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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/17/us...cle-click&_r=0A high school student in Texas whose hobby was inventing thought he had a unique idea for a project: to build his own clock.
But the effort landed him in handcuffs and juvenile detention, accused of making a hoax bomb.
When Ahmed Mohamed, 14, brought the clock to MacArthur High School in Irving, Tex., on Monday, an engineering teacher suggested that he not show the invention to other teachers. But it beeped during an English class, prompting Ahmed to show his English teacher what it was, according to an account in The Dallas Morning News.
Seriously? Dayum
Barry proving he is a Muslim terrorist born in Kenya:
Obama trolls Trump with White House invitation to Ahmed: ‘It’s what makes America great" (again!)
https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/644...rc=twsrc%5Etfw
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/obam...e+Raw+Story%29
Mayor Of City Where Muslim Teen Was Wrongly Arrested Is Anti-Sharia Crusader
To her supporters, Irving, Texas Mayor Beth Van Duyne is a tough-as-nails politician who's not afraid to take on Islam.
To her critics, Van Duyne is a fear-monger who stokes the flames of Islamophobia.
So both Van Duyne's fans and foes can surely find a talking point in the Monday incident where Irving police arrested 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed for bringing a homemade clock to school that they thought looked like a "movie bomb."
Van Duyne first made headlines for challenging Islam in February, when she wrote a Facebook post vowing to look into a "Shariah law court" that was said to have been set up by an Irving mosque.
"While I am working to better understand how this 'court' will function and whom will be subject to its decisions, please know that if it is determined that there are violations of basic rights occurring, I will not stand idle and will fight with every fiber of my being against this action," she wrote.
But the "Shariah law court" wasn't actually headquartered in Irving, which abuts Dallas, nor did it have anything to do with the Islamic Center of Irving. A note on the homepage of Dallas' Islamic Tribunal, which settle civil disputes between Muslims for a fee, aimed to disambiguate the two.
"Media speculation has led members of the local community to wonder if the Islamic Center of Irving is facilitating 'Shariah Courts' at the Mosque," the Islamic Tribunal's website read.
"The management of the Islamic Center of Irving categorically declares that no such court operates on the center’s premises. No other mosque in the area operates such courts.
However, the Islamic Tribunal that operates in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, independent of the mosques, to address a genuine need within our faith community for intra-community arbitration."
Then in March, Van Duyne threw her support behind a bill that would forbid Texas judges from using foreign law in their rulings. The bill's author, state Rep. Jeff Leach (R), had said the bill would solve the "problem" of the Islamic Tribunal in Dallas, according to the Dallas Morning News.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckrak...+%28TPMNews%29
ing Texans!
Whipping out det Bible belt on sharia law
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lo ingl at this being shocking. This zero tolerance has been going on for years.... and in *other* states as well.
I'm sure Obama weighed in on those as well
m.nydailynews.com/news/national/boy-10-suspended-imaginary-bow-arrow-article-1.1544627
ing New Yorkers!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...964_story.html
ing Washingtonians!
Schools overreact all the time after the Columbine incident.
Not surprising at all.
English teacher turned him in, go figure.
ing English Teachers!
This has been going on since 1994.... Way before Columbine.
Yeah this got a little too big too quickly. Now the backlash is coming.
Zero tolerance is the larger issue here, but those kids typically aren't arrested. But next time it happens to them, clearly it helps to have a PR and social media team at the ready.
Well if they are nice looking I guess.
So a ref gets assaulted on a football field and they arrest the science guy...
Nerds never had a chance.
The schools were wrong in those instances too and I hope the parents sued them. However, this case is not just about a school administrator on a power trip suspending a student - it also involves racial profiling, unlawful arrest by the police and unlawful interrogation without the knowledge of the guardian.lo ingl at this being shocking. This zero tolerance has been going on for years.... and in *other* states as well.
I'm sure Obama weighed in on those as well
m.nydailynews.com/news/national/boy-10-suspended-imaginary-bow-arrow-article-1.1544627
ing New Yorkers!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...964_story.html
ing Washingtonians!
Good that little send him to Guantanamo..tired of seeing his stupid ing expression all over everything
texas is sooooooo pussified now.
back in the day, this kid would have simply disappeared.
Thanks for the link - another shocking case no doubt. I believe the reason this case is getting so much attention is that the kid exhibited all the qualities that are valued in children - intelligence, initiative, energy. He wasn't making mischief or being remotely annoying which is what normally triggers an unwarranted action from people in authority. Instead of recognizing and encouraging him, the authority figures went out of their way to treat him unfairly because he was different from the other kids.
The suspension was mildly surprising but the added arrest by police tho made it uproarious imo
Exactly. There wasn't even an attempt at reasoned thought.....but that's a product of binary logic, zero tolerance in these examples.
I'll also include the Muslim Enhancement as a driver.
that's insane over the top punishment, but rule/law was broken so no invite to dinner with Obama
could have stopped when the police arrived, but "following STUPIDLY protocol", as their chief says, and failing to attempt logic, reflection, analysis, they hauled the kid in like a criminal.
ing Police!
Last edited by boutons_deux; 09-16-2015 at 07:29 PM.
I predict this story will last longer than the journalists who were shot live on the air
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