Do you have any documentation for this?
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turdcollector69@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Clockboy was the biggest crock of shit.
The kids dad put the thing together and prompted the kid to get in trouble with it for lawsuit bait and to boost his political career.
It wasn’t even impressive he literally just took the guts out of a RadioShack digital clock and taped it inside a pencil box.
It was 100% low effort bait, it was literally a timer sticking out of a briefcase shaped pencil box that’s obviously supposed to look like a bomb.
He didn’t even get in trouble for having it, he got in trouble for repeatedly pulling it out to disrupt class.
The family got a ton of free shit then a year later tried to sue the city for 15 million and some conservative talk show hosts, all dismissed.
They then accepted a scholarship to a school in Qatar and moved there in 2015.
This is such a good example of the dumbass culture war shit that drove people to trump.
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 3 weeks ago
turdcollector69@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Here’s a bbc article about how the lawsuit was dismissed
www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39982239
It includes a picture of his “invention.”
Here’s an archive link of a Washington times opinion piece after the 3rd attempt at frivolous suits failed.
Clockboy was a straight up scam
Gerudo@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I had direct connections to this incident (friend worked at the school), and this is pretty much exactly what happened. The only reason it was an issue in the first place were the zero tolerance policies in place that required action to be taken. Whether the family did it on purpose, no one really knew, but everyone involved certainly was thinking it.
baines@lemmy.cafe 3 weeks ago
lmao totally the ‘culture war’ and not decades of racism
turdcollector69@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Decades of racism drove people to trump? I don’t think so
baines@lemmy.cafe 3 weeks ago
sure 7 day old account, please tell me more
turdcollector69@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Are you having a stroke? Should I try to get help for you?
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
???
turdcollector69@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah I was thinking of it like black people going to trump, not like racists being set in their ways and finding “their guy.”
So I misunderstood/misread the original statement
Jhex@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oh yes… when racist pieces of shit noticed it was OK to air their BS and wear it proudly after Republicans send the message that this is OK now… they feed off each other
turdcollector69@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
How is that different from Republicans at literally any other point post 1960?
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
… That’s literally what happened. He gave them an exercise to be the assholes they always wanted to be, in public. And for that they don’t care what he does, as to them, he’s a reflection of themselves.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Sooooo <citation required>
You have a very specific and detailed story. I heard of the story long ago, initially, and It’s not that no don’t believe you, I want to, but it be nice to see a first source where this came from
turdcollector69@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Literally look like two comments down I already provided sources.
Alabaster_Mango@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I’ve been saying this since day one! It always seemed like a huge scam to me. Just trying to bait racial tension for personal gain. And yeah, it was just a normal digital clock that got taken out of the shell. The news was saying he made it himself, but it was obviously a mass-produced item.