****ing Texas

[The Mad Monk]

Irrelevant

Clarifying for Grumbler, not you.

[Kidlicious]

Clarifying for Grumbler, not you.

Irrelevant

[My Hubby Loves Civ]

If I took my clock apart and put it into a case, even with a shoulder strap attached; I guarantee you I would not be able to carry it onto a plane. I would not meet my flight due to being detained and interrogated. Of course, this kids project looked suspicious! Teachers are not bomb experts and have to follow the safety rule of the many over the embarrassment of one!

[Dinner]

No lasting harm apart from having his name spread across the worlds media, and having a significant proportion of the population associating him with a desire to create a bomb hoax?

He has actually done quit well out of this having now been giving tens of thousands of dollars and free invites to several private schools on 100% scholarships.

[The Mad Monk]

If I took my clock apart and put it into a case, even with a shoulder strap attached; I guarantee you I would not be able to carry it onto a plane. I would not meet my flight due to being detained and interrogated. Of course, this kids project looked suspicious! Teachers are not bomb experts and have to follow the safety rule of the many over the embarrassment of one!

They would also have cleared the terminal.

They did not evacuate the school.

[The Mad Monk]

Irrelevant

I do hope you were giggling when you wrote that for the second time.

[My Hubby Loves Civ]

They would also have cleared the terminal.

They did not evacuate the school.

Not necessarily. I would be interrogated to determine if I indeed had explosives stashed and then determine my intent. Based on my responses, the authorities may be called for further questioning. If I become a smart ass and say my dad is an attorney. (dont know if this occurred in this case) the authorities will haul me off to a better location to speak with me and my dad, further. A fake bomb is a weapon of terror. By evacuating, it creates the panic and terror, that a would be hoaxster is looking for. Each case will be handled on a case to case basis.

[Kidlicious]

This man was not invited to the WH for some reason.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/01/jacksonville-airport-evacuated/2905233/

[My Hubby Loves Civ]

Haha...he was too honest to get an invite! Honesty is not rewarded in Washington DC!

[The Mad Monk]

That man said he had a bomb, at which point they closed the airport.

The kid never claimed to have a bomb, and they did not close the school.

[My Hubby Loves Civ]

That man said he had a bomb, at which point they closed the airport.

The kid never claimed to have a bomb, and they did not close the school.

Which is a very valid point! They did not close the school since the kid did not claim to have an actual bomb. Thank you.

[The Mad Monk]

...and therefore there was no reason to harass, intimidate, or arrest him! I'm glad we have that settled!

[Kidlicious]

That man said he had a bomb, at which point they closed the airport.

The kid never claimed to have a bomb, and they did not close the school.

I'm sure you could have figured out a story to tell to get him an invite to the WH, if he weren't white.

[My Hubby Loves Civ]

...and therefore there was no reason to harass, intimidate, or arrest him! I'm glad we have that settled!

Ummm..
NO, they still had not determined his intent. That is why he was interrogated to determine whether he planned to hoax a bomb scare.

[The Mad Monk]

They would have known his intent had they talked to his engineering teacher. Also, if they were so concerned, why did they wait so long to haul him in? If they thought it was important to interrogate him, why didn't they Mirandize him? Also, he asked for his parents, and they wouldn't let him contact them, when the first thing they should have done was contact them.