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Mark Zuckerberg Invites Ahmed to Facebook HQ

52 points by vishnuks 11y ago

DarkTree 11y ago
I'm going to start taking clocks to school.
- BillTheCat 11y ago
  Strap one to your arm and carry it everywhere.
  - infogulch 11y ago
    gasp how radical!
jonny_eh 11y ago
and to the Whitehouse. Zuck got scooped! https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/644193755814342656 https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/644193755814342656
- kozukumi 11y ago
  Wow. If this did indeed come from Obama then the school administration are gonna be feeling pretty damn awkward today. Has anyone discussed the legal ramifications the school/police might have to deal with? I would assume this kid is in line for some defty compensation if everything reported is correct?
  - noobie 11y ago
    All the police has said so far is that they won't be charging him with the "hoax bomb" crap. http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/16/9338113/ahmed-mohamed-clock-no-charges http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/16/9338113/ahmed-mohamed-cloc...
    - ihsw 11y ago
      Why would they charge him with creating a hoax? The teachers that cried bomb threats should be penalized, not the student. Am I missing something here? It's starting to look like he is the victim of a conspiracy where the administration and local PD trumped up the charges, I wouldn't be surprised if the state attorney general would've loved to have sunk his teeth in too. This whole situation is as much about blatant racism and fear mongering as it is about the viciousness of state-backed prosecutorial adventurism.
      - scrumper 11y ago
        He hasn't been charged; police attended and arrested then pretty swiftly released him. Teachers & school deserve opprobrium; not sure the police do in this instance.
    - kale 11y ago
      A source I read earlier said that he also would not be charged with "intent to cause alarm". Although the clock did have an alarm function (it beeped in class and the teacher that reported him commented on it). You can't make this stuff up.
  - dragonwriter 11y ago
    > If this did indeed come from Obama then the school administration are gonna be feeling pretty damn awkward today. Or validated: in lots of parts of the country, the culture is such that being on the opposite side of an issue from President Obama is prima facie evidence of the correctness of your actions. (And same with Zuck and other, as they might be describe, "coastal liberal elites".)
    - chucksmash 11y ago
      I'm a bit crestfallen to read this. My initial reaction to hearing influential people were standing up for this kid was one of happiness but I can totally see the "hoax bomb" narrative getting extended to the President by some of the people I interact with here [edit: here where I am standing, not here on HN]: "Did you hear that this kid made a hoax bomb and took it to school and Obama invited him to the White House as a reward???" On the bright side, maybe the anti-Obama knee jerk will be counteracted by the outrage "girl chewed PopTart into shape of gun, got suspended" stories tend to generate around here.
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  - noobie 11y ago
    Don't bother, the mods would've been quick to notice it. You could have your flagging right revoked.
swagswag 11y ago
Pretty soon Jack Dorsey is going to reach out.
noobie 11y ago
There's been an outpouring of support: Barrack Obama: https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/644193755814342656 https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/644193755814342656 Hillary Clinton: https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/644167278196600832 https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/644167278196600832 Chris Hadfield:https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/status/644177398553030656 https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/status/644177398553030656
- drzaiusapelord 11y ago
  Interesting, where are all the conservative politicians? Or would supporting this poor kid "upset" their base?
  - JibberMeTimbers 11y ago
    Probably all worried about their debate tonight.

52 points by vishnuks 11y ago

DarkTree 11y ago

I'm going to start taking clocks to school.

BillTheCat 11y ago
Strap one to your arm and carry it everywhere.
- infogulch 11y ago
  gasp how radical!

jonny_eh 11y ago

and to the Whitehouse. Zuck got scooped! https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/644193755814342656 https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/644193755814342656

kozukumi 11y ago
Wow. If this did indeed come from Obama then the school administration are gonna be feeling pretty damn awkward today. Has anyone discussed the legal ramifications the school/police might have to deal with? I would assume this kid is in line for some defty compensation if everything reported is correct?
- noobie 11y ago
  All the police has said so far is that they won't be charging him with the "hoax bomb" crap. http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/16/9338113/ahmed-mohamed-clock-no-charges http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/16/9338113/ahmed-mohamed-cloc...
  - ihsw 11y ago
    Why would they charge him with creating a hoax? The teachers that cried bomb threats should be penalized, not the student. Am I missing something here? It's starting to look like he is the victim of a conspiracy where the administration and local PD trumped up the charges, I wouldn't be surprised if the state attorney general would've loved to have sunk his teeth in too. This whole situation is as much about blatant racism and fear mongering as it is about the viciousness of state-backed prosecutorial adventurism.
    - scrumper 11y ago
      He hasn't been charged; police attended and arrested then pretty swiftly released him. Teachers & school deserve opprobrium; not sure the police do in this instance.
  - kale 11y ago
    A source I read earlier said that he also would not be charged with "intent to cause alarm". Although the clock did have an alarm function (it beeped in class and the teacher that reported him commented on it). You can't make this stuff up.
- dragonwriter 11y ago
  > If this did indeed come from Obama then the school administration are gonna be feeling pretty damn awkward today. Or validated: in lots of parts of the country, the culture is such that being on the opposite side of an issue from President Obama is prima facie evidence of the correctness of your actions. (And same with Zuck and other, as they might be describe, "coastal liberal elites".)
  - chucksmash 11y ago
    I'm a bit crestfallen to read this. My initial reaction to hearing influential people were standing up for this kid was one of happiness but I can totally see the "hoax bomb" narrative getting extended to the President by some of the people I interact with here [edit: here where I am standing, not here on HN]: "Did you hear that this kid made a hoax bomb and took it to school and Obama invited him to the White House as a reward???" On the bright side, maybe the anti-Obama knee jerk will be counteracted by the outrage "girl chewed PopTart into shape of gun, got suspended" stories tend to generate around here.

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- noobie 11y ago
  Don't bother, the mods would've been quick to notice it. You could have your flagging right revoked.

swagswag 11y ago

Pretty soon Jack Dorsey is going to reach out.

noobie 11y ago

There's been an outpouring of support: Barrack Obama: https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/644193755814342656 https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/644193755814342656 Hillary Clinton: https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/644167278196600832 https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/644167278196600832 Chris Hadfield:https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/status/644177398553030656 https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/status/644177398553030656

drzaiusapelord 11y ago
Interesting, where are all the conservative politicians? Or would supporting this poor kid "upset" their base?
- JibberMeTimbers 11y ago
  Probably all worried about their debate tonight.