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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did see pictures of the clock on NPR. Not excusing the school, but it did look like a bomb. I think they could have asked the kid more about it in detail thought instead of arresting him. [/quote]

But here's the thing... they did not at any point think it was a bomb. NONE of the actions they took (other than reporting the child to law enforcement) were actions a school takes when there is a possible bomb.

They didn't do this because they thought it was a bomb. It rather appears they did this because they are disgusting racists.[/quote]

There's a third possibility you know. Could be that they knew it wasn't a bomb after talking to the kid, but thought it might be a hoax given his engineering teacher told him not to show it to other teachers? Instead of leaving it with the teacher, he carried it around in his backpack. [/quote]

One way of not showing the clock is to keep it in a backpack. Unfortunately for Ahmed, it apparently made some sort of sound during a class which led him to show the teacher the source of the sound.
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I agree. He should have disconnected the beeper before storing it. He didn't mention the sound in the TV interview but I think he did in an interview for the newspaper. Why the administrators thought it might be a hoax, I don't know. FWIW, if the kid wasn't acting like it was a hoax (i.e. planting it someone deliberately), it probably wasn't. Again, I place the blame on the administrators.

I also think the 'poor little Muslim kid' thing is a crock of shit[/quote]

Y'all have a lot of expectations of a fourteen year old boy carrying a clock.  I daresay your kids probably couldn't set one, much less build one.  And if they did manage that, they would probably forget it at school.[/quote]

My oldest two are STEM kids. My firstborn could code well at that age. He would probably forget it at school - the kid forgot EVERYHING...takes after his Dad  :mrgreen:

My daughter (middle) won the STEM award for her school. She's diligent to a fault.

My point is I think that nice little kid is being used by CAIR. Not the first time kids are used - at least no one is wiring him up! . That said, I think he should take advantage of the MIT visit and White House tour![/quote]

onky to the extent that the toy gun kids are being used by the GOP.  [/quote]

Toy guns? A kid was suspended for throwing an imaginary grenade in an imaginary box full of imaginary bad guys. You don't HAVE to exploit that - it speaks for itself...along with pop-tart guns and tiny little LEGO guns.[/quote]

Somehow I don't recall pop tart kid being arrested.  And unless you support the arrest of pop tart kid, it has no bearing on whether this boy and his clock should receive that kind of treatment.  The whole "where's the outrage" thing is a useless point.  There was plenty of outrage but it's more a matter for the PTA than a political board.  [/quote]

You don't recall cops being involved in some of these ridiculous incidents? Do a bit of searching. And for kids who are little - elementary age!![/quote]

Not pop tart kid.  If you would like to cite an example, we can discuss whether it was appropriate or not, just like we are doing here.[/quote]

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