[Timber Rattler]

However, if they actually thought it might be dangerous, they would have called a rep from the nearest bomb squad, who could have told them it was just a clock.

And therein lies the big mistake by the school and police department...once they figured out it really was a clock, the cops still arrested the kid for making a "hoax bomb" instead of just backing away and telling him good job.

[Does so]

Why a clock?

[MeganC]

And therein lies the big mistake by the school and police department...once they figured out it really was a clock, the cops still arrested the kid for making a "hoax bomb" instead of just backing away and telling him good job.

Of course. They had to double down on the stupid because by just having a clock the kid embarrassed the administrators and the cops so the kid got charged with a "contempt of cop" charge.

The kid should be thankful that he didn't get charged with "resisting arrest" and then tased and beaten until he was dead. All of which would have been "justified" because the cops would say they were "in fear for their lives".

It grates me to say this, but kudos to President Obama for curb stomping the possibility of this kid being retaliated against.