Barchan wrote:
gingerpickles wrote:
Funny, a fake bomb maker here in podunk, got a 13 yr old got 3 years in juvie.
Did he let everyone know it wasn't a bomb though? Was there any valid reason to suspect it might be a bomb?
The fact that Ahmed Mohammed consistently used the word "clock" to describe his creation, plus several witnesses alleging that they heard the alarm beep during class, should have clued authorities in that it
was, in fact, a harmless alarm clock.
(
every Texas police officer's greatest fear)
Sometimes, people get wrongfully arrested due to misunderstandings. That can happen to anyone. But in Ahmed's case, there was no room for misunderstanding, no excuse for the way the police responded. School administrators should also be embarrassed that a student was punished for trying to learn something.
It's called zero tolerance, he's lucky the kid didn't really get charged. Kids get expelled for drawing guns let alone bringing what looks like a briefcase bomb to school. It doesn't really matter what it was or what he said it was, it's what people thought it was which is a crime. He didn't even build it, it was a clock from the 80s that he took the casing off and put it into pencil box for some odd reason. Cool clock kid!
http://blogs.artvoice.com/techvoice/201 ... ourselves/Quote:
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly manufactures, sells, purchases, transports, or possesses a hoax bomb with intent to use the hoax bomb to:
(1) make another believe that the hoax bomb is an explosive or incendiary device; or
(2) cause alarm or reaction of any type by an official of a public safety agency or volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
$15,000,000 folks!