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Middle Age Russ wrote:C'mon... Who did not see this coming??? Given past activism in the family, huge press coverage and then moving out of country, it can only be expected that the family via someone acting as their proxy would file such a suit.

A very sad state of affairs. I hope a judge has enough sense to throw it out of court.

EEllis wrote:I haven't seen a pic of the clock. Is it possible that the kid made a "Bomb" clock? We have all seen those novelty clocks and I wouldn't be shocked if a 14yo kid just didn't think it through and made something similar as a joke. I would expect the press to mention it if so, but considering that would mean there was no story, the fact that the clock really does look, and was designed to look, like a bomb might just be left out. Why report the truth when you can make people look stupid and racist.

From the original story:

The bell rang at least twice, he said, while the officers searched his belongings and questioned his intentions.

The principal threatened to expel him if he didn’t make a written statement, he said.

“They were like, ‘So you tried to make a bomb?’” Ahmed said.

“I told them no, I was trying to make a clock.”

“He said, ‘It looks like a movie bomb to me.’”Emphasis mine. A movie bomb

To me the device looks like any homemade prototype electronic circuit, but I have more experience than the average high school principal.

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Beiruty wrote:Ridiculous and the kid should not have been punished for 3 days! What is wrong with people those days. The kid commit not crime or anything illegal. Oh! my Lord, we have stupid educators.

Pawpaw wrote:What moron can't tell the difference between a clock and a bomb? The lack of anything resembling an explosive should be one clue.

The teachers are a product of their own education system.