Frankly, if someone showed up with a clock and a circuit board with wires leading to a box on the board, what would people think? Keep in mind, there have been

Frankly, if someone showed up with a clock and a circuit board with wires leading to a box on the board, what would people think? Keep in mind, there have been multiple mass shootings at schools already this year. They have to investigate it. What if someone showed up to the mall with a gun in an open-carry setting? People panic.[2] The setting matters. Especially if the setting in question, a school, has been a victim of mass violence numerous times. This is not a HP lab. They were right to take a look at the device with police. However, this is where things went terribly wrong: > When Ahmed was called out of class, he said he was brought into a room with four police officers, one of whom said, "Yup. That's who I thought it was." [1] Frankly, the school and police should have been more professional. They weren't. What is more disturbing, is the police have inadvertently admitted they are profiling people in this community. There is far more details in the CNN article: [1] http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/16/us/texas-student-ahmed-muslim-clock-bomb/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/16/us/texas-student-ahmed-muslim-... [2] http://www.fayobserver.com/news/local/fort-bragg-soldier-armed-at-cross-creek-mall-sparks-gun/article_01e2e2a6-2fd1-5e88-bd0f-ee0d3990ed63.html http://www.fayobserver.com/news/local/fort-bragg-soldier-arm...