14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to School

Re:14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to S... by austenallred on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @11:35AM (#10227367)

That's the crazy part to me. They still seem to think and act as if it was a bomb.

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Re:14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to S... by rm445 on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @12:22PM (#10227735)

Remember the Boston Lite-Brite thing? (A more legit incident, since apparently quite a few people were spooked by the devices, but still a case where the authorities over-reacted and refused to back down).

Sticking to the line that something was a 'bomb hoax' keeps the responsibility with the accused: they shouldn't have perpetrated a bomb hoax; not we shouldn't have over-reacted to an innocuous object.

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Re:14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to S... by chrisdbaldwin on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @11:44AM (#10227455)

Relevant Rick and Morty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d6qDcPz7Uo

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Re:14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to S... by Frenchgeek on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @02:21PM (#10228657)

Well, the alternative is being wrong.

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