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18. At 14 my Dad disassembled a clock, repaired it and put it back together

Of course in 1937 it was all gears and springs, but the process of disassembling it and re-assembing still did not diminish what my Dad did. And it didn't make it any less of a clock that he assembled.

The story is much less about what Ahmed did than about the reaction his innocuous device brought out. The entire sequence of the alarm going off to hauling a kid off in handcuffs without allowing him to contact his parents is indicative of where our country is going. Whether the overreaction was because Ahmed is from a Muslim family isn't as important as the complete disregard for his rights is.

Maybe some are willing to blame the sequence wholly on the fact that Ahmed is one of the "brown" skin people that have been the target of hate and abuse. I'm disturbed that the school personnel and the police are so casual about disregarding a student's rights no matter who the child is. The corruption of individual rights began with minorities but it is working it's way into every segment of our society.

You know, the whole "When they came for" meme. Well, we are getting there. That is why I am pleased to see so much attention brought to these abuses these days Maybe we can stop this now.