Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old arrested after his high school principal erroneously believed that his homemade clock was a bomb, continues to be the center of an ongoing legal battle between his suburban Dallas school district and the state of Texas. Earlier this month, the Texas attorney general ordered the school…
On September 16, 2015, 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school because, according to his school principal, the device looked like a bomb. As of Friday, December 4, the Department of Justice has begun investigating whether the teenager’s civil rights were violated.
Ahmed Mohamed—the teen who brought a homemade clock to school and was arrested because a teacher thought it was a bomb—is, along with his family, suing the city of Irving and its school district for $15 million and a gaggle of apologies. Ahmed’s not fucking around.
On Monday, Ahmed Mohamed met President Obama briefly during Astronomy Night, an event for starstruck kids to check out the White House and hear the POTUS speak.
It’s been two weeks since Ahmed Mohamed’s story broke, and became somewhat of a feel-good viral event. It had all the right elements: a racist encounter with a rare happy ending; a worldwide trending hashtag; the support of people like Mark Zuckerberg and President Obama; invitations extended to conferences and…
Irving, Texas Mayor Beth Van Duyne appeared in Glenn Beck’s bunker on Tuesday evening to defend her city’s response to Ahmed Mohamed, the ninth-grader arrested at school for making a clock. She also indicated that there’s something fishy about Mohamed and his family. I wonder where this is going.
While much of the world is charmed by and sympathetic towards Ahmed Mohamed, the Texas ninth-grader handcuffed at school for the crime of building a clock, the Palin family would like you to know they are not amused. Both Bristol Palin and now Mama Bear Sarah have weighed in to say, roughly: “That dang thing looks…
After having 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed arrested for bringing a cool homemade clock to school that his teacher then mistook for a bomb, MacArthur High School wants to welcome him back. Mohamed is like, “No thanks.”
Shade Court is in session and I hope everyone is feeling good and woke up this morning with the spirit of justice pulsing through your veins.
A massive amount of support poured in for Ahmed Mohamed, the young teenager who was arrested after bringing a homemade clock to school. The ninth grader received invitations to visit Google, Facebook, Space Camp, and of course, the White House. Bristol Palin, however, is not amused.
Wednesday morning, Texas ninth grader Ahmed Mohamed brought a homemade clock to school to show to his teachers. However, an English teacher thought it was a bomb and Mohamed was arrested shortly after. Since then, Mohamed has been invited to the White House, Facebook, Google, and multiple universities for being such a…
Today is turning around nicely for Ahmed Mohamed, the ninth grader in Irving, Texas arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school. President Obama and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, among other people, would like to hang out with him. Also, in a move that may be related to all this publicity, Irving police have…
A ninth-grader in North Texas was handcuffed and taken to juvenile detention on Monday after bringing a homemade clock to school. Ahmed Mohamed, 14, told the Dallas Morning News that the school principal told him the device looked like “a movie bomb,” even as he repeatedly explained it was a clock.
