Silicon Valley tech executives and engineers are speaking out on social media Wednesday to stand with the 14-year-old teen who was arrested in Irving, Tex., after building a clock for a school project that teachers mistook for a faux bomb.
Politicians were among the first to tweet in solidarity with Ahmed Mohamed on Wednesday morning, with posts from Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama.
Assumptions and fear don’t keep us safe—they hold us back. Ahmed, stay curious and keep building.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton)
Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It’s what makes America great.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg also joined in:
Above: This photo provided by the Irving Police Department shows the homemade clock that Ahmed Mohamed brought to school, Wednesday, Sept.16, 2015, in Irving. Police detained the 14-year-old Muslim boy after a teacher at MacArthur High School decided that the homemade clock he brought to class looked like a bomb, according to school and police officials. The family of Ahmed Mohamed said the boy was suspended for three days from the school in the Dallas suburb. (Irving Police via AP)
