A Muslim teenager was arrested after after bringing in his home-made clock to school. One of this teachers claimed the teen’s invention “looked like a bomb” and Ahmed Mohamed was led away from school in handcuffs.
According to Ahmed he enjoys creating and building things and he was able to complete this alarm clock in about 20 minutes in his bedroom. The teen used a circuit board, a digital display and wires. He the housed the invention into a pencil case with a tiger on the front. When Ahmed brought the clock into school to show his engineering teacher who said, “That’s really nice. I would advise you not to show that to other teachers.”
Ahmed listened to his engineering teacher and kept the clock in his backpack, until it started beeping during English class. The teacher said the invention looked like a bomb. He explained to the teacher how he created his alarm clock and the teacher reported him to the principal who claimed it looked like a “movie bomb.” Ahmed was arrested and sent to a juvenile dentition center and suspended from school.
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Police spokesman James McLellan said: ‘We have no information that he claimed it was a bomb. He kept maintaining it was a clock, but there was no broader explanation. He added, ‘It could reasonably be mistaken as a device if left in a bathroom or under a car. The concern was, what was this thing built for? Do we take him into custody?’ Police took away his tablet as well as the invention.
Listen to Ahmed tell his story below.
The outcry on social media regarding this incident has been overwhelming. It has sparked the hashtag #IStandWithAhmed with thousands of people supporting the teenage. Hilary Clinton has even reached out encouraging the teen to “stay curious and keep building.”
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