[A year ago, Ahmed Mohamed became ‘Clock Boy.’ Now, he can’t escape that moment.] Texas ninth grader Ahmed Mohamed was arrested after his homemade clock was mistaken for a bomb. During a 1 1/2 hour-long interrogation, Ahmed repeatedly told officers that he brought an alarm clock to school, not a bomb, the complaint says. The incident has since prompted the U.S. Department of Justice’s civil rights division to investigate the Irving Independent School District. [Family of ‘Clock Boy’ Ahmed Mohamed files lawsuit against former school]Fox and Shapiro declined to comment, citing a pending litigation.

Source: Washington Post September 28, 2016 21:21 UTC