14 yo Irving student arrested for bringing homemade clock to school

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Gerald Tarrant
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In reply to Swarely • 1:15p, 9/16/15
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President Obama @POTUS
Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great.




Even though it's undoubtedly just some PR guy running that Twitter, that's pretty damn cool
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1:16p, 9/16/15
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Remind me to never wear this watch in Irving
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In reply to Beer Baron • 1:26p, 9/16/15
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Wait a minute, if he's 14 that means he was born in 2001. You know what also happened in 2001? 9/11! I think there might be something to this, guys. /Politics Board
Actually, some are convinced this was planned by CAIR to test what happens because the kid's father is a member and is running to be President of Sudan.

I think he is a nerd who wanted to show off what he built to show he is smart.

Basically, a darker skinned

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In reply to Tanya 93 • 1:26p, 9/16/15
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If he was Sheldon, he would be going for his PhD by now
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In reply to Uncle Howdy • 1:31p, 9/16/15
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If he was Sheldon, he would be going for his PhD by now
Good point.

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1:35p, 9/16/15
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This is just so dumb. I feel for him. People are pushing for more STEM education, and when kids get interested in it and want to show it off at school, this crap happens.
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1:35p, 9/16/15
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imagine what would be happening if this kid had built his own Geiger counter
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Uncle Howdy
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In reply to bmc13 • 1:38p, 9/16/15
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imagine what would be happening if this kid had built his own Geiger counter
I counted one

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2:12p, 9/16/15
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I could understand if it was a homemade glock.
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2:15p, 9/16/15
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Holy crap, the general consensus of texags came down on the right side of an issue for once.
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In reply to HBCanine08 • 2:16p, 9/16/15
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His picture is so wtf.

Damn these cops do it to themselves.
I know. I feel bad for the kid. Blame the current wave of xenophobia spreading throughout the country.
ugh scientology
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In reply to Swarely • 2:17p, 9/16/15
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President Obama @POTUS
Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great.



POTUS doing something good
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His picture is so wtf.

Damn these cops do it to themselves.
I know. I feel bad for the kid. Blame the current wave of xenophobia spreading throughout the country.
ugh scientology


That is Xenuphobia
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In reply to Gerald Tarrant • 2:18p, 9/16/15
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President Obama @POTUS
Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great.




Even though it's undoubtedly just some PR guy running that Twitter, that's pretty damn cool


Republicans be like "muslim invites another muslim to check out his bomb"
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In reply to Tanya 93 • 2:20p, 9/16/15
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Wait a minute, if he's 14 that means he was born in 2001. You know what also happened in 2001? 9/11! I think there might be something to this, guys. /Politics Board
Actually, some are convinced this was planned by CAIR to test what happens because the kid's father is a member and is running to be President of Sudan.

I think he is a nerd who wanted to show off what he built to show he is smart.

Basically, a darker skinned


running for president of Sudan. Living in America. lulz

can you imagine if we had a presidential candidate who lived in Canada? though now that I think about it, I'd seriously consider voting for an American ex-pat in Canada than trump/hillary
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2:30p, 9/16/15
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This is what happens when a kid is smarter than his teachers, school administrators, and local police combined.

Sad thing is that the kid didn't even have to be a genius to homebrew a freaking clock and scoreboard the intelligence of the entire city of Irving (not saying he isn't a genius)
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2:33p, 9/16/15
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The politics board discussion is hilarious. Some sound like the teacher/cops...
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In reply to PDEMDHC • 2:37p, 9/16/15
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The politics board discussion is hilarious. Some sound like the teacher/cops...
Muy and friends leading the charge against sanity as usual
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In reply to 30_Days • 2:51p, 9/16/15
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The politics board discussion is hilarious. Some sound like the teacher/cops...
Muy and friends leading the charge against sanity as usual
whoa. just read some of his comments and innercityag's...how do those people exist IRL?
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In reply to HBCanine08 • 2:52p, 9/16/15
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The politics board discussion is hilarious. Some sound like the teacher/cops...
Muy and friends leading the charge against sanity as usual
whoa. just read some of his comments and innercityag's...how do those people exist IRL?


I'm guessing the same way I exist IRL. My Internet persona is different from my actual persona
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In reply to histag10 • 2:54p, 9/16/15
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Histag gonna histag
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2:57p, 9/16/15
This is one way to make a terrorist.
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2:59p, 9/16/15
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I'm baffled that people are actually defending the insane notion that this kid had some sort of "agenda" or was willfully trying to provoke a racist response.

I take that back. I'm not baffled, it's actually exactly the kind of racist tripe I've come to expect from /politics.
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In reply to 30_Days • 3:00p, 9/16/15
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I'm baffled that people are actually defending the insane notion that this kid had some sort of "agenda" or was willfully trying to provoke a racist response.

I take that back. I'm not baffled, it's actually exactly the kind of racist tripe I've come to expect from /politics.
There are multiple sane people arguing that nerds build stuff and then bring it to show off.
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In reply to Tanya 93 • 3:03p, 9/16/15
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I'm baffled that people are actually defending the insane notion that this kid had some sort of "agenda" or was willfully trying to provoke a racist response.

I take that back. I'm not baffled, it's actually exactly the kind of racist tripe I've come to expect from /politics.
There are multiple sane people arguing that nerds build stuff and then bring it to show off.
the fact that this even has to be argued is exactly why Donald Trump will be the GOP candidate in 2016
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In reply to HBCanine08 • 3:04p, 9/16/15
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A lot of knee jerk reactions happen nowadays because of zero tolerance policies


The idiots running our public schools don't seem to understand that zero tolerance doesn't mean going nuclear on the consequences in every single instance. We should never tolerate a student having a gun on school property, but when a kid leaves a gun in their car and immediately notifies the office to try to fix the situation, the kid shouldn't be arrested and expelled. My wife's aunt works for a high school in a Dallas suburb where this actually happened a few years ago. Stupid.
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In reply to Ag03 CQE • 3:05p, 9/16/15
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A lot of knee jerk reactions happen nowadays because of zero tolerance policies


The idiots running our public schools don't seem to understand that zero tolerance doesn't mean going nuclear on the consequences in every single instance. We should never tolerate a student having a gun on school property, but when a kid leaves a gun in their car and immediately notifies the office to try to fix the situation, the kid shouldn't be arrested and expelled. My wife's aunt works for a high school in a Dallas suburb where this actually happened a few years ago. Stupid.
Actually it does mean it because of sue happy parents.
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In reply to HBCanine08 • 3:07p, 9/16/15
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His picture is so wtf.

Damn these cops do it to themselves.
I know. I feel bad for the kid. Blame the current wave of xenophobia spreading throughout the country.
Nope, I'm gonna blame the ****ing idiots involved, not society. I'm not a ****ing Democrat
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3:08p, 9/16/15
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yeah, this has nothing to do with "zero tolerance." This is literally negative tolerance. Zero tolerance implies that students be punished for their actions regardless of their intentions. This kid is being punished without having done anything wrong by any letter of any law, BECAUSE of racist perceptions about hypothetical intentions, even though those "intentions" are actually 180 degree counter to the kids actual actions.

This goes so far beyond "zero tolerance" that it stops being funny. Teachers, administrators, and cops involved in this should all be charged, punished, and sued into oblivion.
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3:18p, 9/16/15
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I hate that I'm agreeing with 30_Days

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In reply to 30_Days • 3:18p, 9/16/15
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yeah, this has nothing to do with "zero tolerance." This is literally negative tolerance. Zero tolerance implies that students be punished for their actions regardless of their intentions. This kid is being punished without having done anything wrong by any letter of any law, BECAUSE of racist perceptions about hypothetical intentions, even though those "intentions" are actually 180 degree counter to the kids actual actions.

This goes so far beyond "zero tolerance" that it stops being funny. Teachers, administrators, and cops involved in this should all be charged, punished, and sued into oblivion.


I don't agree with you often, but this is spot on. Blue parachute for you, sir.
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In reply to G.I.Bro • 3:21p, 9/16/15
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His picture is so wtf.

Damn these cops do it to themselves.
I know. I feel bad for the kid. Blame the current wave of xenophobia spreading throughout the country.
Nope, I'm gonna blame the ****ing idiots involved, not society. I'm not a ****ing Democrat
LOL because only democrats are idiots, right? FOH with that.
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3:23p, 9/16/15
That was referring to blaming society instead of taking responsibility for ones own actions, or placing the blame on the guilty individuals in this case.
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3:24p, 9/16/15
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Agreed
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In reply to G.I.Bro • 3:30p, 9/16/15
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That was referring to blaming society instead of taking responsibility for ones own actions, or placing the blame on the guilty individuals in this case.


Yep. We're so quick to look for systemic causes that individuals who make mistakes have no reason to learn from their own experiences.
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