Muslim teen createsclock, shows teachers, gets arrested
7 Kids Not Named Mohamed Who Brought Homemade Clocks to School And Didn't Get Arrested
Hoping to impress the teachers at his new school, an Irving, Texas, high school freshman named Ahmed Mohamed brought a homemade clock with him to MacArthur High Monday morning, which hed assembled before bed the night before. When he showed it to those teachers, though, they were something other than impressed, and by Monday afternoon, Mohamed was being led out of school in handcuffs. Ahmeds English teacher believed the device was a bomb.
Texas High School Has Muslim Teenager Arrested for Building a Clock
A Muslim teenager who built a clock for a class project won a prize he really didnt want: a nontransferable invitation to experience a Texas juvenile detention center, handcuffs and all.
Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old Irving MacArthur High student, seems to be a pretty smart kid who makes his own radios and repairs his own go-kart,according to the Dallas Morning News. But his latest inventiona clock housed in a pencil casegot him dragged out of school in handcuffs.
According to the New York Times, the clockwhich he hoped would impress his teachershad a digital display, built into a metal case with a circuit board. But when he showed his English teacher, she called authorities and had him arrested.
Responding officers say Mohamed repeatedly explained the device was a clock and although a police spokesperson says the department had no reason to think it was dangerous, theyre still suspicious, for reasons theyre having trouble articulating.
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7 Kids Not Named Mohamed Who Brought Homemade Clocks to School And Didn't Get Arrested
Hoping to impress the teachers at his new school, an Irving, Texas, high school freshman named Ahmed Mohamed brought a homemade clock with him to MacArthur High Monday morning, which hed assembled before bed the night before. When he showed it to those teachers, though, they were something other than impressed, and by Monday afternoon, Mohamed was being led out of school in handcuffs. Ahmeds English teacher believed the device was a bomb.
Texas High School Has Muslim Teenager Arrested for Building a Clock
A Muslim teenager who built a clock for a class project won a prize he really didnt want: a nontransferable invitation to experience a Texas juvenile detention center, handcuffs and all.
Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old Irving MacArthur High student, seems to be a pretty smart kid who makes his own radios and repairs his own go-kart,according to the Dallas Morning News. But his latest inventiona clock housed in a pencil casegot him dragged out of school in handcuffs.
According to the New York Times, the clockwhich he hoped would impress his teachershad a digital display, built into a metal case with a circuit board. But when he showed his English teacher, she called authorities and had him arrested.
Responding officers say Mohamed repeatedly explained the device was a clock and although a police spokesperson says the department had no reason to think it was dangerous, theyre still suspicious, for reasons theyre having trouble articulating.
But officers still did not believe Ahmed was giving them the whole story.
We have no information that he claimed it was a bomb, Mr. McLellan said. He kept maintaining it was a clock, but there was no broader explanation.
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?
Now the department is doubling down on their mistake, telling the Dallas Morning News theyre debating charging Mohamed with making a hoax bombnot just because hes Muslim and theyve seen an action movie or two, but probably for some other reason theyre holding back from the press due to the sensitive nature of an ongoing investigation, or whatever.We have no information that he claimed it was a bomb, Mr. McLellan said. He kept maintaining it was a clock, but there was no broader explanation.
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?
They were like, So you tried to make a bomb? Ahmed said.
I told them no, I was trying to make a clock.
[The cop] said, It looks like a movie bomb to me.
In the meantime, Mohamed has been suspended from school for three days, though Mohameds principal admits in a letter sent home to parents, that the item [a clock] did not pose a threat to your childs safety.I told them no, I was trying to make a clock.
[The cop] said, It looks like a movie bomb to me.
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