14 year old brings home made clock to school. Stupidity ensues.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 1:37 am    Post subject: 14 year old brings home made clock to school. Stupidity ensues.

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/northwest-dallas-county/headlines/20150915-irving-ninth-grader-arrested-after-taking-homemade-clock-to-school.ece

What a disgusting way to make an impact on a promising youth .
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 4:43 am    Post subject:

Makes me sick and ashamed.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 5:56 am    Post subject:

Ridiculous.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 6:49 am    Post subject:

That teacher is a closet racist
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 7:01 am    Post subject:

Somebody is getting fired and sued for this.

Wasn't a simple misunderstanding.

When we can't trust ourselves as Americans, we are truly broken.

Plus this doesn't surprise me for Texas.

Bye.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 7:02 am    Post subject:

The concern is totally understandable.

The reaction? Totally unacceptable.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 7:32 am    Post subject:

gumby wrote:
Somebody is getting fired and sued for this.

Wasn't a simple misunderstanding.

When we can't trust ourselves as Americans, we are truly broken.

Plus this doesn't surprise me for Texas.

Bye.


Which is why I don't think anyone will get fired. Sued maybe but not fired.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 8:03 am    Post subject:

Texas and Florida
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 8:16 am    Post subject:

ringfinger wrote:
The concern is totally understandable.

The reaction? Totally unacceptable.

This is not going to be a good day. I agree with rf.

Had the clock been brought by an ethnicity other than Islamic there would have been no incident.

Islamophobia is understandable, reaction is unacceptable.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 8:19 am    Post subject:

The worst part is that he's been repeatedly telling the cops that it's a clock and that he brought it to show his teachers, yet the cops are still spewing (bleep) like "he kept maintaini it was a clock, but there was no broader explanation". He just (bleep) told you that!!!

Oh and another: "It could reasonably be mistaken as a device if left in a bathroom or under a car. The concern was, what was this thing built for? Do we take him into custody?”

And that's all after the "That's just who I thought it was" part, AND he's still suspended from school.

They're STILL to bigoted to realize they even did something wrong. Shameful IMO. I hope the kid and his family can get a nice payday out of the ISD and the police force. I'm usually not one for the "fake outrage" you see on a lot of things these days, but this one really pissed me the (bleep) off..
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 8:25 am    Post subject:

Oh and the sad part of all of this is that it probably completely ruined this kids curiosity and drive to succeed. If I were him I'd probably completely disillusioned with my interest in academics and especially in that type of hobby. No matter what he builds people are just going to assume he's building bombs..

There's a good chance this incident took him from a kid with an extremely bright future to some pissed off teenager with a bunch of pent up anger.. Hopefully he can stick with his hobby and still be a successful adult. From that article it sounds like he has a lot of talent
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 8:26 am    Post subject:

America is like mongo from blazing saddles. Big, powerful, stupid, and easily pointed at a victim.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 8:29 am    Post subject:

Pretty good formula for creating a terrorist.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 8:43 am    Post subject:

24 wrote:
America is like mongo from blazing saddles. Big, powerful, stupid, and easily pointed at a victim.


Mongo only pawn... in game of life
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 8:51 am    Post subject:

AY2043 wrote:
The worst part is that he's been repeatedly telling the cops that it's a clock and that he brought it to show his teachers, yet the cops are still spewing (bleep) like "he kept maintaini it was a clock, but there was no broader explanation". He just (bleep) told you that!!!

Oh and another: "It could reasonably be mistaken as a device if left in a bathroom or under a car. The concern was, what was this thing built for? Do we take him into custody?”

And that's all after the "That's just who I thought it was" part, AND he's still suspended from school.

They're STILL to bigoted to realize they even did something wrong. Shameful IMO. I hope the kid and his family can get a nice payday out of the ISD and the police force. I'm usually not one for the "fake outrage" you see on a lot of things these days, but this one really pissed me the (bleep) off..


Even worse is the fact they interrogated him while denying permission to speak to his parents.

It's a violation of civil rights IIRC.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 9:05 am    Post subject:

24 wrote:
America is like mongo from blazing saddles. Big, powerful, stupid, and easily pointed at a victim.


Edit: 999 beat me to it.


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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 9:11 am    Post subject:

News from the South again. The way the teachers handled it was stupid.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 9:23 am    Post subject:

jodeke wrote:
ringfinger wrote:
The concern is totally understandable.

The reaction? Totally unacceptable.

This is not going to be a good day. I agree with rf.

Had the clock been brought by an ethnicity other than Islamic there would have been no incident.

Islamophobia is understandable, reaction is unacceptable.


Ha.

IMO, there should have been concern regardless of ethnicity. If there was greater concern because of the ethnicity, I'd understand that too. (Don't like it, but I get it).

So my only real disappointment here is the reaction.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 9:34 am    Post subject:

LAKERSCMXCIX wrote:
24 wrote:
America is like mongo from blazing saddles. Big, powerful, stupid, and easily pointed at a victim.


Mongo only pawn... in game of life


Had to LINK
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 10:08 am    Post subject:

gumby wrote:
Plus this doesn't surprise me for Texas.


If you think that exactly the same thing could not, or would not, happen wherever you live, you are kidding yourself. I know that some of you get your jollies by taking pot shots at the south, and Texas in particular, but ironically most of you are from freaking California.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 10:14 am    Post subject:

Aeneas Hunter wrote:
gumby wrote:
Plus this doesn't surprise me for Texas.


If you think that exactly the same thing could not, or would not, happen wherever you live, you are kidding yourself. I know that some of you get your jollies by taking pot shots at the south, and Texas in particular, but ironically most of you are from freaking California.


Everyone knows Texas is just one Bush removed from Florida, AH.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 10:26 am    Post subject:

Aeneas Hunter wrote:
gumby wrote:
Plus this doesn't surprise me for Texas.


If you think that exactly the same thing could not, or would not, happen wherever you live, you are kidding yourself. I know that some of you get your jollies by taking pot shots at the south, and Texas in particular, but ironically most of you are from freaking California.


I believe the official slogan under consideration in California is, "Yeah, but at least we ain't Texas".
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 10:30 am    Post subject:

Aeneas Hunter wrote:
gumby wrote:
Plus this doesn't surprise me for Texas.


If you think that exactly the same thing could not, or would not, happen wherever you live, you are kidding yourself. I know that some of you get your jollies by taking pot shots at the south, and Texas in particular, but ironically most of you are from freaking California.


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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 10:31 am    Post subject:

https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/644193755814342656

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Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 10:35 am    Post subject:

24 wrote:
https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/644193755814342656

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Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great.

Awesome
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