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Re:‘Clock kid’ Ahmed Mohamed and his family will move to Qatar by blakeyrat on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @06:46PM (#10422381)
> This kid stuck a Radio Shack clock in a pencil case, and deliberately disrupted a class with it after he was asked to put it away -- he plugged it into the wall and left it beeping until he was kicked out of class and arrested for having a hoax bomb.

Cite? That's contrary to all the reports I've seen.

Even if he did plug it in in the classroom instead of simply forgetting that the alarm was set, it still doesn't justify the actions of the school employees or police.

This is the second time in this comments section someone has posted a conspiracy-esque "it didn't happen the way the press said!" and the second time that the conspiracy theory has completely missed the point of the incident.

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Re:‘Clock kid’ Ahmed Mohamed and his family will move to Qatar by Pinatubo on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @07:01PM (#10422453)
Ahmed himself admits he plugged the clock into the wall and it was beeping:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=801_1443042484

Teachers are required by law to report potential threats to the administration and law enforcement. The police are required by law to investigate potential threats reported in schools. Ahmed was apparently uncooperative with the police, leading to further confusion and suspicion.

This was deliberate.

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