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How Ahmed Mohamed The Clock Boy Conned America
November 30, 2015 at 1:27 am
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UGLM31S6II
Now look at what he's been up to recently[Nov. 24]:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/23/us/ahmed-m...apologies/
If you don't feel like clicking it i'll sum it up very simply;
Ahmed Mohamed's family is demanding $15 million from the Texas city police force for causing a traumatic experience.
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RE: How Ahmed Mohamed The Clock Boy Conned America
November 30, 2015 at 10:27 am
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I already know it once i got a look at the clock he didn't create anything all he did was
rip out clock parts and put them into a case.
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RE: How Ahmed Mohamed The Clock Boy Conned America
November 30, 2015 at 10:30 am
Good on him. Exposed the absurd levels of paranoia in his country and looks set to make a shit-ton of money from it. 
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RE: How Ahmed Mohamed The Clock Boy Conned America
November 30, 2015 at 10:31 am
I don't want to assume the worst of that family either way, but I do think it is a real possibility that this was more carefully thought out than just a kid bringing a clock to school.
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RE: How Ahmed Mohamed The Clock Boy Conned America
November 30, 2015 at 10:40 am
His rights were violated, of course he is going to sue; that's normal behavior. According to him, he wasn't allowed to contact his parents when he was being questioned / arrested. That's illegal.
The $15 million figure is mostly due to the nuances of the American justice system. It's a purposefully inflated figure that his lawyers likely came up with. People rarely get the full amount they ask for, but lawyers always ask for more than they expect to get in the hopes that the deciding judge will use that figure as a baseline. It's the same reason why mass murderers are often charged with multiple types of homicide per victim.
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RE: How Ahmed Mohamed The Clock Boy Conned America
November 30, 2015 at 10:44 am
(November 30, 2015 at 10:30 am)Kaiser Wrote: Good on him. Exposed the absurd levels of paranoia in his country and looks set to make a shit-ton of money from it.
You should watch the video. If you knew all the facts I don't think you'd be saying this.
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RE: How Ahmed Mohamed The Clock Boy Conned America
November 30, 2015 at 10:50 am
(November 30, 2015 at 10:40 am)Tiberius Wrote: His rights were violated, of course he is going to sue; that's normal behavior. According to him, he wasn't allowed to contact his parents when he was being questioned / arrested. That's illegal.
The $15 million figure is mostly due to the nuances of the American justice system. It's a purposefully inflated figure that his lawyers likely came up with. People rarely get the full amount they ask for, but lawyers always ask for more than they expect to get in the hopes that the deciding judge will use that figure as a baseline. It's the same reason why mass murderers are often charged with multiple types of homicide per victim.
He's suing the school district too though.
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RE: How Ahmed Mohamed The Clock Boy Conned America
November 30, 2015 at 10:57 am
(November 30, 2015 at 10:50 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: He's suing the school district too though.
Right, because according to the suit, they violated their own district policy:
"disregarded the district’s written policies and procedures by detaining, interrogating and attempting to coerce a confession from Ahmed."
Honestly, there's nothing strange about the lawsuit at all.
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RE: How Ahmed Mohamed The Clock Boy Conned America
November 30, 2015 at 11:09 am
(November 30, 2015 at 10:40 am)Tiberius Wrote: His rights were violated, of course he is going to sue; that's normal behavior. According to him, he wasn't allowed to contact his parents when he was being questioned / arrested. That's illegal.
The $15 million figure is mostly due to the nuances of the American justice system. It's a purposefully inflated figure that his lawyers likely came up with. People rarely get the full amount they ask for, but lawyers always ask for more than they expect to get in the hopes that the deciding judge will use that figure as a baseline. It's the same reason why mass murderers are often charged with multiple types of homicide per victim.
Correct. *
* Not to mention that lawyers normally get a percentage of the settlement.
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RE: How Ahmed Mohamed The Clock Boy Conned America
November 30, 2015 at 11:19 am
(November 30, 2015 at 10:30 am)Kaiser Wrote: Good on him. Exposed the absurd levels of paranoia in his country and looks set to make a shit-ton of money from it.
You realize the people who actually exhibited the paranoia won't have 15 million dollars to pay him. And it won't be individual police officers paying the cash either. The government funds the police and the government is simply going to forcefully take the money from people who had nothing to do with the situation in order to pay it off. I mean they're going to use taxes aren't they? Or the police will simply step up their methods of getting money with fines or seizing property and so on.
I've seen articles which throw doubt onto whether his rights were violated and hopefully he won't get any money.
If anyone seriously believes he is traumatized to the worth of even half a million dollars you must be pretty gullible.
I agree that it seems paranoid of the teachers to report him to the police but I don't know all the little details of the incident that took place that day.
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