Imagine if this had happened to a young Bill Gates or Steve Jobs?

I’m just imagining how I was when I was 14 and I would have been sobbing and terrified. Granted, I am white and had no idea how to build a clock so this wouldn’t have happened, but still. He is a kid! The poor kid. The entire thing must have been terrifying and horrible.

I hope he isn’t discouraged from his interests. And these people accuse Muslims of extremism...

If there is one silver lining to all of this, that kid is now hearing about how smart and creative he is from the entire world.

Hello NASA? I’m thinking of a certain kid in Irving, Texas who you definitely want to have intern with you next summer.

First thing I thought was “poor fucking kid” as well.

Seriously.

A police spokesman told the Dallas Morning News that they didn’t believe Ahmed was building the clock out of pure curiosity. “We have no information that he claimed it was a bomb,” he said. “He kept maintaining it was a clock, but there was no broader explanation.”

They led Ahmed into a room where four other police officers waited. He said an officer he’d never seen before leaned back in his chair and remarked: “Yup. That’s who I thought it was.”

They handcuffed him, for fuck’s sake. He wasn’t under arrest, yet they handcuffed him.

That poor fucking kid. He must’ve been so proud of what he made and to have his efforts met with such racist suspicion is heartbreaking. He sounds like a great student and every teacher involved in this mess should be thoroughly ashamed.