14 Year Old Muslim Boy Arrested By Texas Authorities

I do not agree that this kids should have been suspended and that needs to be rectified on his records and a policy review needs to be done.

The rest, given the limited facts we have there is not way to conclusively say that it is race motivated, the reality is that probably any kid who brought that into the school would have been questionable. Given that school violence has been not only on the rise but also very prevalent in the media and created awareness. That he was Muslim may have had little or nothing to do with it.

If this had of been a bomb or timing device and something had of happened the repercussions legally would have been a nightmare for the school and the teachers and administration. Every parent would have been outraged that authorities were not called in. As far as any staff checking the device, that would be insane. They are not trained to do so.

The child/young adult, should have been asked to remain in the office, the authorities should have been called in the ensure it was not a device that was dangerous and the matter should have been dropped with an apology to the student. The police should not have questioned him until they had confirmation from a bomb squad or other qualified unit that it was a device.

Lordy, what ever happened to common sense.

 

A high school science teacher can't tell a bomb from a clock? Fire him!

The science teacher had already looked at it and made a determination that there was no danger to anyone. He did not contact the principal because there was no need.

 

While he may be a science teacher, I do not think he is qualified to handle a bomb if that is what this had of turned out to be. That would have been horrendous for the teacher if it had of been a device. Even more so if it had of been and he dismissed it and something happened.

As I said this whole situation was handled terribly and that needs to be looked as far as changes to policy and measures that are reasonable.

They over reacted to say the least but also given the violence in schools and the policies of no tolerance for violence, it is not surprising that it did happen and will probably happen again.

 

If they really thought it was a threat, they should have evacuated and had the police bring in the bomb squad. They were just being dicks and trying to teach the Muslim kid a lesson about existing while Muslim.

 

Didn't say he should "handle it". He had already looked at it and made a determination based on his science education. If he wasn't sure, it was his responsibility to act on that uncertainty. He could have told the principal, "I don't know what that is". But he did know.

And now that all the facts are known by everybody, the school system has no excuse for not making this go away.

 

Fat chance. Teachers unions practically make their members unfireable.

 

As I clearly stated I agree this was handled badly on all levels from the teachers, to the admin to the police officers.

While I might personally feel that who this child was played into the equation that does not mean that if it had of been Jimmy the WASP he would have been treated any differently. That is not something we will ever know. Playing devils advocate if it had been Jimmy the WASP would we have ever heard about it on this scale and would he be seeing the President? That does not change the fact that it should not have happened.

Those who made the decisions that led to this fiasco are going to be answerable for those. In my opinion the police were even more out of line in dealing with this young man. The parents of this youth and the community now have the opportunity to change how things may possibly be handled in the future. While it does not negate what was done, it could be one of the productive things to come of this.

The parents or even the young man also have legal venues they can pursue if they wish to regarding compensation/formal apologies/policy changes.. That will be their decision.

You can not un-ring a bell, you can only hope that the same type of situation does not happen again.

 

I think the kid sort of knew he'd be stirring up some trouble by bringing in the clock and now it's a big national news story but no one's going there and saying so. I'm just guessing but I don't think the naive card really plays here.

He knew what it would look like and did it anyway is what I'm thinking, and maybe he's right... it points out the fatal flaw in the system: That we're willing to throw the baby out with the bath water. I can only imagine the kind of emotional scarring that he has been subjected to for believing for a second that his teachers and principal would be willing to overlook this sort of resemblance.

I realize this is an unfair assumption but isn't it possible that the kid meant a practical joke?

 

His suspension continues, for perpetrating a bomb hoax, which assumes malicious intent. There isn't a shred of evidence of any such thing.

 

So the teacher is being charged with perpetrating a bomb scare in a public school, right? Because it was the teacher that told a school full of children that a battery-powered clock with no possible explosive components was, in fact, a bomb.

 

a plastic explosive could of been packed into the trim of the case..
in my reality that looks like a bomb ..
dirt turds family is either dumb as a box of clocks or looking for attention. congratulation on the15mins of fame now go home, wash your feet, cover your mirrors and Alhamdulillah that youre not sitting in gitmo right now..

 

Apart from Building a "clock " that looked Exactly Like a Suitcase Bomb

Kid Knew what he was Doing

Play stupid games win stupid Prizes

 

[SIZE=10pt]Why? the kid didn't say the magic words "Allah hu Akbar" [/SIZE]

[SIZE=10pt]BTW: The movie the Manhattan Project (1986) was based on the true story of a teenager who built a nuclear bomb for a national science fair[/SIZE][SIZE=11pt]. [/SIZE]



[SIZE=11pt]Hotwater[/SIZE]

 

Granting this kid a place in tech uni is asking for problems! Crazy. Don't let him in ever. He will obviously become a risk to national security! Maybe even international! Just because of his parents religious affiliation of course.

You jealous? Can't someone get a break.

 

So some kid builds a clock and gets arrested for making a fake bomb? Only in America.

On the other hand: what the fuck did the kid think when he put the thing in that suitcase?

It's like threatening people with a toy gun .... at a certain point you WILL get shot.

 

You have a point. Although, thinking about how naive kids can be: I could have done the same back then (except I never was that good with electronics ) and have had no ill intent in mind whatsoever

 

Guess all them folks are not old enough to remember HEATHKIT projects for 14 year old boys. They sell that little brief case or tool case at Harborfreight for $9.99...jeez!

 

He was fourteen. That should be old enough to have learned something .... if only by watching TV.

 

I was curious about MacArthur High, so I did a simple Google search. Their Facebook page, Twitter, and various school review and ranking sites are remarkably outrage-free in this day of instant social media shaming. Either no one cares much or they have some pretty effective social media management.