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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @07:36PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @07:36PM (#268108)

    A family that repeatedly tries to enact sharia law, the thing ISIS was made for, sends a child to school with something that looks like a bomb, something ISIS does, and you disagree with him being arrested? If it walks like a terrorist, talks like a terrorist, and looks like a terrorist, maybe err on the side of preventing mass death yes?

  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @08:14PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @08:14PM (#268122)

    I disagree with him being arrested, yes. What I care about is the constitution and freedom, not your stupid paranoia. What you seem to care about is some minuscule possibility that some reassembled clock could be a bomb. Continue to live your life in fear, I guess.

    maybe err on the side of preventing mass death yes?

    No, because that leads to a demonstrable reduction in liberties. I would rather be less safe (though no safety was gained here) and be more free than the other way around. I'm tired of these stupid overreactions from law enforcement and schools.

    I don't care that the kid was Muslim or anything else. Similar things happen to be of all races and religions, and it needs to stop.