He was promptly arrested by the Texas police and later released without any charges.
However, his arrest lead to a public outrage with strong support coming in for the teen.
He was questioned by five police officers at MacArthur High School in Irvine on Monday.
He was then suspended for three days.
However, amidst public furor, the charges were dropped.
The webmaster for Artvoice.com, Anthony DiPasquale, took upon himself to expose the circuitry behind Ahmeds clock.
He said that Ahmeds homemade unit is actually a factory-produced clock.
In a controversial post onArtvoice, he wrote Somewhere in all of thisthere has indeed been a hoax.
Ahmed Mohamed didnt invent his own alarm clock.
He didnt even build a clock.
DiPasquale said all signs point to a mass-produced model.
However, he does not say whether or not such crimes deserve arrest.
Because, is it possible, that maybe, just maybe, this was actually a hoax bomb?
A silly prank that was taken the wrong way?
That the media then ran with, and everyone else got carried away?
Maybe there wasnt even any racial or religious bias on the parts of the teachers and police.
However, DiPasquale does not appear to have offered any evidence supporting his hoax theory.
He did not exaggerate on it further.
He tweeted: If this is true, what was his motive?
Whether or not he wanted the police to arrest him, they shouldnt have done so.
The clock is a commercial bedside alarm clock removed from its casing.
If this is true, what was his motive?
Taking clock out of its case to make it look as if he built it is not fine.
Trying to impress teachers, for instance[.]
If not, it looks like hoax.
Eventually, Dawkins withdrew.
Not just over a boys alleged invention but also media lies about J[eremy] Corbyn.
I guess Im a bit sensitive about being among the many fooled.
He afterwards retweeted President Obamas White House invitation to the boy.
source: www.techworm.net
