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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @01:55AM
You used old Soviet parts? You are lucky you didn't get sent to gitmo.
(Score: 2) by dyingtolive on Wednesday November 25 2015, @10:21AM
No doubt. They wouldn't deliver them to my door. Made me show up at the post office to pick them up. In this day and age, nervous was an understatement for how I felt when I showed up to collect. I expected federal marshals or something there for me.
After I left, I regained composure quite a bit. The wrapping was in an old Russian newspaper. Actually quite cool to look at. I'm still terrified to think of what could actually be in the damn things though. Wash my hands after touching them, even for a moment.
Don't blame me, I voted for moose wang!