On This Date (Sept 14, 2015). Of Course, it Looks Like a Clock

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little 14-year-old Mohamed brought to class a homemade clock that by all appearances resembled a bomb. And by resemble, it’s meant, the device was a jumble of wires and pieces of metal assembled in a briefcase, complete with what appeared to be timer. His English teacher saw it, warned him about its appearance and, after it started beeping in class, confiscated it and alerted school authorities. Police responded and questioned Mohamed, and then took him to a juvenile detention facility for fingerprinting and photographing, under suspicion of bringing a hoax bomb to class.

Mohamed’s family kicked off a series of lawsuits, alleging everything from mental anguish to civil rights violations to defamation of character, ultimately even slinging suits Glenn Beck’s and Ben Shapiro’s and Fox News’ way.

So the family demanded $15 million from the school. That suit was dismissed in 2017. Then they sued the news guys for defamation. And that suit was dismissed in 2017. Then they sued more news guys in a different court. And that suit was dismissed in 2017. And then they sued the Irving Independent School District and the city of Irving and oh, yes, some other people, too.

The family’s been living in Qatar since late 2015.

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