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#IStandWithAhmed: Photo of homemade clock over which American police arrested 14-year-old student

#IStandWithAhmed: Photo of homemade clock over which American police arrested 14-year-old student

On Monday, police in the American city of Texas handcuffed and arrested 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed, alleging that his homemade clock looked like a “hoax bomb.”

Texas police released the image on of the device, Wednesday. Does it look like a bomb?
Texas police released the image on of the device, Wednesday. Does it look like a bomb?/CREDIT: @naheedrajwani on Twitter.

Twitter is angry at the police for “racially profiling” Ahmed whose looks and name are obviously middle-eastern, and for “stifling creativity.”

Read our initial report here.

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Cuffed for creativity... @anildash posted the picture on Twitter on behalf of Ahmed's sister.
Ahmed said an officer who had never him before leaned back into his chair and said “Yup, that’s who I thought it was.” Critics say that sounded like racial profiling.
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