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The(liberal and media narrative)- a young scientist built a clock from scratch. Ingenious.......he was profiled because he was a muslim.The truth-The parts of a digital clock was put in a small brief case. There was not much thought put into it for a 9th grader. When the police asked him questions, he was evasive and refused to answer. The picture was a briefcase, with timer, lots of wires....and had an alarm. It resembled a bomb. The school stands by their decision for a 3 day suspension.

It's what you call an alarm clock.

It's not true that he was evasive and refused to answer. He told them repeatedly, according to the police spokesman, that it was a clock. He did not offer a broader explanation according to the police -- but honestly, what broader explanation could have been offered?I do not believe this was a matter of profiling. The same idiotic zero tolerance policies would have acted to crush the light in the eye of a white child, or a black child, or anyone else. It is also true that the left will use anything they can to drive a political agenda. The challenge to the rest of us is

This is what I don't get about some people--there are times it behooves you to explain yourself. That goes double for times when you are being questioned by someone in authority over you and even more for LEO's who, in my book, tend to be linear thinkers. I know I've instructed my son to be clear, enunciate his words, and answer questions. Some people have a perverse inclination to be evasive at the most inopportune times. I don't know if that was what was happening here. If I were being detained by police and asked what I made and why, I certainly would try to explain myself and my reasoning.

Bonnie, you've probably never been a socially-awkward teenager unexpectedly in the presence of law enforcement, one of whom announced, Yup, that's who I thought it was upon seeing you. The young man should be excused for not being able to elucidate every reason he wanted to show off his clock.

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The response I'm talking about is basically a self-sabotage. Most people don't usually respond that way. I've also seen a deliberate sort of person be mistaken for being obdurate or uncooperative. Again, most people aren't like that.Maybe that was the issue with this kid, maybe not. Maybe the cops are lying about him being evasive.Like I said, I would give the kid the benefit of the doubt if he was just caught of guard. However, I don't know what the situation was really like.My point is, though, if law enforcement is called to a school because a kid brought this to school, they question the kid, and he doesn't seem to want to talk, a cop just can't shrug it off and say, Well, he's just awkward.As far as my own experience (which you probably shouldn't have brought up), my first ticket was a black cop profiling young white girls, but I answered the questions as thoroughly as I could; I don't know how you might rate my social awkwardness. I was like most teens--embarrassed by my own existence. Daddy taught me to say yes sir and no sir to cops. I've developed such a jaundiced view of them, I've told my son he needn't feel obligated to say sir, but he ought to at least say a clear yes or no.

The response I'm talking about is basically a self-sabotage. Most people don't usually respond that way. I've also seen a deliberate sort of person be mistaken for being obdurate or uncooperative. Again, most people aren't like that.Maybe that was the issue with this kid, maybe not. Maybe the cops are lying about him being evasive.Like I said, I would give the kid the benefit of the doubt if he was just caught of guard. However, I don't know what the situation was really like.My point is, though, if law enforcement is called to a school because a kid brought this to school, they question the kid, and he doesn't seem to want to talk, a cop just can't shrug it off and say, Well, he's just awkward.As far as my own experience (which you probably shouldn't have brought up), my first ticket was a black cop profiling young white girls, but I answered the questions as thoroughly as I could; I don't know how you might rate my social awkwardness. I was like most teens--embarrassed by my own existence. Daddy taught me to say yes sir and no sir to cops. I've developed such a jaundiced view of them, I've told my son he needn't feel obligated to say sir, but he ought to at least say a clear yes or no.Maybe the cops were being unfair, maybe not. I don't know. Just because the headline Cops arrest kid for bringing clock to school on its face sounds outrageous doesn't mean it's so. Agreed with Bonnie.....

This is confusing on a lot of sides. To this day my son practically despises LEOs. From an experience in his early teens. He was picked up from a description of being close to a break-in. No evidence he was involved. When I arrived at the police station he was refusing to talk. I asked the officers to leave me with him and I found out he was involved He was spending the night with some boys who had planned this. He refused to go inside, afraid to come home, so he stayed outside. He had no contraband.To make a long night short I forced him, against his will, to tell the truth. They repeatedly promised me and my son, nothing will happen to you, we are only interested the perpetrators. Well it didn't work that way. The other guys were from 'families' and their lawyers got the boys off completely, that only left my son. Who was then the 'snitch' and took the full force. Which reacted on the family and hit us too.So, I am not that crazy about LEO's although I do respect them and know we need them. I also know they sometimes Ain't fair and lie.This situation? Could have been handled differently, BUT a teenager (nerdy or not) knows much more than you and I about a lot of things. He could have been being 'cute ' to push the envelope. ANY TEENAGER IN THIS USA unless he is retarded or simple, knows what clocks are used for, other than time. If he is a Muslim American Teen, he also knows the dangers of his actions.So like I said with my experience I can see why he would keep his mouth shut. 30+ years ago my son told me, Dad, I don't have to say a thing, and he was right. I learned that day there is legally right and morally right. Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]://shipslog-jack.blogspot.com/

He did talk. He did answer yes when he was asked what it was. He answered more than yes -- he told them what it was. He didn't offer a broader explanation, which is apparently what they wanted from him. You make it sound like he refused to say anything. He said exactly what it was, but didn't have some magical explanation beyond the obvious.