Clock kid Ahmed Mohamed, the Muslim teenager who was arrested for bringing a clock contraption to school, is now demanding $15 million from the city of Irving, Texas and the school system.
Mohamed, 14, dumped the innards out of a working clock and stuffed the wires and power source into a pencil box. He took the contraption to school and showed it to at least 6 teachers before one of them gave him the response he was looking for.
His arrest sparked a liberal uproar that extended all the way to the White House.
President Barack Obama, who was raised Muslim, met with the junior jihadi at a White House event in September.
Mohamed and his family also met with Mark Zuckerburg, CEO of Facebook, and he toured Google’s headquarters and the United Nations before jetting off for an all-expenses paid trip to the Middle East.
The son of a Sudanese activist, Mohamed accused the school and the Irving Police Dept. of overreacting to his pencil case clock.
Mohamed’s law firm sent letters to the city of Irving and the Dallas school system, demanding $10 million in compensation from the city and $5 million from the school.
“Ahmed clearly was singled out because of his race, national origin and religion,” wrote attorney Kelly Hollingsworth in the law firm’s demand letter.
The lawyers noted that Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne called Mohamed’s clock contraption a “hoax bomb” during an appearance on Glenn Beck’s show.
“Not only was this dangerous ‘baiting’ that destroyed any chance the Mohamed family ever had of being truly safe and secure in the United States, but it was also defamatory,” the lawyers wrote.
But once the details of Mohamed’s deception became public, the family fled Irving and moved to Qatar, where Mohamed was offered two scholarships.
The demand letters precede the preliminary stage to negotiate for a settlement.
