On Monday in Irving, Texas, 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed came to school with a digital clock he had built.He showed his Engineering teacher, who told him not to show it to other teachers. In English class the clock beeped and the teacher asked what it was. He showed her and she confiscated it.
Sometime later that day, Ahmed was called to the principal’s office, where he was questioned by police, arrested, and taken out of school in handcuffs. He was not allowed to call his parents.
They thought...
Published on September 18, 2015 10:55