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A ninth grader was arrested for bringing to school what appeared to be a bomb, did the school act responsibly or did they discriminate?

Asked by Cruiser (40449points) September 17th, 2015

The boy made a digital clock at home and brought it to school to show his engineering class teacher. While in English class the clock alarm went off and the teacher thought it was a bomb device. The Principal called the police and they arrested him. The school says it was acting responsibly and protecting the school students and faculty. The boy is Muslim. What get’s me is a comment made by one of the police who came to the school….

“They took him to a room where four other officers were waiting. When he entered, one officer leaned back in his chair and said, “That’s who I thought it was,” Mohamed told MSNBC.”

Was the school and or the police discriminating this young boy? Will he now be recruited my MIT or ISIS?

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