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Re:14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to S... by cholantesh on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @10:57AM (#10227067)
Well, given that the police implied heavily that his religious background makes him a candidate for making a bomb...
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Re:14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to S... by eldude on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @11:09AM (#10227160)
You mean the non-specific 2nd-hand quote from the officer that makes up the entirety of the justification for the race baiting and exploitative behavior?

    "Yup. That’s who I thought it was."
Like I said, it's an intellectually feeble argument.
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Re:14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to S... by nsxwolf on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @12:17PM (#10227684)
That either meant "Yup. The kid that's always building electronics", or "Yup, the Muslim." When in doubt, always assume the worst.
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Re:14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to S... by cholantesh on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @12:19PM (#10227707)
What part of his appearance gives the former away?
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Re:14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to S... by nsxwolf on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @12:33PM (#10227833)
The cop may already know the kid or have heard about his hobbies? We have no idea, we just have a short bit of hearsay.
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Re:14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to S... by 7Z7 on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @01:36PM (#10228352)
"He said an officer he’d never seen before leaned back in his chair and remarked: 'Yup. That’s who I thought it was.'"

Almost certainly not known to him before this incident.

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/northwest-dall...

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