DALLAS (AP) — The family of a Muslim boy who was arrested after bringing a homemade clock to school filed a federal lawsuit Monday against Texas school officials and others, saying the incident violated the 14-year-old boy’s civil rights, prompted death threats and forced them to leave the United States. The lawsuit was filed on […]
After Ahmed Mohamed's homemade digital clock was mistaken for a bomb by authorities, his family is seeking $15 million.
Ahmed Mohamed’s ordeal with getting arrested and having his homemade clock being mistaken for bomb is resulting in his family taking legal action for a hefty financial resolution. On Monday (Nov. 23), lawyers representing the family’s revealed its demand for $15 million in damages and an apology from the city of Irving, Texas, The Guardian […]
DALLAS (AP) — A 14-year-old Muslim boy who was arrested after a homemade clock he brought to school was mistaken for a possible bomb will be moving with his family to the Middle East so he can attend school there, his family said. Ahmed Mohamed’s family released a statement Tuesday saying they had accepted a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ahmed Mohamed, the Texas teenager arrested after a homemade clock he brought to school was mistaken for a bomb, capped a whirlwind month with a visit to the White House on Monday. Ahmed got a personal invitation from President Barack Obama for “Astronomy Night.” The two met and chatted briefly during Monday […]
Back in 2013, a Florida teen also worked on a science project for school and was arrested for it, and she received none of the perks Mohamed did. In fact, she was – and still is – treated much worse.
The father of 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed told the newspaper that he withdrew his son from the Irving Independent School District
Ahmed Mohamed, the Muslim high school student who alarmed teachers for making a clock thought to be a bomb, will not be charged.
DALLAS (AP) — The detention of a 14-year-old Muslim boy questioned and handcuffed after teachers decided a homemade clock he brought to his Texas high school resembled a bomb prompted allegations of anti-Islam profiling Wednesday, even as police and school officials defended their response. Ahmed Mohamed, who by Wednesday afternoon had received an invitation to […]
