pic of the clock that 14yr muslim kid got arrested for making at school fair

[Las Vegas]

While people are saying, "Peace and safety"...

[Las Vegas]

I agree... nothing to fear.

That said, I do understand that as others have stated, while HE may be blissfully unaware, maybe his dad has some motive.

Possibly, but would a white kid really be arrested?

I mean, I guess now he as to be arrested right?

A white kid would have went through the same thing... but the coverage would have very likely been local and short lived.

[TuHolmes]

A white kid would have went through the same thing... but the coverage would have very likely been local and short lived.

I don't know that I necessarily agree, but it's possible.

[oldtimer1]

Making a clock? He took the guts out of a clock radio. He made nothing. He removed the case from a clock radio. Why is everyone acting like he's a prodigy engineer?

  I will tell you this. If you saw a Muslim with a bunch of wires and a transiter board you would run for the hills too.

[Las Vegas]

I don't know that I necessarily agree, but it's possible.

Policy would cause it to happen.  Of course.

[TuHolmes]

 

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

It's a pencil box. Not a briefcase.

The photo makes it look really big when it's apparently not very big at all.

Remember. It could fit in his backpack with all of his books.

Now, if his dad helped him with it (which I have seen no evidence to say he did) then I could see their being an issue, really if this kid wasn't brown, would anyone have looked twice at it?

It looks like a bomb but once they found out that it wasn't, he should have been left alone.  However, I think he was trying to bait this controversy into the mix.  I bet that his dad put him up to it since he's big on campaigning in the area .  If that's the case, its a dangerous game he's playing with his son

[TuHolmes]

It looks like a bomb but once they found out that it wasn't, he should have been left alone.  However, I think he was trying to bait this controversy into the mix.  I bet that his dad put him up to it since he's big on campaigning in the area .  If that's the case, its a dangerous game he's playing with his son

Absolutely... No parent should put their 14 year old in harms way. I have a 14 year old myself and there is no way I would do that to him.

[Elvis_McCartney]

I can understand the concern by the school upon the initial discovery. but at some point well before suspension it should have been resolved  

Dad put him up to it.  He didn't invent shit.  He took a Radio Shack clock apart and super glued it in an Amazon pencil case that looks like a small briefcase.

It was obviously a Hoax bomb meant to illicit some sort of response so he could get some attention.

Obama being the Muslim American hating POS that he is invites him to the WH.

Why???  Because this supports his agenda, that's why.  

[calfzilla]

Let's now forget how shitty this clock looks. Looks like it was made by a 6 year old. A 14 year old Muslim I interested in engineering should do way better.

[Las Vegas]

It looks like a bomb but once they found out that it wasn't, he should have been left alone.  However, I think he was trying to bait this controversy into the mix.  I bet that his dad put him up to it since he's big on campaigning in the area .  If that's the case, its a dangerous game he's playing with his son

Very interesting.  I didn't know that.

[Las Vegas]

Has anyone seen anything written about how he made the clock?  Or the site he undoubtedly got the directions from? (if he didn't strip a normal alarm clock, that is.)

Tapeworm mentioned that he likely couldn't have made the circuit-board, for one thing.

[Las Vegas]

There's some idea it might be one of these:

[Elvis_McCartney]

According to reports, the kid really keeps it by his bed most of the time, just sitting open like that.

If you believe the kid and the father, which most people seem to not.

I have not seen anything to specifically say they are being dishonest in this instance.

He didn't build shit.  Isn't it obvious to everyone by now that he did this wanting to create a stir at school so they could scream racism. He wanted the [police to arrest him.  Hence him not being forthcoming and not answering any questions that were asked of him.

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[TuHolmes]

He didn't build shit.  Isn't it obvious to everyone by now that he did this wanting to create a stir at school so they could scream racism. He wanted the [police to arrest him.  Hence him not being forthcoming and not answering any questions that were asked of him.

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It's fair if you don't think so... I'm fine with that.

I thought they asked him what it was and he said a clock like 5 times.

Again, I'm just reading reports and you know how that liberal media is.

[Irongrip400]

Nothin new here folks.....

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/04/us/ohio-boy-suspended-finger-gun/

Exactly. Or when some kid makes a paper gun and gets expelled. Shit happens, but when some white or black kid does it and gets in trouble, no one says shit. Most likely because the black kid is shot by the cops and the white kid is a filthy racist.

[hp31]

 

[Las Vegas]

this will go down as another highly strange incident in media.  

the kid likely removes an old alarm clock from its original housing and puts it into another container.

wtf

then despite all that happens as a result of it, the media fails to investigate why he did something so seemingly inexplicable.  they want to say he built the thing in the name of science, then was soundly abused for it... despite the fact that ANYONE with a bomb-looking thing in public should and would be investigated.

not a peep about his dad, either.

news has become nothing but a bizarre stage show.

[OB1]

news has become nothing but a bizarre stage show a bunch of half-truths and lies.

Fixed.

[The Ugly]

Making a clock? He took the guts out of a clock radio. He made nothing. He removed the case from a clock radio. Why is everyone acting like he's a prodigy engineer?

  I will tell you this. If you saw a Muslim with a bunch of wires and a transiter board you would run for the hills too.

That's the odd part. He made a nonfunctioning nothing, that looked very much like a bomb. Intentionally like a bomb?

Why?

[jwb]

The kid isn't really that bright. Not nearly as smart as he wants people to think he is.

He takes a clock radio apart and puts it in a pencil case and tries to impress people at school with his "invention" which is really not one.

The clock radio contains two power sources. The AC power source with the transformer and power cord that plugs into the wall and a 9 volt battery power source.

If you want to make it look like a bomb why leave the clunky AC power source inside? How many bombers ask for an extension cord before they blow you up?

Why did the kid leave it inside? He wanted to show people how it worked and he didn't have a 9 volt battery.

[Las Vegas]

Fixed.

whatever you want to call it...

stories that don't compute, endless failures to investigate, ads masquerading as news, destructive agendas pushed without a shrug...

i notice now when a "tech world is buzzing" story comes on (actually an advertisement by any realistic definition), the fuckers are putting up the facebook logo and address of the company the "news story" is about.  licenses should be lost for this bullshit.

[OB1]

whatever you want to call it...

stories that don't compute, endless failures to investigate, ads masquerading as news, destructive agendas pushed without a shrug...

i notice now when a "tech world is buzzing" story comes on (actually an advertisement by any realistic definition), the fuckers are putting up the facebook logo and address of the company the "news story" is about.  licenses should be lost for this bullshit.

Best is to ignore this stuff altogether.

[Las Vegas]

The kid isn't really that bright. Not nearly as smart as he wants people to think he is.

He takes a clock radio apart and puts it in a pencil case and tries to impress people at school with his "invention" which is really not one.

The clock radio contains two power sources. The AC power source with the transformer and power cord that plugs into the wall and a 9 volt battery power source.

If you want to make it look like a bomb why leave the clunky AC power source inside? How many bombers ask for an extension cord before they blow you up?

Why did the kid leave it inside? He wanted to show people how it worked and he didn't have a 9 volt battery.

are you saying you'd expect everyone to immediately analyze it to the point they'd make those same conclusions based on the existence of the power cord?

because that doesn't make any sense.

[Las Vegas]

Best is to ignore this stuff altogether.

i do.  the only time i catch bits and pieces of this trash is when i'm visiting someone.  tv is worthless to me.