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Glenn Beck, Blaze, Commentators Dismissed From Clock Boy Defamation Suit
Glenn Beck, Blaze, Commentators Dismissed From Clock Boy Defamation Suit
All but one respondent in a defamation lawsuit filed by the family of a 14-year-old Sudanese-American whiz kid — who was arrested in 2015 after authorities mistook his homemade clock for a bomb — has been dismissed from the case according to lawyers and Texas court records.
Ahmed Mohamed, then a freshman at McArthur High School in Irving, Texas, was dubbed "Clock Boy" and became a national poster child for anti-discrimination campaigns after he was arrested Sept. 14, 2015, after a teacher mistook a homemade digital clock for a hoax bomb.
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More: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/glenn-beck-blaze-commentators-dismissed-clock-boy-defamation-suit-n705831
All but one respondent in a defamation lawsuit filed by the family of a 14-year-old Sudanese-American whiz kid — who was arrested in 2015 after authorities mistook his homemade clock for a bomb — has been dismissed from the case according to lawyers and Texas court records.
Ahmed Mohamed, then a freshman at McArthur High School in Irving, Texas, was dubbed "Clock Boy" and became a national poster child for anti-discrimination campaigns after he was arrested Sept. 14, 2015, after a teacher mistook a homemade digital clock for a hoax bomb.
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More: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/glenn-beck-blaze-commentators-dismissed-clock-boy-defamation-suit-n705831
They're planning to appeal, but it's looking like the Mohameds may end up with a huge bill after this is over.