<story><title>Irving, TX ninth grader arrested after taking homemade clock to school</title><url>http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/northwest-dallas-county/headlines/20150915-irving-9th-grader-arrested-after-taking-homemade-clock-to-school-so-you-tried-to-make-a-bomb.ece</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>wpietri</author><text>I cannot tell you how mad this made me. The racism, the refusal to appreciate the nerdy kid, the police idiocy, the bad teacher, the horrible administration. 5 police officers interrogating one 14-year-old who just likes tinkering because he brought in a clock.&lt;p&gt;Does anybody know a good way (that is, polite and unlikely to be percieved as menacing) to send something to the family? I&amp;#x27;d totally go in on a giant AdaFruit gift certificate for the young fellow. Or a scholarship fund. Or both.</text></comment>
<story><title>Irving, TX ninth grader arrested after taking homemade clock to school</title><url>http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/northwest-dallas-county/headlines/20150915-irving-9th-grader-arrested-after-taking-homemade-clock-to-school-so-you-tried-to-make-a-bomb.ece</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>orbitur</author><text>You can imagine how proud he was, he really wanted to show off his clock. I can think of a few times I got shut down by bored adults when I wanted to present something I built.&lt;p&gt;But he wasn&amp;#x27;t met with boredom, he was met with an arrest. Police still threatening charges.</text></comment>