Arrested for making clock, science-mad Ahmed Mohamed accepts Obama's invitation

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After proudly building his own clock, the last thing science-mad student Ahmed expected was to be led away from his school in handcuffs. An arrest that sparked outrage throughout the country, and US president Barack Obama decided to invite him to the White House.

[sz]

Puts a disassembled alarm clock in a suitcase, brings to school, Sues the US, gets invited to the White House. Never built anything, master troll

[spectre]

man texas weather is just like the people, in the morning it's chilly, in the afternoon it's hot. you get arrested for stupid reasons, the next few days you become a high class VIP

[samanthanickson]

[the arrest had nothing to do with prejudice] "our reaction would've been the same either way" ~irvine chief of police. and you're *proud* of this behavior?!? THAT'S THE not only do you need better attitudes from the mayor on down (sharia law paranoia), you definitely need better teachers if the engineering teacher can't recognize the guts of a clock! that heffa needs to go back to serving curly fries at the local arby's because her cousin on the school board didn't do anyone any favors by hiring her for the job!

[fuzzywuzzy]

OH COME ON PEOPLE, DONT BE DENSE, IT LOOKED LIKE A FRIGGIN BOMB.

[xmen]

Y wud some1 make a clock into a suitcase unless?....its his fault for not being aware...now hes a hero? Hes wondering y he was caught...duhhh???!!! Hahaha

[edgarvibar]

This is clearly a hate crime. This kid was targeted for public humiliation and wrongful arrest because of his race and his religion. And when the state authorities came to take him away with hands cuffed behind his back, it became a state-sponsored hate crime.

[Onsiteshenanigans]

I feel sorry for the black kid. Now they will come after him now or later.

[MadameCorgi]

You don't need to be a bomb expert to tell that there was nothing that looked like an explosive in that box.

[vitalykilitchko]

That so called woman teacher should be fired and sent to jail for prejudice. I doubt her qualifications as science teacher if she cannot distinguish a home made bomb or 'hoax' from a clock. A real teacher inspires his/her student, not let them down and make them hopeless like this idiotic "teacher" has done to her brilliant student.