September 18, 2015
The Alarming Clock
A few days ago, a high school student in Irving, Texas, brought a homemade digital clock to school to impress his technology teacher. The teacher was impressed by the aspiring inventor’s work. Later in the day, another teacher saw the contraption and, becoming concerned, alerted the principal. The police were called, and the 14-year-old was handcuffed (“for his safety and for the safety of the officers”), arrested and removed to a juvenile detention facility, and interrogated without an attorney present.
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