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valerief

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110. Why wouldn't they believe the science teacher the kid brought it in to?

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Wed Sep 16, 2015, 04:10 PM

Sep 2015

They didn't bother asking the teacher? How racistly convenient.

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ACTUAL STATEMENT from the Irving Police on why they arrested Ahmed Mohamed. Worse than fiction. [View all] kpete Sep 2015 OP

"He would simply only tell us that it was a clock" damnedifIknow Sep 2015 #1

If..... kpete Sep 2015 #2

Perfect! G_j Sep 2015 #9

A Strong Tea Party Movement in Irving dem in texas Sep 2015 #41

The Irving city council passed a controversial resolution 7wo7rees Sep 2015 #67

Call the police department as well dbackjon Sep 2015 #85

I'm pretty sure Grand Prairie has a higher Hispanic percentage than Irving. LanternWaste Sep 2015 #98

the Muslims are out to get them AlbertCat Sep 2015 #159

+2. Like that. closeupready Sep 2015 #74

Well, almost pefect. staggerleem Sep 2015 #75

yeah I would say "shows time like a clock" n/t Statistical Sep 2015 #153

Awesome! Paka Sep 2015 #161

Read this one on another site tapermaker Sep 2015 #70

Nice! Hahaha Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2015 #96

Funny you should mention that... RoccoRyg Sep 2015 #147

<SNORT!> Now I need a new keyboard n/t catrose Sep 2015 #156

"I need a drink." KansDem Sep 2015 #111

There's a clock somewhere in the world that says 5PM. n/t christx30 Sep 2015 #186

That kid had to have been terrified, considering the stupid things happening today in our PDs. Frustratedlady Sep 2015 #3

One word: Kafkaesque. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2015 #4

indeed Fast Walker 52 Sep 2015 #6

They should just hold him under water to see if he was a witch too! nt TheBlackAdder Sep 2015 #30

Just waterboard him until he confesses! Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2015 #97

+1 TubbersUK Sep 2015 #127

"Making love to you is very kafkaesque." AlbertCat Sep 2015 #160

Do the police feel stupid? Or do they actually believe they're doing their job? - n/t Jim__ Sep 2015 #5

I'm sure many of them think they were just doing their job Fast Walker 52 Sep 2015 #7

The Irving police are too stupid to know that they are stupid csziggy Sep 2015 #10

Dunning-Kruger handmade34 Sep 2015 #23

Yeahup..... daleanime Sep 2015 #26

That's what I've been trying to say! mountain grammy Sep 2015 #65

Don't be ashamed of your country. pangaia Sep 2015 #130

Dunning-Kruger Effect. HooptieWagon Sep 2015 #19

That's why we only hire those! Don't want no intelligent ones... erronis Sep 2015 #36

By design. Read this. AtheistCrusader Sep 2015 #134

It's times like these when the question of who is allowed to reproduce should be raised! nt TheBlackAdder Sep 2015 #31

Interrogation is a skill the police department has lost. Baitball Blogger Sep 2015 #8

A big FBI office is a few miles east, in Dallas. Bomb experts are there. Instead of police DhhD Sep 2015 #178

A Clockwork Brown Octafish Sep 2015 #11

slam dunk civil rights violation lawsuit for that family Takket Sep 2015 #12

Geek Dad: We Stand With Ahmed � An Open Letter to Ahmed Mohamed HuckleB Sep 2015 #13

Stupid. It could have been easily settled simply by jwirr Sep 2015 #14

An expert? trumad Sep 2015 #73

I was thinking of a science teacher. I suspect not jwirr Sep 2015 #86

Well damn, I can't get the picture to display. JoeyT Sep 2015 #105

Here is a picture: Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #138

Thanks! JoeyT Sep 2015 #144

I thought it was his (science?) teacher bullsnarfle Sep 2015 #177

He brought it to show his Science teacher. But it was his English teacher who called the cops. nt ieoeja Sep 2015 #179

Ah-ha, thanks... bullsnarfle Sep 2015 #189

Thank you. That was what I was getting at in my first jwirr Sep 2015 #183

Also, there's Steinbaugh's Bomb/Clock Test: Dr. Strange Sep 2015 #99

What if it only flashes "12:00" constantly? kentauros Sep 2015 #135

If it flashes "12:00"... Bongo Prophet Sep 2015 #148

Brilliant! Dr. Strange Sep 2015 #150

Then it's a VCR SwankyXomb Sep 2015 #149

wtf? Where was the expert supposed to materialize from? Warren Stupidity Sep 2015 #173

All I said is the this whole arrest was stupid. Why all the jwirr Sep 2015 #184

"A broader explanation"? jberryhill Sep 2015 #15

"broader explanation" = "tell us what our fear and hate want to hear." nt hvn_nbr_2 Sep 2015 #29

He didn't explain why the clock used ARABIC numerals on it! jberryhill Sep 2015 #43

HA! Roland99 Sep 2015 #80

I doubt they even know that. nm rhett o rick Sep 2015 #125

That's what got me, BarbaRosa Sep 2015 #101

Now be nice, cops are hired stupid and stay stupid. The school officials on the other hand... A Simple Game Sep 2015 #117

A broader explanation was needed because the cops and avebury Sep 2015 #175

twitter account Takket Sep 2015 #16

Their stupidity is so effing embarrassing... joeybee12 Sep 2015 #17

Yes, he needs a good attorney. hamsterjill Sep 2015 #20

Thankfully, his story went viral, so he'll get some damned good attorneys. backscatter712 Sep 2015 #50

Idiots. School admins and the cops Lee-Lee Sep 2015 #18

Absolutely. You are right. hamsterjill Sep 2015 #21

Teachers educated leaders - NOT, because that's not how the repugs want them. erronis Sep 2015 #40

Please remember....this is Texas Hulk Sep 2015 #62

Have you forgotten Florida Man? He gives Texas folks a run for their money. nt tblue37 Sep 2015 #171

Agree 100% mark67 Sep 2015 #182

Opening scene from 'Touch of Evil' 1958 edgineered Sep 2015 #22

Sue them into the fucking ground. nt msanthrope Sep 2015 #24

That's about the only thing these idiots understand is $$$ 47of74 Sep 2015 #123

"What clocks do?" "How do you clock?" DirkGently Sep 2015 #25

Cops have to be the dumbest people on the planet. blackspade Sep 2015 #27

if the kid was white, a clock would have been a clock. it is that simple randys1 Sep 2015 #28

If the kid was white Takket Sep 2015 #48

Probably...although, nowadays cops shoot first and ask questions later even with randys1 Sep 2015 #60

Steve Wozniak built a fake bomb in high school, got caught and spent a night in Juvie. OnlinePoker Sep 2015 #145

I brought a paper mache ball onto the school bus. It was painted black, had a fuse, and "BOMB" on it NBachers Sep 2015 #168

I hate saying it, but he's lucky they didn't beat the shit out of him. arcane1 Sep 2015 #32

Are all Texas Law Enforcement Officers and Teachers morons? It sure seem like it. Can we pay them to OregonBlue Sep 2015 #33

Just goes to show some entire PDs are full of stupid cops with nothing to do. Rex Sep 2015 #34

It's called : El Shaman Sep 2015 #172

Back in the bad old days, if you wouldn't confess you were a heretic... malthaussen Sep 2015 #35

i think it may be time barbtries Sep 2015 #37

Past time actually damnedifIknow Sep 2015 #83

When my husband applied to the police academy many years ago, MANative Sep 2015 #106

that's what we need. barbtries Sep 2015 #118

If he'd said it was a gun, they would have had to let him go. tclambert Sep 2015 #38

Nope, not for brown people they wouldn�t nt dorkzilla Sep 2015 #42

These cops have their clock stuck in 1950. Orrex Sep 2015 #39

I love the fact that President Obama and Sec. Clinton both reached out to this young man Gothmog Sep 2015 #44

I have posted it twice already and will again, it is so lovely: Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #139

Did they think it was an exploding CIRCUIT BOARD??? navarth Sep 2015 #45

Have you never watched Star Trek? Those computers blow up and shit, dude! n/t ieoeja Sep 2015 #180

to be honest, navarth Sep 2015 #181

I love the President�s tweet dorkzilla Sep 2015 #46

Ahmed's inspiration elljay Sep 2015 #47

I saw in the DMN about this. herding cats Sep 2015 #49

This is what we do to OUR children: kpete Sep 2015 #52

A bright child who did nothing wrong learned an ugly lesson in racism herding cats Sep 2015 #66

Wow! 14-years-old carted off in handcuffs. Sweet Freedom Sep 2015 #120

Juvenile POC are regularly handcuffed and carted off BumRushDaShow Sep 2015 #137

"It looks like a movie bomb to me" Statistical Sep 2015 #162

Jeebus Effin' Christ! Daemonaquila Sep 2015 #51

Most of the time a clock is just a clock, and quite often, a fuckwit with a badge is just a fuckwit Ed Suspicious Sep 2015 #53

God I love our president Egnever Sep 2015 #54

It's time to screen ALL Texans before they leave their beloved state... Hulk Sep 2015 #55

Yes ShrimpPoboy Sep 2015 #87

Screen them all RoccoR5955 Sep 2015 #188

The asshat kid didn't realize he had to explain to adults what a clock is/does. Put him in Gitmo! merrily Sep 2015 #56

If cops don't want people to think theyre stupid and incompetent, they should try to stop being KG Sep 2015 #57

Dear Officers Stupid. I hope our kids don't have reason to regret your ignorance. jtuck004 Sep 2015 #58

This country continues to find new ways to scare me. McCamy Taylor Sep 2015 #59

In a civilized country this boy would have gotten a high-five and support to continue innovating. Daniel537 Sep 2015 #61

I can picture some idiot saying, "If he wanted to avoid trouble he would have bought a clock." Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #63

Ignorant, provinicial shitheads always double down Warpy Sep 2015 #64

What makes this whole story triply absurd is that the family is SUFI. MADem Sep 2015 #68

Does the other side of the circuit board wingzeroday Sep 2015 #69

kick Angry Dragon Sep 2015 #71

Nice in retrospect, but if he'd tried to bring that thing in the White House... cigsandcoffee Sep 2015 #72

Anyone would have been tackled... that being the relevant difference. LanternWaste Sep 2015 #115

Wow. PatrickforO Sep 2015 #76

He should have said NewJeffCT Sep 2015 #77

Ahmed's mistake HassleCat Sep 2015 #78

Stupid flipp'n Militia Police... SoapBox Sep 2015 #79

She's a Trumpster ... GeorgeGist Sep 2015 #81

Gee, I wonder what would have happened if he came to school with a clock? nt Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2015 #95

Right Wing America - Killing Ingenuity And Creativity - Daily - What A Message For Children cantbeserious Sep 2015 #82

They're probably go apeshit d_legendary1 Sep 2015 #84

This reminds me of the model who had no idea what the word "profile" means ("America's Next WinkyDink Sep 2015 #88

Attention anyone who thinks white privelege is a myth, Dyedinthewoolliberal Sep 2015 #89

thanks Dyedinthewoolliberal kpete Sep 2015 #92

This young man's mastery of (American) English far exceeds the Police. gordianot Sep 2015 #90

We speak a combination of under-educated red-neck and sub-literate half-wit. LanternWaste Sep 2015 #100

This reminds me of an old insult I heard about the age of the young man 50 years ago that fits. gordianot Sep 2015 #109

In today's crazy climate of ineptitude, my blond brother would have been behind LuckyLib Sep 2015 #91

my mother-in-law tells stories kpete Sep 2015 #94

#IStandWithAhmed L. Coyote Sep 2015 #93

I couldn't tell this from the OP, but passiveporcupine Sep 2015 #102

And the former Gov. of Texas (Perry) said a broken clock was right ONCE a day underpants Sep 2015 #103

What is it? It's a clock. WHAT IS it! It's a clock. WHAT IS IT!!! It's a clock underpants Sep 2015 #104

Fuck it, dude. Time for Plan B. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2015 #124

The school turned him in! procon Sep 2015 #107

Horrible purpledarts Sep 2015 #108

Why wouldn't they believe the science teacher the kid brought it in to? valerief Sep 2015 #110

Much worse than that, the teacher turned him in. Rex Sep 2015 #119

Just to clarify, it was his English teacher that turned him in tammywammy Sep 2015 #142

Right! valerief Sep 2015 #151

That was a different teacher. herding cats Sep 2015 #143

Would cops have accepted ... left-of-center2012 Sep 2015 #112

i think we have to finally accept the fact that a large fraction of American police . . . DrBulldog Sep 2015 #113

If he were a white evangelical Christian ... left-of-center2012 Sep 2015 #114

If I were that mayor, my first concern would be obvious brain damage in teachers and police Demeter Sep 2015 #116

This is so fucked up on so many levels. Initech Sep 2015 #121

There is only one level.....institutionalized bigotry and racism...all fuelled by a negligent media. Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #126

And don't forget the American Police State. Initech Sep 2015 #136

No, there's another level: scientific ignorance. Dr. Strange Sep 2015 #155

So basically ut oh Sep 2015 #122

Kicked and recommended to the Max! Enthusiast Sep 2015 #128

it's highly apparent onethatcares Sep 2015 #129

Danger; the british appear to have developed some sort of bomb AtheistCrusader Sep 2015 #131

You know what N.W.A. says? 4lbs Sep 2015 #132

I tried making sense of what the report said, have concluded that there is not enough alcohol to niyad Sep 2015 #133

If this cop thinks this kid is a "terrorist"... cascadiance Sep 2015 #140

Honesty and innocence The Wizard Sep 2015 #141

He actually doesn't owe them any explanation at all bluestateguy Sep 2015 #146

Now I understand RecoveringJournalist Sep 2015 #152

Fucking cops. n/t Hotler Sep 2015 #154

Racism and. Ethnic and religious prejudice plus stupidity. JDPriestly Sep 2015 #157

to the kid who was arrested for building a clock or his family AlbertCat Sep 2015 #158

He should auction it off after getting Obama to autograph it! Dustlawyer Sep 2015 #163

So a jealous teacher brought this to the mackerel Sep 2015 #164

A good many teachers do not like it when they are outsmarted by their students bluestateguy Sep 2015 #167

Irving Police = Clock Blockers. eom. berni_mccoy Sep 2015 #165

This kid is lucky to be alive mikehiggins Sep 2015 #166

Police are liars, they are told everyone lies. joshcryer Sep 2015 #169

Isn't it nice to know that these people "serve and protect"................... raven mad Sep 2015 #170

I'm surprised they didn't waterboard him demwing Sep 2015 #174

Here is information and photos of what he built CBGLuthier Sep 2015 #176

Sure, it looks like a bomb..... Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2015 #185

If these folks ever poked their head inside a PC case IDemo Sep 2015 #193

I couldn't imagine what they would do RoccoR5955 Sep 2015 #187

Another sad thing about it is the probability Dr Rise Sep 2015 #190

why can't anyone produce a picture of this "clock" ? I'm dying to see what this thing looks like. frankieallen Sep 2015 #191

Found a picture! how do i insert into my post? frankieallen Sep 2015 #192