Social media blew up: targeting a poor, innocent kid for building a clock? Curiously, I noticed most media outlets never showed this clever device that terrified teachers. So it turns out the clock was constructed inside a steel box with an LED timer/clock mounted on it and wires hanging out. Here's a picture of the device once it was opened up:
This is a pic of the device Irving police say they found on the student. @CBSDFW pic.twitter.com/WNKMew783W
— Jennifer Lindgren (@JLindgrenCBS11) September 16, 2015In other words, the media and the White House are using these very sensible precautions to pillory the school system and Texas in general.
Just don't mention that the Tsarnaev brothers had backpacks.
And the overall level of hypocrisy, if you think about recent events in schools, is pretty stunning:


















