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Muslima wrote:They knew it wasn't a bomb. No evacuation, no bomb squad , they left the so-called bomb inside the school and took pictures of it . Yes, that's absolutely the appropriate protocol when administrators believe there's a bomb in a school. This is nothing less than the result of years of brainwashing, fear mongering and Islamophobia.

Hoax was the actual accusation.

Bomb hoax? The kid never claimed it was a bomb.

Does t matter what the kid claims. It's not unusual for people to work in tandem, i.e. one brings the electronics, the other brings the explosives, and it's assembled on site. Police need to ask questions

"24

Riiiiight. Lemme guess, you are at this very moment holed up in your cabin (or your mom's basement) with your AR-15 and your stash of MREs watching reruns of "24" and other stuff as your primary source of information...

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Muslima wrote:They knew it wasn't a bomb. No evacuation, no bomb squad , they left the so-called bomb inside the school and took pictures of it . Yes, that's absolutely the appropriate protocol when administrators believe there's a bomb in a school. This is nothing less than the result of years of brainwashing, fear mongering and Islamophobia.

Hoax was the actual accusation.

Bomb hoax? The kid never claimed it was a bomb.

Does t matter what the kid claims. It's not unusual for people to work in tandem, i.e. one brings the electronics, the other brings the explosives, and it's assembled on site. Police need to ask questions

Yeah. The ONE FLAW with your Bomb Hoax theory is that the kids SHOWED THE SUPPOSED BOMB to his TEACHER (the engineering teacher) and said "Look what I made at home!"

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Anonymous wrote:Here is a the picture of the clock that was released by the Irving Police department.



Here is a 20 second video of a man removing the electronics of a similar clock and arranging them in a similar case the way Ahmed arranged them.

There were probably no other pictures released by the police because there was nothing else to see. The case has to be opened to see the display or use the controls for the clock. It appears that Ahmed extended the power cable outside the case and held the case together with a piece of wire so he could plug it in without open the case. If that us what the teacher first saw and it was beeping, there is no way she could have known there was a clock inside.

Grenades and m-80's are small yet can do big damage!

Look at how tiny that pencil box case is -- see the plug on the side of the box. It is half the size of a laptop. I wish someone would put a banana or someone's hand in the picture for some scale.

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Muslima wrote:They knew it wasn't a bomb. No evacuation, no bomb squad , they left the so-called bomb inside the school and took pictures of it . Yes, that's absolutely the appropriate protocol when administrators believe there's a bomb in a school. This is nothing less than the result of years of brainwashing, fear mongering and Islamophobia.

Hoax was the actual accusation.

Bomb hoax? The kid never claimed it was a bomb.

Does t matter what the kid claims. It's not unusual for people to work in tandem, i.e. one brings the electronics, the other brings the explosives, and it's assembled on site. Police need to ask questions

Anonymous wrote:Here is a the picture of the clock that was released by the Irving Police department.



Here is a 20 second video of a man removing the electronics of a similar clock and arranging them in a similar case the way Ahmed arranged them.

There were probably no other pictures released by the police because there was nothing else to see. The case has to be opened to see the display or use the controls for the clock. It appears that Ahmed extended the power cable outside the case and held the case together with a piece of wire so he could plug it in without open the case. If that us what the teacher first saw and it was beeping, there is no way she could have known there was a clock inside.

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Muslima wrote:They knew it wasn't a bomb. No evacuation, no bomb squad , they left the so-called bomb inside the school and took pictures of it . Yes, that's absolutely the appropriate protocol when administrators believe there's a bomb in a school. This is nothing less than the result of years of brainwashing, fear mongering and Islamophobia.

Hoax was the actual accusation.

Bomb hoax? The kid never claimed it was a bomb.

Does t matter what the kid claims. It's not unusual for people to work in tandem, i.e. one brings the electronics, the other brings the explosives, and it's assembled on site. Police need to ask questions

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Anonymous wrote:I just have a question about this. Regarding aviation security, lots of people like to say better safe than sorry. Therefore, this clock would have never been allowed through a checkpoint, and frankly, it would be stupid of someone to try and be unaware of the consequences.

With school security a hot topic now, I'm having a hard time seeing the difference in the situations. Regardless of his race or religion, why would someone think it would be a good idea to bring this into a physical location where people are paranoid?

How do you know that the clock wouldn't be allowed through airport security? It very likely would have been subject to examination, but there is nothing dangerous about it so I don't know why it wouldn't be allowed through.

Regarding the school, I guess it can't be said enough. Nobody thought it was a bomb. Maybe you think it looks like a bomb, or maybe you think it looks like a ham sandwich. Either way, it doesn't matter because nobody at the school thought it was a bomb. For some reason, even though they knew it was not a bomb, they expected an explanation beyond "it is a clock". The police have been very explicit on that point. So, the question is, "why did they not accept the explanation that it was a clock and why were they so sure that there was a 'wider explanation'"? The most obvious answer is that he is Muslim.

I agree that it would have made it through airport security. I have taken some suspicious looking electronics through and never been stopped. Probably the first person to see it would be the person viewing the x-ray images. I don't think he would see anything to alarm him.

You've taken a little suitcase with a clock face with wires hanging out of it? Who's willing to build something similar and try this? How about getting through security at a courtroom or the Capital? Let's test your confidence level.

He wasn't going through security. He was at school. He showed a project to a teacher. Not the same situation at all.

I understand that an English teacher with no understanding of electronics might make a mistake, but after her mistake was cleared up, having the boy arrested and suspending him was an over-reaction.

BTW, if you had something like that that went through security in a courtroom, the guards would look at it, ask you what it is, and then tell you to take it back to your car. It is highly unlikely that you would get arrested. I am in and out of federal courthouses all the time, and I can't imagine getting arrested for something that dumb. Same thing at the airport. If TSA even blinked at something like that, they would tell you to put it in your car or take it home, and nothing else would happen. The school over-reacted badly.

Anonymous wrote:At what point do you stop embarrassing yourself?

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Muslima wrote:They knew it wasn't a bomb. No evacuation, no bomb squad , they left the so-called bomb inside the school and took pictures of it . Yes, that's absolutely the appropriate protocol when administrators believe there's a bomb in a school. This is nothing less than the result of years of brainwashing, fear mongering and Islamophobia.

Hoax was the actual accusation.

Bomb hoax? The kid never claimed it was a bomb.