri Sep 18, 2015, 05:03 PM
Sep 2015

Force their bigotry out in the open so decent people can see what it really looks like, and be disgusted.

 

cascadiance

(19,537 posts)
16. Man, you beat me to it... Yep, gotta show ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL!!!
Fri Sep 18, 2015, 05:53 PM
Sep 2015

... and how this generation is going to tear down the hate that is building it!

 

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)
19. Take a look around - the murders, racist homicides, a lot of it is being done by young people.
Fri Sep 18, 2015, 06:05 PM
Sep 2015

20 something year old cops and teachers. They learned from us.

People mistakenly suggest we can breed ourselves out of our problems. At the same time we teach the kids to be just like we are. Remember all the good groups that stood against evil over the decades?

There is just as much hate now as there ever was,maybe more, because our young are keeping it as alive as we ever did.

The earth is likely to burn up before it changes, unless we grow up and decide to fix the adults first, instead of just picking on people that are too small to defend themselves. So we are probably dead.

But perhaps I am too optimistic.

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
12. Maybe Mr. Principal will have them all arrested?!?
Fri Sep 18, 2015, 05:42 PM
Sep 2015

...totally tone deaf. Same for the Police Chief and Mayor.

smiley

(1,432 posts)
14. if they were taking the necessary steps to keep the school safe...
Fri Sep 18, 2015, 05:51 PM
Sep 2015

then why wasn't the school evacuated? I call bullshit.

Good for those kids!

usaf-vet

(6,181 posts)
15. Bull! If it was suspicious looking they should have / would have evacuated the school....
Fri Sep 18, 2015, 05:52 PM
Sep 2015

the suspicious-looking item was a 14 year old Muslin. I'm not surprise the school is racist give the Mayor of the town has openly suggested Sharia law is threatening their community.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
17. If you are going to Texas, leave your watch at home just in case. Especially digital watches.
Fri Sep 18, 2015, 05:55 PM
Sep 2015

I hear they have fundamentalists down there that fear time.


ElodaAnne

(5 posts)
31. Kids for Kongress
Fri Sep 18, 2015, 09:49 PM
Sep 2015

The most inspiring post made today. Interesting how students 'get it,' understand about bigotry and repression. If only our Congress were as progressive as these kids. They certainly deserve kudos and also pass out some medals. They will become leaders some day who we can count on to do the right things and make clear decisions for everyone.

Thespian2

(2,741 posts)
32. Principal's ideas, emitting from his one working brain cell, must immediately
Fri Sep 18, 2015, 11:01 PM
Sep 2015

be examined by a neurosurgeon and a 5-year-old...for intellectual content...

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