14 year old boy arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school

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Sorry fellow liberals, we must admit that we've been had here. New facts have emerged which cast him in a very different light. While racism likely was a factor, he also disrupted class with his briefcase clock and seemed to intentionally be making a false bomb threat. This bit was mis-reported in the media: nobody thought it was actually a bomb. If they really thought it was a bomb, why didn't they call the bomb squad and evacuate the school?

He and his family have high-tailed it to Qatar of all places, yet are still suing the city and the school district for $15 million, depriving other equally deserving students of educational resources. And this is after he's been given free stuff, gotten to visit the White House to meet the President, and been offered dozens of prestigious internships and scholarships. And if you thought things were bad for Muslims in Irving before, wait till they lose another $15 million to Ahmed and his family living it up in Qatar.

And lastly, how do those of you who are still defending him explain this photo (from the BBC, not a right-wing blog):

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Ahmed the terrorist taking our schools money and running to Qatar. Typical! Send in a drone

He isn't a terrorist, but he is a liar and a cheat. I'm tempted to say he doesn't deserve a dime of the school district's money, but the fact remains that he was wrongfully questioned without his parents present. He certainly doesn't deserve $15 million though.

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Again, nobody actually thought it was a bomb. He was playing a prank and disrupted his English class with the clock/bomb thingy. The whole thing got blown way out of proportion because he had to be suspended in accordance with the school district's zero tolerance policy - the teachers and administrators had no say in the matter. The police did violate his rights by questioning him without his parents present, and thus were in the wrong, opening the door to a lawsuit. However, expecting the school district to pay up when he's already received tons of free stuff, internships, awards, and scholarships is a bit much, since things seem to have worked out pretty well for him as a result of this incident. In conclusion, nobody comes out looking particularly good in the end.

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Am I the only one bothered by the fact that he met with Omar al-Bashir? He isn't some run-of-the-mill 3rd World dictator. He's been indicted by the ICC for his role in the Darfur Genocide. He's a bloody tyrant on par with Kim Jong-Un, Bashar Assad, and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. If a Korean-American kid had suffered some sort of discrimination, do you think anyone in America but the fringiest True Leftists would condone him flying to Pyongyang for a photo-op with Kim Jong-Un? Or what if Ahmed were Shia rather than Sunni? What would be the reaction if he had flown to Tehran to meet with the Supreme Leader after Liberal America, Corporate America, and Academic America had all come together to stand up for him?