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Ahmed The Clock Kid Suing School and Police For $15,000,000.00

posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday November 24 2015, @11:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the quit-yer-whining dept.
From the Independent:

The family of Ahmed Mohamed, the Texan schoolboy who was arrested after taking a homemade clock to school, has demanded $15m in compensation and written apologies from the local mayor and police chief.

In letters sent on Monday, the lawyers said if the City of Irving and Irving School District did not agree to the apologies and compensation, they would file a civil action.

"Ahmed never threatened anyone, never caused harm to anyone, and never intended to. The only one who was hurt that day was Ahmed, and the damages he suffered were not because of oversight or incompetence," said the letter to the city authorities.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @12:31AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @12:31AM (#267779)

    Er no. Nothing in that blogger's post contradicts the kid's claim that he soldered some pieces together. Looks like he could have easily soldered the transformer and board with the buttons in 20 minutes. Furthermore there is tons of evidence that he's soldered all kinds of other things in the past.

    Trying to dissect every little thing the kid did to find proof of nefarious intent is how conspiracy theories work - every fact gets viewed in the most uncharitable light no matter what the fact actually is.

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  • (Score: 2) by Tork on Wednesday November 25 2015, @12:59AM

    by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday November 25 2015, @12:59AM (#267793)
    I think he was refuting the claim that it was two different clocks put together.
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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @03:23AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @03:23AM (#267850)

      > I think he was refuting the claim that it was two different clocks put together.

      Well it doesn't refute that either, you can't tell where the components came from previously. You can't even see the solder points on the transformer.