#istandwithahmed breaks internet: millions on clock watch for 9th grader detained for device - digital display board

Ahmed, a ninth-grade student from Irving, Texas, is eager to impress the teacher with his latest work-the clock he invented in just 20 minutes, consists of a circuit board and a power supply connected to a digital display.
The clock and its wires are tied to a box.
However, when he was pulled out of class by the principal and arrested after his alarm clock rang during his English, his excitement turned into fear.
"It looks like a bomb," his teacher told him . ".
The boy was taken to a juvenile detention center and interrogated by police before being released to his parents.
It was not until two days later that the police announced that they would not sue the teenager for making a "prank bomb.
Instead, they gave up the case.
Hear more: between Ahmed's arrest and his announcement that he would not face charges, social media posted tweets ranging from fun to support.
Theistandwithhashtag was used by all.
Many people take pictures of themselves with a clock when they go to work.
Pebble, who made the watch, posted a comment on Twitter that was both sharp and supportive, boldly letting the Irwin Independent School District arrest them because they made the digital clock.
Bobak Ferdowsi, an engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, nicknamed "Mohawk country", offered Ahmed a job a few years later.
Others pointed out the hypocrisy of the school's response, as well as the initial handling of Ahmed by the police, while expressing support to the frightened teenagers.
"If you can see Ahmed in handcuffs, wearing NASA's t-
Shirt, with a look of fear and pain on his face, not feeling depressed, then you are either 1)cold-hearted or 2)
Alexandra Russell, office manager in Washington, DC, wrote on Facebook: "immune to this event because it's too common . ".
"In this case, the adult has completely failed him.
"I want our other adults to take some time in their daily lives and make sure we think more rationally than Act immediately out of fear and hatred," Russell continued . ".
"It's all I can do, and I feel helpless, but if it can avoid this happening again, I'm all invested.
IStandWithAhmed.
"Celebrities, from drummers to TV stars, from hip-hop singers to politicians, have also expressed their support.
However, it is also important for Ahmed that well-known people in the tech industry gather behind teenagers.
Known for his role as an expert in electronics and radio control in the TV show myth, Grant imajara notes that he has similar interests with growing Texas teenagers.
The same goes for tech journalist and writer Andy inatko, who wrote a blog post called "I'm Ahmed.
Except that I don't know how his white privilege prevented him from being in a similar situation when he was the same age as Ahmed.
"I recognized the child right away.
When I was in public school, it was me.
"Even in the sixth grade, I have a lunch box full of batteries, wires and random circuits in my classroom," Ihnatko wrote . ".
"In a defeat, failure --
When I was trying to master photographic prints, my bag was probably filled with brown bottles full of smelly chemicals.
"All of these stories are considered a fascinating and nostalgic story for a nerd on the way to a doomed science, math, or technical career.
No negative impact.
Yes, part of the reason was more than a decade before the 9/11 incident, "Chicago Sun-
The Times reporter continued.
"But their story is very happy because I am a white Catholic child named Andy inatko.
It's not a brown kid named Ahmed Mohammed, or a black kid called something.
Even education minister Arne Duncan condemned the school's actions.
President Obama invited Ahmed to bring his clock to the White House.
Friends also come and see how good it is.
The young man's love for engineering is known to the school.
Anil Dash, founder of Makerbase, is in a Google survey gathering ideas on how to help Ahmed and other students like him, such as Kiera Wilmot.
The family has set up a Twitter account for Ahmed called "IStandWithAhmed ".
On Wednesday, they tweeted that they were meeting with a lawyer to "defend his rights ".