Boy arrested for bringing clock to school

Submitted by ThomasI on Wed, 2015-09-16 18:01

Story here. Excerpt:

'Texas police have decided not to charge a 14-year-old Muslim boy who was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school.

Officials at MacArthur High School in Irving alerted police because they thought the device was a "hoax bomb".

Ahmed Mohamed's arrest has been sharply criticised, and the boy has received an outpouring of support including an invitation to the White House.

Ahmed's family believes he was detained because of his name.

"We have always had an outstanding relationship with the Muslim community," Irving Police Department chief Larry Boyd said on Wednesday. "Incidents like this present challenges. We want to learn how we can move forward and turn this into a positive."

The boy was placed in handcuffs and fingerprinted before he was released after it was determined there was no threat.'

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The take away here is NOT that he is Muslim.

The take away is that he is a boy; and the teacher who accused him was female.

Would he have been arrested if he had been a girl working on a science project?

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Submitted by ThomasI on Wed, 2015-09-16 18:02

Is that a trick question? (~_^)

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Submitted by ErikaLancastor on Thu, 2015-09-17 01:09