Police believed that the clock was an attempt to build a "hoax bomb," and allegedly told the young Mohamed, who is Muslim, that it looked like something out of a movie.

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In reality, the clock was nothing more than a cleverly arranged—if not exactly pretty—mess of circuity and cables stuffed inside a cheap box. Basically, a goddamn science project. Mohamed wanted to impress his teachers, none of whom, he believes, "know what [he] can do."

This morning, after the wave of media attention that followed the arrest, including tweets of support from Hillary Clinton, the Irving Police Department held a press conference and announced that there will be no charges for Mohamed, according to local reports. However, the police doubled down on their belief that the clock looked "suspicious."