The real reason the police were called in: http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/PE/htm/PE.46.htm#46.08
Sec. 46.08. HOAX BOMBS. (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. On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 7:57 PM, James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: > “He just wants to invent good things for mankind,” said *Ahmed’s father, > Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed, who immigrated from Sudan and occasionally > returns there to run for president*. “But because his name is Mohamed and > because of Sept. 11, I think my son got mistreated.” > > Mohamed is familiar with anti-Islamic politics. *He once made national > headlines* for debating a Florida pastor who burned a Quran. > > > http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/northwest-dallas-county/headlines/20150915-irving-ninth-grader-arrested-after-taking-homemade-clock-to-school.ece > > It simply could not be that we're witnessing the importation of middle > eastern politics to Texas.... > > > On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 7:34 PM, James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ahmed Mohamed, His Clock, and the Curious Turn of Events >> <http://yro.slashdot.org/story/15/09/18/2244251/ahmed-mohamed-his-clock-and-the-curious-turn-of-events> >> 164 >> <http://yro.slashdot.org/story/15/09/18/2244251/ahmed-mohamed-his-clock-and-the-curious-turn-of-events> >> Posted by timothy <http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/> on Friday September >> 18, 2015 @03:48PM from the but-don't-make-a-pop-tart-gun dept. >> New submitter poity <http://slashdot.org/~poity> writes:After the news >> first broke of the 9th grader getting cuffed >> <http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/15/09/16/0339206/9th-grader-may-face-charges-after-homemade-clock-mistaken-for-bomb> >> for >> scaring school officials with what turned out to be a digital clock, Ahmed >> Mohamed has experienced a surge of popular support — hailed as a genius >> and a hero >> <http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/16/9336259/nerds-support-ahmed-muhamed>, >> with college scholarships, internship offers, and even an invitation to >> the White House >> <http://news.slashdot.org/story/15/09/16/2035259/obama-invites-texas-teen-to-white-house-after-bomb-clock-incident-at-school> >> by >> President Obama himself. Now, amid rumors of possible racial discrimination >> lawsuits against the school and local police, some people have begun to >> more deeply scrutinize the details of the case, especially on the tech side >> with regard to the homemade clock in question >> <http://www.wired.com/2015/09/heres-bomb-clock-got-ahmed-mohamed-arrested/>. >> Recently, a writer at the creative site Artvoice posted a remarkable >> analysis of Ahmed's clock project >> <http://blogs.artvoice.com/techvoice/2015/09/17/reverse-engineering-ahmed-mohameds-clock-and-ourselves/>, >> which raises new questions about the case and the manner in which people >> and the media alike have reacted.The linked analysis posits that Ahmed's >> clock started out as another clock, rather than a box of parts, and Ahmed >> can be said to have repackaged rather than "invented" a wholly new clock, >> but acknowledges that "none of us were there and knows what happened." >> Twitter <http://slashdot.org/#>Facebook <http://slashdot.org/#>LinkedIn >> <http://slashdot.org/#>Google+ >> <http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://yro.slashdot.org/story/15/09/18/2244251/ahmed-mohamed-his-clock-and-the-curious-turn-of-events> >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Lawrence de Bivort <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Good thing Sailer isn't hallucinating or mind-reading here! >>> >>> Hmm. His dad ran for Sudanese president. How suspicious! >>> >>> Hmmm. Kid builds a clock and this means he is…demonizing the West! >>> >>> >>> On Sep 18, 2015, at 12:31 PM, James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Keep providing payoffs in terms of moral authority and social status for >>> this kind of behavior and you are going to keep getting more of it: >>> >>> >>> Steve Sailer: I’m sure you’ve heard about the Sudanese Muslim immigrant >>> kid in Texas who was arrested for bringing his home made electronic clock >>> to school where Islamophobes worried that it was a time bomb beeping in his >>> backpack. A reader points out that the kid’s dad is a publicity hound who >>> routinely returns to Sudan to run for President and engages in other PR >>> stunts >>> >>> S Sailer: If Ahmed were so smart, he’d know the difference between >>> creating a circuit and stripping the guts from a manufactured clock. His >>> dad helped him “make” this, and dad helped to make this “project” look as >>> questionable as possible, within the realm of plausible deniability. >>> Whatever agenda he’s advancing, it just further demonizes western society, >>> and reminds us all to be guilty for how racist we all are. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 1:20 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Eric Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Probably not. But just in case, I will not bring something that looks >>>>> vaguely like a bomb to my place of work. >>>>> >>>> >>>> What if your place of work is a high school dedicated to teaching >>>> engineering?!? I cannot think of a more appropriate thing to bring than an >>>> electronics project. No one on the staff there would have thought this is a >>>> bomb. It will not look "vaguely like a bomb" to them. >>>> >>>> This is like saying you should not bring a hammer to a construction >>>> site. >>>> >>>> - Jed >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >
