Comments on: Muslim Student Arrested For Clock/Bomb?

By: Truthiz1

Truthiz1 — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 17:10:45 +0000

In reply to Alyson.

Hi Alyson …..

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

I greatly appreacte differing opinions when expressed in a civil manner. And I agree, these are different times.

As I stated in my initial post. If Ahmed had only took heed to the advice of his first teacher (NOT to show his invention to anyone else) he could have spared himself a lot of embarrassment and trouble.

But I also feel that the school AND the police went waaaay overboard in their reaction to the situation.

Btw- I just read that the school "would certainly welcome him back."

“We're confident that we can continue to provide him with an excellent education,” a school spokeswoman told ABC News.

But Ahmed’s family says the freshman is not at all interested in returning to MacArthur. His father, Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed, said Thursday that Ahmed will transfer out of the high school; the family is “still deciding where he will go next,” reports. The Associated Press [….]

H/T: HuffPost

No doubt, going forward, Ahmed's parents will keep a closer watch on their very bright (but a little impulsive) son.

And hopefully his new school will be a better fit for him.

By: Alyson

Alyson — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 02:51:06 +0000

I see both sides of this. A smart child should be able to bring a invention to school without somebody thinking it's a bomb. But like Random white guy was saying these are different times we're living in so you can't always assume everything is innocent. I think the school was right to take a precaution and risk being wrong. But they were wrong to suspend him and keep him suspended even when they found out he did nothing wrong. That was unnecessary.

By: Truthiz1

Truthiz1 — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 21:59:34 +0000

"GTFOH"

Umm….No.

By: Random White Guy

Random White Guy — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 20:07:32 +0000

If you guys think this is all about racism you're crazy. This dude walked into a new school carrying a suitcase loaded with wires and gadgets. With everything going on these days of course the school had to call the cops. If they didn't and it had been a bomb everybody would have gone bat shit crazy. They did the right thing now everybody's calling them racist. GTFOH

By: Mr. BD

Mr. BD — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 18:14:00 +0000

Yes thank you DJ for writing about this today. It bothered me so much when it happened it's all we've been talking about at work. You're right when you said if he was a white kid this never would have happened. The fact his name is Mohammed and he's muslim made everybody look at him and the whole situation different. It was a big wake up call but I'm glad he's going to the White House and getting all this attention now for being smart. That sort of thing could ruin a kid.