Update to this story. The whole article is an exercise in laying out their ‘damages’ for the lawsuit, even killing poor Clock Boy’s ‘creativity’, so he can’t ‘construct’ clocks anymore by taking the cover off a pre-made clock and sticking it in a case. No questioning of the story, still pushing the ‘homemade clock’ story.
Via Daily Mail:
The family of a Muslim boy who was arrested after bringing a homemade clock to school have sued Texas school officials, saying they violated the 14-year-old boy’s civil rights.
The lawsuit was filed Monday on behalf of Ahmed Mohamed. The teen was arrested at his suburban Dallas high school in September and charged with having a hoax bomb.
He says he brought the homemade clock to school to show his teacher. The charge was later dropped, but he was still suspended.
The lawsuit names Irving Independent School District, the city of Irving and the school’s principal. A district spokeswoman says the district would release a statement later Monday.
The family has since moved to Qatar, citing threats and a scholarship offered to Ahmed in the Persian Gulf country.
Ahmed spent this summer back in Texas, after spending eight months studying in Qatar.
During the school year, he says he visited the Islamic holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia with his family.
He will return to Qatar next month to start 10th grade at Qatar Academy, a private school in Doha.
Ahmed showed off the clock on Monday during a news conference with his parents and attorneys.
‘For the safety of my family, I have to go back to Qatar, because right now it’s not very safe for my family or for anyone who’s a minority,’ Ahmed said during Monday’s news conference.
While in Texas, Ahmed said, he has to wear a hat, sunglasses and a hoodie.
‘I can’t walk out of the house without being covered up because I might get shot because that happens here,’ he said. ‘I really love the States. It’s my home. But I couldn’t stay. I get death threats.’
He added: ‘I have lost a lot of things. I lost my home, I lost my creativity because before I used to love building things but now I can’t. I lost my security.’
The teen’s parents, Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed and Muna Ibrahim, have not found work yet in Qatar, so the family of eight is living in government housing and on food vouchers, Mohamed said on Monday.