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0 pointsexodust10y ago0 comments

You might have a point if the device was for a school project. But it was his own "invention" which is own engineering teacher warned him against showing around.

He not only showed it around, but plugged it in during English class where it made beeping noises. Do you expect the English teacher should need to "verify" a box of wires and circuits? Who would she verify it with if the kid plays aloof when asked of its purpose?

Just because "authorities apprehend 14yo Muslim kid for home-made clock" doesn't mean you need to start making accusations of bigotry, ignorance and cowardice.

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sirtaj10y ago

Presumably an English teacher has the communication skills to ask any one of the number of staff who were involved in the entire affair. You know, like the engineering teacher. Did he somehow go on vacation in between? And how about the police - they have nobody on staff who can tell the difference between a homemade clock and some sort of "unauthorized device"?

The accusations are justified. Your apologetics are misguided.

mikeash10y ago

Bigotry, maybe. There's a chance (which I'd estimate at smaller than 1%) that there was no racial motivation here.

But I don't see how you can say there's no grounds to make accusations of ignorance and cowardice. Being unaware of what a bomb looks like is clearly ignorance, and being so terrified that you get an innocent kid arrested for it is clearly cowardice.

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