Teen Got Arrested for Been Creative - when has Creativity turn to Punishment?

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Photo Credit: Telegraph
The joy of every Perents is seeing their wards doing awesomly great in their academic pursuit. However, things was not pleasant for a 14 years Old Ahmed Mohammed for been creative.
The young boy was arrested in Texas when he wanted to show his teacher a digital clock he had made from a pencil case.
His dream has been to be an engineer, but instead of been aplaud, Ahmed was punished when his Teacher call Police on him which lead to his arrest because he thought it was a bomb.
I made the clock to amaze my Teacher but i was suprised when i was handcuffed and arrested by the police. he said.

There has been uproar on social media due to the religion and racial Attachment of the issue.
Ahmed talked to the media gathered on his front yard and appeared to wear the same NASA T-shirt he had on in a picture taken as he was being arrested. In the image, he looks confused and upset as he's being led out of school in handcuffs.
"They arrested me and they told me that I committed the crime of a hoax bomb, a fake bomb," the freshman later explained to WFAA after authorities released him. 
President Barack Obama, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and thousands of others are showing support for Ahmed.  #IStandWithAhmed



Many criticized the school on Facebook. Its creator, Mark Zuckerberg, posted his support.
"Having the skill and ambition to build something cool should lead to applause, not arrest. The future belongs to people like Ahmed," Zuckerberg wrote. "Ahmed, if you ever want to come by Facebook, I'd love to meet you. Keep building."

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