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Originally Posted by CroFlames
For me anyway there is nothing out of the ordinary in this case except for the arrest. Kids do dumb #### and like you said social services or cops are called regularly, for the safety of the student body.
Once the police arrived though, surely they could tell it wasn't a bomb. If so, then why arrest him? Racism perhaps. Perhaps the kid was being belligerent towards the cops? Hell, maybe he was fishing for a lawsuit by trying to make it seem like he brought a bomb, but it was obviously just a clock. Do not underestimate the pettiness of people looking to sue someone.
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From what I understand from my readings of the articles, he was first placed in investigative detention while they figured out it wasn't a bomb (again, that is not a 5 second process, unless you are an internet expert at it) and then kept in investigative detention while charges of having a hoax bomb (which is a crime) were mulled. Once it was determined it wasn't a bomb, and he hadn't intended to pretend like he had a bomb, he was released.