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Obama Invites Texas Teen To White House After "Bomb" Clock Incident At School

Posted by samzenpus on from the making-some-sense-of-the-senseless dept.

The Grim Reefer writes: In a followup to this morning's story about the arrest of 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed for bringing a homemade clock to school that was mistaken for a bomb, President Obama has invited the teen to the White House via Twitter. The President tweeted: "Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great." The Irving Independent School District in Irving, Texas sent an email to parents about the incident asking students to: "immediately report any suspicious items and / or suspicious behavior."

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  1. Re:Like a grownup by rahvin112 · · Score: 5, Informative

    They would not let him call his father when the police questioned him. This is a direct violation of his and his parents rights. It's illegal to question a minor without their guardian present. I really hope everyone is telling their kids out there to refuse to answer questions in such a situation without their parents present.

    The police department and school district are going to be paying his family some serious money once the lawsuits are filed. I dare say he won the lottery with this highly illegal and stupid treatment.

  2. Yes, especially in Boston. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yes. Have we already forgotten the Boston lightbright scare?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_bomb_scare

    1. Re:Yes, especially in Boston. by BradMajors · · Score: 4, Informative

      If a terrorist wants to cause wide spread terror he just needs to distribute tiny robots throughout a city. It would shut down the whole city down. Using bombs would be far less effective.

  3. Re:That's not a bomb, it's a clock! by sycodon · · Score: 4, Informative

    Especially if the kid nibbles a Pop Tart into the shape of a pistol.

    Then, it's," Katey, Bar the Door!"

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  4. Re:That's not a bomb, it's a clock! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    That kid has become the "hot coffee lawsuit" of students.

    The "hot coffee" eh? You mean the lawsuit everybody uses for an example of mockery towards the legal process, while themselves being substantially unaware of the actual physical injuries suffered by Stella Liebeck, that she offered to settle for far less than the jury awarded, and that evidence was brought for that McDonalds knew their coffee was served at an excessively hot temperature which they required their franchisees to use, and that hundreds of other people had also been burned by their coffee.

    Is that really the example you want to use?

  5. Re:I wonder if they're going to use this as "proof by dywolf · · Score: 5, Informative

    Whats the count of killed officers so far this year?
    21?
    Something like that?
    Meanwhile the number of citizens killed by police so far this year is more than 500.

    Again: there is no war on police.
    And if there is, it is a pittance compared to the War being waged by police upon the citizenry.
    (and no i dont actually believe that 'that' war exists either)

    read, and become educated. you could surely use it.
    https://www.washingtonpost.com...

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  6. Re:That's not a bomb, it's a clock! by microTodd · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here's exactly the one he's talking about. Last June.

    http://yro.slashdot.org/story/...

    It wasn't that hard to find, dude. Probably took less time that it did for you to write your reply (which somehow got modded up).

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