Irving 9th-grader arrested after taking homemade clock to school: 'So you tried to make a bomb?'

[JohnR! 5,495]

I say let's pass the 'Edina Monsoon Tax Bill' and make some money...

Really? Is that necessary?

[Ban Hammer 13,429]

A bomb threat was called into MacArthur High School this morning, prompting an immediate evacuation at the same Irving, Texas, high school where freshman Ahmed Mohamed brought in a homemade clock-in-a-box on Sept. 14 that school officials deemed a “hoax bomb.”

Police spokesman James McClellan confirmed that someone called the school’s main phone at 9:45 AM from an anonymous number and said a bomb would explode in 30 minutes. According to KDFW-4 (FOX), school officials took the call seriously. Teachers and staff evacuated the school, moving all students to the football field while police swept the campus, searching each building. Officers found nothing suspicious, giving an “all clear” and students were allowed to return to class around 10:45 AM.

Police called the bomb threat a “hoax” and continue to investigate the incident, objectively to locate the individual behind the bomb threat, who, when found, could face state felony charges and receive from two to six months in jail plus a $10,000 fine.

During the threat, some parents chose to pick up their children after getting a text alert or automatic phone call about the evacuation. One mother told KDFW-4 she didn’t feel comfortable leaving her child there because she wasn’t getting enough information from the district.

MacArthur is the same high school where Ahmed Mohamed brought in his homemade clock project that did not resemble a clock but instead a possible suitcase bomb and resulted in the teen’s arrest at the time, although no charges were filed. Under the Texas Safe Schools Act of 1995 and state’s education code, Irving ISD officials acted in response to today’s bomb threat no differently than they reacted to Mohamed’s confusing-looking clock. The boy continues to espouse himself a target because of his Muslim faith, although Breitbart Texas reported that zero tolerance policies, not racism or Islamophobia, were behind his arrest.

Mohamed’s parents since unenrolled him from MacArthur High School and withdrew him from Irving ISD. The 14-year-old is believed to be overseas, invited to visit Qatar by the Qatar Foundation, which gives to educational causes. Their sister institution, the Qatar Foundation International (QFI), recently granted the Arabic Immersion Magnet School in the Houston Independent School District $75,000.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/09/30/ahmeds-high-school-receives-bomb-threat/

[JohnR! 5,495]

How so very convenient... Are they looking forward to getting patted in the back for doing the right thing this time, after the fiasco with Ahmed?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

How can they have acted 'no differently' if they didn't evacuate the school because of the 'suitcase bomb'?

[Ash.1101 1,756]

The kids probably got the idea of it, thought it'd be more fun than it was. Below is just my experience on bomb threats, as my school really had a knack for bomb threats.

When I was in eighth grade I experienced my first "bomb threat" at school.

We went on lockdown, taken to the soccer field, sat there til school was out. The kid who did it admitted to doing it and was taken to alternative schooling.

Next year, freshman year (9th grade), kids apparently still thought it'd be fun to do bomb threats and we had AT LEAST 4 bomb threats the first semester, 2 the second, and then one the next school year before 9/11. The bomb threats stopped after 9/11 happened, but for the most part kids were doing it because they realized it would get everyone out of class onto the football field. They figured if they didn't get caught and just left a note in an obscure place and they could get out of class no problem, why not?

Monkey see monkey do kinda thing.


Either way, for every bomb threat we had (A LOT) we all either got a note sent home or parents called. This was almost a regular thing for us, but they would do everything by the rules even if they knew the threats were fake.

[JohnR! 5,495]

It must be newspeak for we did everything we didn't do during the clock kerfuffle...

How can they have acted 'no differently' if they didn't evacuate the school because of the 'suitcase bomb'?

[decocker 7,198]

Sister did a fake bomb in Jr. High, this was just a payback time for the family.

Obama invites the future terrorist to White house without consulting Irving Police

Irving MacArthur was back in the 80's about 500 students all white and mostly a lot of kids from wealthy families, with handful of blacks and sprinkle of Mexicans.

Go there today, White flight has taken this school in ghetto school. I would venture to say there is less than 15% white kids

There is no phobia in Irving regarding Muslims, Illegals, it is what is the major population there....

Drive thru the city one day, It has turned into a barrio and dump, You wonder why the Dallas Cowboys moved the stadium out of Irving a few years ago.............

what i read, was the sister was accused of calling in a bomb threat. not the same thing as 'sister did a fake bomb'

there is most certainly a phobia of muslims, but you're right that it aint just irving - it's this entire country. we've been working really hard to villify islam in this country since 9/11. yep, we're totally scared of muslims and quick to spout off that any muslim in this country is but of course a 'future terrorist'

see when i was talking about bigotry earlier, i wasn't talking about america's normal black vs. white bigotry. i was talking about religious bigotry.. making generalized assumptions of a person based upon their religion.

you can't even respond to the op without showing your bigotry towards muslims..lol.

The kids probably got the idea of it, thought it'd be more fun than it was. Below is just my experience on bomb threats, as my school really had a knack for bomb threats.

When I was in eighth grade I experienced my first "bomb threat" at school.

We went on lockdown, taken to the soccer field, sat there til school was out. The kid who did it admitted to doing it and was taken to alternative schooling.

Next year, freshman year (9th grade), kids apparently still thought it'd be fun to do bomb threats and we had AT LEAST 4 bomb threats the first semester, 2 the second, and then one the next school year before 9/11. The bomb threats stopped after 9/11 happened, but for the most part kids were doing it because they realized it would get everyone out of class onto the football field. They figured if they didn't get caught and just left a note in an obscure place and they could get out of class no problem, why not?

Monkey see monkey do kinda thing.

Either way, for every bomb threat we had (A LOT) we all either got a note sent home or parents called. This was almost a regular thing for us, but they would do everything by the rules even if they knew the threats were fake.

this is my experience too. fake or not, evacuation took place - school was searched.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

That is the way America is now.

Kida are taught if they don't get their way then it racist.

Blame everything on the white man

Heck it a proven point for success used among minorities in USA..........

You do realize this is a very generalized and racist thing to say right? Or are you talking about white kids as well?

what i read, was the sister was accused of calling in a bomb threat. not the same thing as 'sister did a fake bomb'

there is most certainly a phobia of muslims, but you're right that it aint just irving - it's this entire country. we've been working really hard to villify islam in this country since 9/11. yep, we're totally scared of muslims and quick to spout off that any muslim in this country is but of course a 'future terrorist'

see when i was talking about bigotry earlier, i wasn't talking about america's normal black vs. white bigotry. i was talking about religious bigotry.. making generalized assumptions of a person based upon their religion.

you can't even respond to the op without showing your bigotry anyone non-white or christian towards muslims..lol.

this is my experience too. fake or not, evacuation took place - school was searched.

Fixed for you

Edited October 1, 2015 by Stay Woke

[decocker 7,198]

Fixed for you

thank you marvin.

"Kida are taught if they don't get their way then it racist" means "minorities whine too much"

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

thank you marvin.

"Kida are taught if they don't get their way then it racist" means "minorities whine too much"

Pretty much. It's like the folks who don't experience this are upset people get discriminated against and actually complain about it.

[Teddy B 17,252]

Pretty much. It's like the folks who don't experience this are upset people get discriminated against and actually complain about it.

Minorities always be whining!

Welcome back Marv!

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Minorities always be whining!

Welcome back Marv!

You know it comes with the package.

Thanks Teddy, haven't really been gone, this new job actually requires I do some work every now and then. So I have been busy, but I always stop by and see what's what...

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

"Kida are taught if they don't get their way then it racist" means "minorities whine too much"

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