TX - Ahmed Mohamed, 14, creates clock, shows teachers, gets arrested, 14 Sep 2015

[mikkismom]

http://www.memecenter.com/fun/2710251/poptart-gun-photoshop-compilation

 

[Nana]

It appears that the clock takes a 9 volt battery. Looking at the picture, it appears that it was removed because all I see is an empty 9 volt battery connector.

http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/20150916-0916ahmedclock.jpg.ece/BINARY/0916ahmedclock

Well then I guess the picture we see is not a clock!
Color me confused.

 

[EllieBee]

In general, I find ticking noises distracting....from clocks, bombs, it doesn't matter. The noise breaks my concentration.

Must be hard to function, well, anywhere. I am hard pressed to think of places where noise is absent. I feel for you.

 

[katydid23]

I AM a teacher. And we are not all reactive, paranoid people.

MOST of us celebrate a child's creativity. This chiild MADE A CLOCK. Could YOU do that? i could not.

But let us not celebrate creativity and ingenuity. Let us criminalize it. Which is why we are the Idiocracy we are.

You don't have to be 'paranoid' to want to check out a beeping electronic device in a student's backpack.

 

[ATasteOfHoney]

Must be hard to function, well, anywhere. I am hard pressed to think of places where noise is absent. I feel for you.

Thanks for your concern & it's only droning ticking noises that bother me, Ellie.
Not much else & that's a good way to live, IMO.

I don't like ticking noises (& I don't like ticks either)! :crazy:

 

[bluesneakers]

Thanks for your concern & it's only droning ticking noises that bother me, Ellie.
Not much else & that's a good way to live, IMO.

I don't like ticking noises (& I don't like ticks either)! :crazy:

Ew ew ewwww! I don't like ticking either, but ticks elicit a specific visceral reaction.

 

[Nana]

What would have happened if this kid had taken this backpack to the airport?
Or maybe a bank?
Or maybe the court house?

 

[Sulamith]

I AM a teacher. And we are not all reactive, paranoid people.

MOST of us celebrate a child's creativity. This chiild MADE A CLOCK. Could YOU do that? i could not.

But let us not celebrate creativity and ingenuity. Let us criminalize it. Which is why we are the Idiocracy we are.

My son, who lives in Austin, was an extra in a crowd scene, in Idiocracy. He was "on camera" for a second! LOL

 

[ATasteOfHoney]

....tick tock...another frivolous lawsuit brewing..tick tick...


:scared:

 

[katydid23]

bomb threats at our high schools:

Police investigate bomb threat at West Shamokin High School
Wednesday - Sept. 16, 2015

State police are investigating a bomb threat Tuesday at West Shamokin High School.
The threat, which police said read “The Bomb will blow up 9⁄16/15 at 9:20 Die,” was written on a men's bathroom wall, Kittanning state police said in a press release. No evidence of a bomb was found. Police are still searching for a suspect.

Classes Canceled at Centennial High School in Corona Following Bomb Threat

Overnight, the high school had received a phone call from a male stating that he had planted two bombs in backpacks on campus and planned to detonate them in the morning, according to a news release from Corona police.

School was canceled for students and staff, and emergency personnel responded to the high school’s campus early in the morning. Officers and bomb detecting K-9’s were called in to conduct a search, the release stated.
http://ktla.com/2015/09/08/bomb-thr...ool-in-corona-prompts-classes-to-be-canceled/

UPDATE: Possible Bomb Threat at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
We discovered a threatening message similar to what was discovered two weeks ago written on boys bathroom stalls at the end of lunch. We take all threats of student safety seriously. After consulting with our School Resource Officer, we informed the staff and students to evacuate to the field. Prior to the evacuation, we increased police presence on campus and swept the football field to help ensure student safety





http://claycord.com/2015/09/16/possible-bomb-threat-at-las-lomas-high-school/

 

[katydid23]

Those^^^are just 3 bomb threats from TODAY , at various high schools. If a teacher does not report an unknown electronic device in a student's backpack then she is incompetent, imo.

 

[Sulamith]

Those^^^are just 3 bomb threats from TODAY , at various high schools. If a teacher does not report an unknown electronic device in a student's backpack then she is incompetent, imo.

Was there no teacher at the school that could ID the "unknown electronic device" as a clock and prevent Ahmed from being arrested?

I live in Texas, we don't score very high on the education level anymore.

 

[Sulamith]

bomb threats at our high schools:

Police investigate bomb threat at West Shamokin High School
Wednesday - Sept. 16, 2015

State police are investigating a bomb threat Tuesday at West Shamokin High School.
The threat, which police said read “The Bomb will blow up 9⁄16/15 at 9:20 Die,” was written on a men's bathroom wall, Kittanning state police said in a press release. No evidence of a bomb was found. Police are still searching for a suspect.

Classes Canceled at Centennial High School in Corona Following Bomb Threat

Overnight, the high school had received a phone call from a male stating that he had planted two bombs in backpacks on campus and planned to detonate them in the morning, according to a news release from Corona police.

School was canceled for students and staff, and emergency personnel responded to the high school’s campus early in the morning. Officers and bomb detecting K-9’s were called in to conduct a search, the release stated.
http://ktla.com/2015/09/08/bomb-thr...ool-in-corona-prompts-classes-to-be-canceled/

UPDATE: Possible Bomb Threat at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
We discovered a threatening message similar to what was discovered two weeks ago written on boys bathroom stalls at the end of lunch. We take all threats of student safety seriously. After consulting with our School Resource Officer, we informed the staff and students to evacuate to the field. Prior to the evacuation, we increased police presence on campus and swept the football field to help ensure student safety





http://claycord.com/2015/09/16/possible-bomb-threat-at-las-lomas-high-school/

Those examples are bomb threats, threatening messages. This thread is about a clock!

 

[katydid23]

Was there no teacher at the school that could ID the "unknown electronic device" as a clock and prevent Ahmed from being arrested?

I live in Texas, we don't score very high on the education level anymore.

I think that if a teacher has a concern then the police are going to come look at the device. Maybe they went too far in making an arrest. I don't know because I didnt see how the interview went.

But it bothers me that everyone is bashing this teacher for having her concerns. If she had ignored it and it blew off some poor kids hands, she would have been held liable and responsible for it.

 

[ATasteOfHoney]

....I would never walk up to that suitcase-like contraption with wires & such and say, "yes, let me check the time".

 

[katydid23]

Those examples are bomb threats, threatening messages. This thread is about a clock!

EXACTLY. And these bomb threats are indicative of the reality of our times. Those are just the ones from today. Kids are making bomb threats all of the time. So it is not a stretch for a teacher to look at a beeping unknown electronic device in a students backpack and be concerned. Bombs are OFTEN built around clocks so the clocks can set them off.

 

[DexterMorgan]

I think he was simply detained while things were being checked out. As they should. But the cuffs shouldn't have been used. Jmo.

 

[DexterMorgan]

EXACTLY. And these bomb threats are indicative of the reality of our times. Those are just the ones from today. Kids are making bomb threats all of the time. So it is not a stretch for a teacher to look at a beeping unknown electronic device in a students backpack and be concerned. Bombs are OFTEN built around clocks so the clocks can set them off.

Agree. It's better to be safe than sorry. But they could have been more discreet with the kid's detainment. And not cuff him in front of the world as if he was an isis affiliate.

 

[katydid23]

Agree. It's better to be safe than sorry. But they could have been more discreet with the kid's detainment. And not cuff him in front of the world as if he was an isis affiliate.

I totally agree. I think the cops might have handled it better. But people are acting all outraged that a teacher would even question why a student has a homemade electronic device beeping in their backpack. I hope he learned a lesson and will never try and take his 'clock' to an airport or a court house.

 

[ATasteOfHoney]

Agree. It's better to be safe than sorry. But they could have been more discreet with the kid's detainment. And not cuff him in front of the world as if he was an isis affiliate.

Maybe they were more discreet with the pop tart incident prior?