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Lychee2

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66. You can see that, but not everyone can.

Wed Sep 16, 2015, 06:24 PM

Sep 2015

Cops & school officials are not experts. They just see a bunch of electrical parts in what looks like a briefcase with a digital readout on it, and think "Uh-oh."

As to the giant led timer....A kid might do that.

I am not condoning the treatment of the kid. He should not have been arrested and cuffed. He should have been put in the custody of his parents until someone with some bomb-experience had a look at the thing. Any other course of action would have been irresponsible.

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9th-grader arrested -- taking homemade clock to school: 'So you tried to make a bomb? [View all] laserhaas Sep 2015 OP

Some teachers should be fired, right now! And a school district should be sued. delrem Sep 2015 #1

Agree.... This is absurd. laserhaas Sep 2015 #2

...+1 840high Sep 2015 #6

Yeah... tecelote Sep 2015 #10

That's it� MrScorpio Sep 2015 #3

How dare a non-white be creative and smart.... laserhaas Sep 2015 #4

What's sad is that this story isn't even surprising. marmar Sep 2015 #5

Is there any country out there - pure in political quests - that is laughing at U.S. right now? laserhaas Sep 2015 #7

Sorry New Zealand fingrin Sep 2015 #8

+1 an entire shit load. Enthusiast Sep 2015 #15

Did it look like this alarm clock? betsuni Sep 2015 #9

American exceptionalism Geronimoe Sep 2015 #11

This is one of those situations where I wish personal immunity was waived, the teacher and... Humanist_Activist Sep 2015 #12

They must make great educators. Some kid brought in a butterfly. Heck! Stop him! Joe Chi Minh Sep 2015 #17

Shit, I made a stopwatch and showed it off in school, and that fucker counted down to zero! n/t Humanist_Activist Sep 2015 #13

So he'll be charged with "clocking while Mohamed"? PoliticAverse Sep 2015 #14

If he bakes a cake and shows it to the Home Ec teacher they'll arrest him for a biological weapon. Solly Mack Sep 2015 #16

.. and they'll probably invite a Monsanto guy round, to preach the miraculous benefits Joe Chi Minh Sep 2015 #18

"frankenfoods" laserhaas Sep 2015 #28

It's an 'oldie' in Europe. We all usually cross-pollinate better than that! We Joe Chi Minh Sep 2015 #45

In a Boston public school, Kozol found switches soaked in vinegar, for the black kids, jtuck004 Sep 2015 #19

Texas. Turbineguy Sep 2015 #20

Is his English teacher an explosives expert? Orrex Sep 2015 #21

That's What I Thought, Too ProfessorGAC Sep 2015 #26

once had a hotel door kicked in and police run in and slam me to the floor w0nderer Sep 2015 #30

WOW.... laserhaas Sep 2015 #32

the door belonged to the hotel w0nderer Sep 2015 #46

If you see something, say something. O.K., I'll say something: Fucking Assholes ! Hoppy Sep 2015 #22

It's a wonder Oathkeepers isn't down there now laserhaas Sep 2015 #23

It makes you want to bang your head on the wall. Vinca Sep 2015 #24

This year's Science Fair cancelled rurallib Sep 2015 #25

Threads like this make me wish that the victim read DU Orrex Sep 2015 #27

AMEN to that... laserhaas Sep 2015 #29

Totally fucked up. Schools aren't being blown up, kids are being shot by armed to the teeth RWers... marble falls Sep 2015 #31

Exactly... laserhaas Sep 2015 #34

+1 !! exactly lunasun Sep 2015 #42

there will be no creativity... Javaman Sep 2015 #33

Welcome to "The Home of the Brave" ... Nihil Sep 2015 #35

I bet he also made a Bibi's style drawing of the bomb! Helen Borg Sep 2015 #36

Ahmed Mohammed, eh? malthaussen Sep 2015 #37

Really good stuff here: #IStandWithAhmed Rose Siding Sep 2015 #38

Thanjs for the Hastag link...Odd thing us laserhaas Sep 2015 #39

I wrote to Homer Hickam about him. Rose Siding Sep 2015 #43

This kid would love NASA camp. Hope he gets to go. mainer Sep 2015 #48

He does get to go! Rose Siding Sep 2015 #49

Yay!!! Good for you, too, to email him. mainer Sep 2015 #55

This one is the greatest reflection Sep 2015 #72

America just continues to teach 'fear of the other'. Engineering is now the realm of 'terrorists'. sinkingfeeling Sep 2015 #40

ugly truths deacon_sephiroth Sep 2015 #41

"You look like a sandn*gger" is what is teacher meant. DRoseDARs Sep 2015 #44

That English teacher w0nderer Sep 2015 #47

Why Ahmed Mohamed should be a topic at Wednesday�s GOP debate mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2015 #50

This is more common than you might think fbc Sep 2015 #51

Why arrest him? damnedifIknow Sep 2015 #52

I cannot, for the life of me, understand... gregcrawford Sep 2015 #53

Completely shocked the cops didn't just unload and kill him on site ** LannyDeVaney Sep 2015 #54

You can't cure some people of the stupids. blackspade Sep 2015 #56

Would love to chip in to help the family move away from Texas. Daniel537 Sep 2015 #57

dear english teacher, how much experience do you have with bombs? are you an expert? can you tell niyad Sep 2015 #58

Here is the kid of digital clock those teachers and cops could handle csziggy Sep 2015 #60

I think you are giving them wayyyyyy too much credit!! niyad Sep 2015 #62

Faux znews is going to go nutz, after POTUS invites laserhaas Sep 2015 #59

Engineering teacher should have kept it until the end of the day. Darb Sep 2015 #61

+1. Lychee2 Sep 2015 #69

The White House did the right thing CreekDog Sep 2015 #91

Here is a pic of Ahmed's clock. Lychee2 Sep 2015 #63

Whoa! I can see why they were nervous. Where is the dial? hollowdweller Sep 2015 #64

It lacks all the bomb parts of a bomb. Taitertots Sep 2015 #65

You can see that, but not everyone can. Lychee2 Sep 2015 #66

Yes. joshcryer Sep 2015 #67

Congratulations. Lychee2 Sep 2015 #68

Apparently he can do more than either you or that dipshit of a "teacher" ... Nihil Sep 2015 #70

Sorry, I don't understand your post. Lychee2 Sep 2015 #74

Welcome to DU CreekDog Sep 2015 #92

Yes, a clock or any other output message IDemo Sep 2015 #75

I'm glad you are able to tell that. Lychee2 Sep 2015 #76

I'd be willing to bet IDemo Sep 2015 #77

That would be like reading 2 copies of the morning newspaper to check the facts. Lychee2 Sep 2015 #78

So if you don't know what something is, you assume it's a bomb? PersonNumber503602 Sep 2015 #85

Did you see the picture I posted? Lychee2 Sep 2015 #86

I'm not a bomb expert either, but I can see it's not a bomb. PersonNumber503602 Sep 2015 #87

The cops say they thought it was a "hoax bomb." Lychee2 Sep 2015 #89

But is there anything to suggest this kid would do that? PersonNumber503602 Sep 2015 #90

The only bomb here is your post CreekDog Sep 2015 #93

I'd recognize its a circuit board a piece that is in every piece of technology we have. Sunlei Sep 2015 #81

how many clock driven bombs lapfog_1 Sep 2015 #82

that is an A reddread Sep 2015 #88

Yes. Big digital face and zero explosives = clock. sinkingfeeling Sep 2015 #94

But he told his math teacher... bill Sep 2015 #71

Bill (though you made me chuckle) laserhaas Sep 2015 #80

you know, of course... lapfog_1 Sep 2015 #83

Well aware - and am currently studying Sumeria - that was Meso - prior to all Judeao/ Christ'oh laserhaas Sep 2015 #84

What I don't understand is why the police brought handcuffs instead of the bomb squad. threethirteen Sep 2015 #73

Happy Ahmed has good support & agree that this Texas school is a "hostile environment" for kids. Sunlei Sep 2015 #79