Clock kid sues for $15 million

[Republic of Coldwater]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ahme ... ing_PD.jpg

Doesn't matter what it was holding the clock in, it looks sketchy as hell. Nobody shows their science teacher a clock put into a sketchy ass pencil box that resembles a briefcase. While the police did use excessive force, he made a huge ass deal out of it and then he is now suing for 15 million. The response so far has been disproportionate to the situation, and to deny that there is some level of self-publicity and monetary interests involved is simply denying the evidence we have.

Oh gee, I guess you're another one of those posters who has no fucking clue about what a homemade bomb in a suitcase looks like. And how anyone with two fingers in front of their fucking noses can see the fucking difference between Ahmed's clock and an actual briefcase bomb.

The huge ass deal was made by the school, not the kid. As it has been said countless time, the teacher he brought the clock to show to had seen it and knew what it was and made no fuss about it, he didn't show it to anyone else until requested and that's when the shit hit the fan.

When you have an exposed motherboard/mainboard of sorts, with crudely organized wires and what resembles a time display, it may not look exactly like a briefcase bomb, but it definitely has enough similarities that most people will take it for a bomb. Sure, his race may have made it worse, but if a white kid showed such a creation, I doubt he won't scare people.

And he and his family escalated it by launching a huge media campaign that created a shitstorm on the internet. They got showered with a very well coordinated media campaign, and now they are suing for $15 million. Sorry, but the damages incurred do not surmount to $15 million in any measure.

[Washington Resistance Army]

I agree that the police overreacted, but it looked a lot like a damn bomb. And his case is almost certainly not worth $15 million. Plus, he was immediately released, he's gotten tons of money, tons of scholarships, and tons of popularity. And plus he didn't even ''make'' a clock. He took apart an alarm clock and rebuilt it in a different way.

Again, it doesn't look like a bomb. There's nothing that could even pass for being explosives in it, wires do not bombs make.

[Kraylandia]

And people are calling that a fucking pencil case.

BECAUSE IT'S A FUCKING PENCIL CASE.

Look a few posts above mate, I clearly admitted defeat.

[GreatestBanks]

And people are calling that a fucking pencil case.

BECAUSE IT'S A FUCKING PENCIL CASE.

Who the fuck uses something that looks like a suitcase to carry their stuff? And that, from the outside, still look like a bomb (plus you didn't put the clock in there)

[Dakini]

If he was white tbere would be one less stupidity to discuss. But apparently everything black deserves special attention.

If he was white he probably wouldn't have been arrested for a homemade clock in a pencil case.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Oh gee, I guess you're another one of those posters who has no fucking clue about what a homemade bomb in a suitcase looks like. And how anyone with two fingers in front of their fucking noses can see the fucking difference between Ahmed's clock and an actual briefcase bomb.

The huge ass deal was made by the school, not the kid. As it has been said countless time, the teacher he brought the clock to show to had seen it and knew what it was and made no fuss about it, he didn't show it to anyone else until requested and that's when the shit hit the fan.

When you have an exposed motherboard/mainboard of sorts, with crudely organized wires and what resembles a time display, it may not look exactly like a briefcase bomb, but it definitely has enough similarities that most people will take it for a bomb. Sure, his race may have made it worse, but if a white kid showed such a creation, I doubt he won't scare people.

And he and his family escalated it by launching a huge media campaign that created a shitstorm on the internet. They got showered with a very well coordinated media campaign, and now they are suing for $15 million. Sorry, but the damages incurred do not surmount to $15 million in any measure.

The thing was made out of a pencil case and some circuits. The kid added a timer to it to make the clock. It was not made to look like a bomb, and it does not look like a bomb.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zVIc64naL.jpg

[GreatestBanks]

I agree that the police overreacted, but it looked a lot like a damn bomb. And his case is almost certainly not worth $15 million. Plus, he was immediately released, he's gotten tons of money, tons of scholarships, and tons of popularity. And plus he didn't even ''make'' a clock. He took apart an alarm clock and rebuilt it in a different way.

Again, it doesn't look like a bomb. There's nothing that could even pass for being explosives in it, wires do not bombs make.

Most people don't know how to make a bomb and what it's components are, they would likely react based on visuals.
And he is suing for $15 million, the kid is the one overreacting.

[Yumyumsuppertime]

Well, I retract all posts from this thread I guess. I admit I didn't fully look into it and it looks like a briefcase from the angle it was taken. Sorry guys.

For whatever it may be worth, you just earned a shit-ton of respect from me.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

BECAUSE IT'S A FUCKING PENCIL CASE.

Who the fuck uses something that looks like a suitcase to carry their stuff? And that, from the outside, still look like a bomb (plus you didn't put the clock in there)

It's a pencil case, ffs. It can be placed inside a book bag.

[Yumyumsuppertime]

BECAUSE IT'S A FUCKING PENCIL CASE.

Look a few posts above mate, I clearly admitted defeat. Now calm the fuck down.

Look at how I edited the post after I saw your reply, and my reply to your show of maturity. I think that we can leave it there.

[Kraylandia]

Well, I retract all posts from this thread I guess. I admit I didn't fully look into it and it looks like a briefcase from the angle it was taken. Sorry guys.

For whatever it may be worth, you just earned a shit-ton of respect from me.

Thank you man, it means a lot.

[Dakini]

Except he didn't put the clock on a fucking briefcase. He used a pencil case. A pencil case. And when you look at the contents, it doesn't resemble a friggin' bomb at all.

Jesus H. Christ!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ahme ... ing_PD.jpg

Doesn't matter what it was holding the clock in, it looks sketchy as hell. Nobody shows their science teacher a clock put into a sketchy ass pencil box that resembles a briefcase.

Resembles a briefcase except for the bit where it's less than a quarter the size of a briefcase.

While the police did use excessive force, he made a huge ass deal out of it and then he is now suing for 15 million. The response so far has been disproportionate to the situation, and to deny that there is some level of self-publicity and monetary interests involved is simply denying the evidence we have.

The kid was arrested for bringing a science project which was totally harmless to school. What evidence was there that he did anything wrong?

[Washington Resistance Army]

Again, it doesn't look like a bomb. There's nothing that could even pass for being explosives in it, wires do not bombs make.

Most people don't know how to make a bomb and what it's components are, they would likely react based on visuals.
And he is suing for $15 million, the kid is the one overreacting.

Everyone is overreacting, it doesn't look like a bomb and he doesn't deserve any money. Especially not millions.

[GreatestBanks]

Who the fuck uses something that looks like a suitcase to carry their stuff? And that, from the outside, still look like a bomb (plus you didn't put the clock in there)

It's a pencil case, ffs. It can be placed inside a book bag.

He went around showing it to his teachers, did he not?
And my point is that he's suing for an outrageous amount of money, considering all the stuff he's already been given.

[Yumyumsuppertime]

BECAUSE IT'S A FUCKING PENCIL CASE.

Who the fuck uses something that looks like a suitcase to carry their stuff?

People who use suitcases to carry their stuff.

[Korhal IVV]

Most people don't know how to make a bomb and what it's components are, they would likely react based on visuals.
And he is suing for $15 million, the kid is the one overreacting.

Everyone is overreacting, it doesn't look like a bomb and he doesn't deserve any money. Especially not millions.

Its called clockophobia

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

It's a pencil case, ffs. It can be placed inside a book bag.

He went around showing it to his teachers, did he not?
And my point is that he's suing for an outrageous amount of money, considering all the stuff he's already been given.

Nope. He showed to his science teacher. Only to his science teacher. A description of the events is somewhere in this thread. Search for it.

[GreatestBanks]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ahme ... ing_PD.jpg

Doesn't matter what it was holding the clock in, it looks sketchy as hell. Nobody shows their science teacher a clock put into a sketchy ass pencil box that resembles a briefcase.

Resembles a briefcase except for the bit where it's less than a quarter the size of a briefcase.

While the police did use excessive force, he made a huge ass deal out of it and then he is now suing for 15 million. The response so far has been disproportionate to the situation, and to deny that there is some level of self-publicity and monetary interests involved is simply denying the evidence we have.

The kid was arrested for bringing a science project which was totally harmless to school. What evidence was there that he did anything wrong?

The evidence was that it looked incredibly suspicious and he plugged it into a charger at school which made all the kids suspicious.

[GreatestBanks]

Who the fuck uses something that looks like a suitcase to carry their stuff?

People who use suitcases to carry their stuff.

In school do little kids use suitcases?

[GreatestBanks]

Most people don't know how to make a bomb and what it's components are, they would likely react based on visuals.
And he is suing for $15 million, the kid is the one overreacting.

Everyone is overreacting, it doesn't look like a bomb and he doesn't deserve any money. Especially not millions.

He's already gotten a ton of money. He's gotten tons of donations, scholarships, and other things.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

People who use suitcases to carry their stuff.

In school do little kids use suitcases?

How many times must we tell you that that is not an actual suitcase but a pencil case before it sinks in?

[Yumyumsuppertime]

It's a pencil case, ffs. It can be placed inside a book bag.

He went around showing it to his teachers, did he not?
And my point is that he's suing for an outrageous amount of money, considering all the stuff he's already been given.

He voluntarily showed it to his engineering teacher, who did not think that it was a bomb.

The only reason that he showed it to his English teacher, who reported it to the principal, was that an alarm on it went off in class, he reached into his backpack to turn it off, and the teacher insisted upon seeing it.

Hardly "Went around showing it to his teachers" unless you're willing to stretch how most people would understand that phrase.

[GreatestBanks]

In school do little kids use suitcases?

How many times must we tell you that that is not an actual suitcase but a pencil case before it sinks in?

From the outside it looks like a damn suitcase.

[Dakini]

Resembles a briefcase except for the bit where it's less than a quarter the size of a briefcase.


The kid was arrested for bringing a science project which was totally harmless to school. What evidence was there that he did anything wrong?

The evidence was that it looked incredibly suspicious and he plugged it into a charger at school which made all the kids suspicious.

Wow. You totally have no clue how any of this went down.

[Korhal IVV]

In school do little kids use suitcases?

How many times must we tell you that that is not an actual suitcase but a pencil case before it sinks in?

Its a tiny suitcase modified into a pencil case