ramonmercado
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Not sure what "new" story you're referring to. There appears to have been some confusion over the sequence of events and number of teachers involved - such confusion was not limited to me as the discussion on this thread shows.
The background story re: Ahmed's father is new I think - or at least wasn't reported until a few days after the story broke.
To repeat: I'm not spinning for the school, or blaming the victim, or whatever else I'm being accused of on this thread. I'm simply expressing scepticism about the way this story has been handled by the media. That scepticism is based on the way similar shock horror stories involving race, religion (particularly Islam) or other "identity" type issues have been reported in the past. The "diet coke/Islamaphobic flight attendant" may be the most recent example but there have been plenty of others. The fact that the kid's father is a noted self-publicist who has courted the media with bizarre stunts in the past adds to my scepticism that all is not quite what it appears.
All I'm saying is: don't let critical faculties go out of the window because someone mentions the "r" word.
If you have any evidence that the boys father incited him to instigate a bomb hoax then please produce it.
This is different from the diet coke situation as the boy was actually arrested detained by his teachers, and taken away in handcuffs. He was then illegally questioned without a parent or guardian present. Yiou actually criticised him for maintaining his right to silence. He said that the clock was a clock. It would have been foolish of him to say anything else given the hostility he was enduring.