(09-16-2015, 10:46 AM)Kage Wrote: The face of 14 year old Ahmed Mohamed
Arrested FOR BRINGING A FUCKING HOME-MADE DIGITAL CLOCK TO SCHOOL BECAUSE IT'S A 'BOMB'
I want to talk about a few things here for some things that riled me up.
A. The english teacher who took the clock after it beeped in class? She said it looked like a bomb and then decided -to fucking keep what she said looked like a bomb-.
B. "They led Ahmed into a room where four other police officers waited. He said an officer he’d never seen before leaned back in his chair and remarked: “Yup. That’s who I thought it was.â€"
-Oh fucking hell no-
C. "“They thought, ‘How could someone like this build something like this unless it’s a threat?’†Ahmed said."
I. What. Ingenuity? Curiosity? Intellectual stimulation? HOBBY? There are so many fucking reasons to build an electronic, like a CLOCK, without it being a threat.
D. "He’s vowed never to take an invention to school again." FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU
Holy fuck, fuck you dumbshits. The kid built a fucking digital clock with some stuff laying around at home in 20-fucking-minutes.
E. "It looks like a movie bomb."
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You must not have worn black, had long hair, or listened to heavy metal in high school.
My bag was searched regularly, and not only did I not break the law, I was a very good and attentive student. Â I was never violent. Â But I think I was checked once every few months, and the police generally hovered around our area in high school. Â When someone called in a bomb threat one year, the police subpoenaed my phone records and checked my cell phone to make sure I hadn't called it in. Â All based entirely on my appearance and the music I listened to.
I don't recall a lot of indignation on our behalf after Columbine, though. Â It's just how it is in the US.