09-16-2015, 04:54 PM
^ Yeah, I thought the same thing, sal. If the Engineering teacher foresaw it being a potential problem, he should have asked Ahmed to store the device in the engineering lab or something (though I'm sure the Engineering teacher didn't imagine what would happen next).
As more information is being released, I get a sense there may be a little more to the incident than meets the eye.
Snip:
"I wanted to start clean with the teacher by showing him my inventions and stuff," Ahmed said. (HOTD: that just strikes me as a weird comment, like he knew he was gonna be causing a problem.)
Irving police released a report Tuesday that lists three MacArthur High teachers as complainants against the teen on the charge of “hoax bomb.” Irving Police Officer James McLellan said school officials simply thought the device was suspicious and acted out of caution.
"Clearly, there were disassembled clock parts in there, but he offered no more explanation than that," McLellan said. "A lot of these details that the family and he have provided to you were not shared with us yesterday. He was very much less than forthcoming." (HOTD: I hope those investigators taped that interrogation.) McLellan said the police investigation is not completed.
Irving Independent School District spokeswoman Lesley Weaver said Tuesday their main focus was student safety. "We are never going to take any chances for any of their safety," she said. "It doesn't matter what child would have brought a suspicious looking item. We still would have taken the same actions."
"If the family is willing to give us written permission, we would be happy to share with the public the other side of the story so they can understand the actions we took," she said.
Full story: http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Irving-...94401.html
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So far, the accounts of what happened at the school are coming from Ahmed and his family. They may be completely accurate and unbiased, but I would like to hear the Engineering teacher's account and the English teacher's account as well.
I don't personally suspect Ahmed of anything nefarious, but do suspect he might have invited more suspicion than necessary in how he responded to the English teacher and the cops.
I'd like to hear the full story from both sides.
As more information is being released, I get a sense there may be a little more to the incident than meets the eye.
Snip:
"I wanted to start clean with the teacher by showing him my inventions and stuff," Ahmed said. (HOTD: that just strikes me as a weird comment, like he knew he was gonna be causing a problem.)
Irving police released a report Tuesday that lists three MacArthur High teachers as complainants against the teen on the charge of “hoax bomb.” Irving Police Officer James McLellan said school officials simply thought the device was suspicious and acted out of caution.
"Clearly, there were disassembled clock parts in there, but he offered no more explanation than that," McLellan said. "A lot of these details that the family and he have provided to you were not shared with us yesterday. He was very much less than forthcoming." (HOTD: I hope those investigators taped that interrogation.) McLellan said the police investigation is not completed.
Irving Independent School District spokeswoman Lesley Weaver said Tuesday their main focus was student safety. "We are never going to take any chances for any of their safety," she said. "It doesn't matter what child would have brought a suspicious looking item. We still would have taken the same actions."
"If the family is willing to give us written permission, we would be happy to share with the public the other side of the story so they can understand the actions we took," she said.
Full story: http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Irving-...94401.html
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So far, the accounts of what happened at the school are coming from Ahmed and his family. They may be completely accurate and unbiased, but I would like to hear the Engineering teacher's account and the English teacher's account as well.
I don't personally suspect Ahmed of anything nefarious, but do suspect he might have invited more suspicion than necessary in how he responded to the English teacher and the cops.
I'd like to hear the full story from both sides.