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

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It's funny how the people who sided with him just can't admit they were played.

He wasn't wrongly arrested?

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The media called it a "homemade clock" and portrayed it as a science project.  As if, a muslim kid made a legitimate science project and was punished for it.  That was the narrative they wanted to push, and it wasn't based on facts. 

Again, what are you talking about? The kid made a project at home and brought it to show to his teacher. Only a complete clueless dumbass would have thought it looked like a bomb. The police clearly wouldn't have arrested a white student who did the same thing.

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Seriously? "Only a complete dumbass" would think it could look like a bomb? Give me a f**king break.

Yes? That's obviously not big or complex enough to be a bomb.

Combine that with a teacher who could corroborate the student's story if the administration wanted to ask.

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Arresting him was only wrong in that it was obviously what he wanted. He was trying to provoke a response. Although trying to provoke a response is literally what the charge of having a hoax bomb is for.

He knew exactly what he was doing when he brought that "clock" into school.  There was no reason to bring it in other than to provoke a response.  It looked like a hoax bomb and he deserved to be arrested.  Its only too bad the police caved due to the pc outrage to him being Muslim.  He should have been charged for bringing a hoax bomb to school

Sorry, I don't believe this silly conspiracy theory that he intentionally brought the clock to school to get arrested and start a big craze. It would have been so much more likely that he just get arrested and never get any redress for it -- he's a f***ing genius if this was his plan all along and it worked this beautifully. Any that doesn't jive with the idea that his "clock" is pathetic/not impressive.

First of all, you're just dead wrong. Even a quick google search will tell you that you can make a homemade explosive device pretty small. It doesn't take a genius to throw them together, either.

But more importantly, why would public school teachers ever have the expertise to know that? From all the details I'm aware of, Ahmed brought that device to school totally unprompted and didn't notify anyone he was doing it. The kid also had a larger than average disciplinary record, too. Schools definitely go over board in their vigilance, but it makes perfect sense why a teacher would see this and immediately be concerned.

Even from Ahmed's own version of this story that's basically what happened. He showed it to his engineering teacher, who complimented him but advised him to keep it in his backpack for the rest of the day. Instead, he sets it up in English class for no good reason and attention gets drawn to it.

Again: This device, removed from context, looks suspicious and most people would not be able to tell you what it was, regardless of whether or not you agree, you're just wrong. Further, he was not immediately just thrown to the principal's office, he was just told to keep it to himself for the day, and he did the opposite. Arresting him was totally over the line, but the narrative the Left wants to play about this story is just disingenuous bulls**t.

I don't know, I just wouldn't think something that small (looks like the size of a wallet in that picture) with so few wires and material is seriously mistakable for a bomb, especially after he demonstrates how it's a clock. I can see why a teacher may be suspicious, if this kid really was a discipline problem (although this is the first I've heard of that, and it's that's true, why didn't the school and police say it right away?), but the police should have known better. And let's not forget he had an alibi that would have cleared him if they police bothered to get to the bottom of things.

Is there a source that he intentionally set it off in English class? Everything I'd heard said that it went off accidentally. If he did it on purpose (trying to show of off his mad skillz or whatever), then that's kinda lame, but it still doesn't justify the extreme overreaction from the police.

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What is the evidence that he wanted people to think it was a bomb? I haven't heard any.

IF he did want people to think it was a bomb, that's a serious crime and should be dealt with accordingly.

However if that's not the case, he is a victim and is entitled to his First Amendment right to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Whether $15m is the correct amount according to Texas law is beyond me, but I have faith that the Courts will get it right.

So how exactly were we all "duped" again?

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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.

Again, where is the source that it was an intentional bomb hoax/prank?