before his "invention" was thoroughly exposed as a fraud--eg, there are youtube videos showing its faithful reproduction in under a minute from readily available components--Ahmed Mohamed, during his numerous television interviews, repeatedly referred to the clock-in-a-box as "my invention"--for instance, on Good Morning America, he said "this wasn't my first invention and it won't be my last"

AM's father--an odd cross between a muslim apologist and a Kardashian--said numerous times during television interviews that his son had never been in trouble before this incident.

in fact, AM had had been suspended numerous times during the previous two years. Likewise his older sister had also been suspended for a "bomb"-related incident in the same school district three years earlier.

and the racist school AM attended? less than 10% of the students at that school are white; The school's valedictorian the previous year was Muslim girl who was also quick to disagree with the characterization of the school as anything other than accommodating to Muslims: “…Mac is a place where there is no or very little prejudice.” (http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2015/11/25/muslim-former-texa...)

There are a bunch of sources for this story, which I mentioned in submitting my link, and I'm not a fan of Joe Mullin's approach to the article, which is why I called him out in the comments section over there.

There are two sides to every story. Running with the narrative that Ahmed's family has put forward ignores that the ISD & City were prohibited from responding due to existing laws. Like HIPAA for students.

This lawsuit might pull that plug.

I honestly don't know how to feel about this. I'm really happy for Ahmed for getting the justice and recognition he deserves, and for sure, suing for $15-mil would be hard lesson for the police and the school.

But suing for that big, even after all the coverage and press he's already gotten (plus the gifts and scholarships he's been granted), surely throws this whole hullabaloo under a different light.

Recognition he deserves, what exactly did he do worthy of recognition? Is his family's pressing of the issue for additional fame and fortune not indicative of their true intentions? Perhaps we should just ignore the fact that his father has twice run for President of Sudan, and that their family friend Anthony Bond, the founder of the Irving NAACP was the first person they called after Ahmed was arrested, suggested the family call the media. Then the family left the US to live in Qatar, they're in the states doing a media tour.

Edit: For more in depth coverage of the family https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-year-ago-ah...

The attention deserved would seem to be scorn, given the apparent history of pranks and trouble-making, combined with his family's glory-seeking as well as unstable behaviour. Further, there was nothing inventive or experimental about the clock: all he did was gut an existing clock and put it in a pencil case.

All indications are that the punishment was justified, and the family is simply capitalizing on the incredible and racist double standards of the western world today: muslims can do no wrong.

Today's media decide the story before any of the facts are known and push whatever narrative they seem fit. Problem with this is most often when the facts come in the subject is not wearing the halo the media first painted them with. Ultimately the narrative falls apart and the media rarely offers a follow up, the majority of the public goes on believing the first version of the story they were sold

I wouldn't even say first, I'd say they believe the version they want. It's all about echo chambers these days, one need only look as far as the modern (american) college campus, tumblr, facebook, twitter, etc. Anything that isn't devout worship and support is now "harassment" and they have to flee to their safe spaces. The mere concept of civil discourse and disagreement, together, is intolerable to these children.

A big "Yuuuuup" to this thread of rebuttals / context. I'm completely pissed off at media entities for refusing to acknowledge the school district was legally prevented from responding. Bringing this lawsuit is, to me, without a doubt the worst possible thing the family could do. Now all the narratives they could prevent from hitting the media will become matters of public record. In my personal opinion, I don't think a jury will be sympathetic at all - and probably quite the contrary - it's as though a lesson wasn't learned and is being used as an opportunity for exploitation. As Hank Hill was fond of saying, "That boy ain't right" and Karma is owed its due.