Ahmed Mohamed did a long interview, along with his attorney, on Now with Chris Hayes. He said he showed the clock to 3 teachers, the first was fine, the second said keep it under wraps in case someone thinks it's a bomb, and the third said she was confiscating it for the day. If you think something is a bomb, you don't stick it in the teacher's desk for the remainder of the school day! But he didn't think a lot about it until he was called in and interrogated by a number of cops for over an hour. He is 14 so entitled to have a parent or guardian present, and certainly an attorney. He said he repeatedly asked to have his parents called and the cops told him he could not have his parents because he was being interrogated. He was then taken away in handcuffs. Only then were his parents called. He was also suspended for 3 days, apparently for being smarter than dumbasses at the school and police department. The cops justified it by saying he could not really answer their questions, they kept asking him what the device was and he kept saying it was a clock. Because, of course, it WAS a clock.
Ahmed also said he has been subject to abuse because of his name/national origin/religion, he has been called "terrorist" and "bomber" by other kids, but did not expect that so called responsible adults would act like this (where do the kids learn it from?) He was clearly scared and hurt, as he had a right to be. He should have been applauded and probably would have been had he been a white kid named Robert Smith.
I'm glad to see that there are some adults in the country who recognize talent and innovation. President Obama has invited him to a White House session on space science and asked him to bring his cool clock, Mark Zuckerberg invited him to Facebook. Ahmed had expressed an interest in going to MIT and a physics professor at MIT said she is inviting him there, as is Harvard.
Some see terrorist, others see the future of America.