<form method="post" action="http://www.semissourian.com/scripts/poll/vote.php">What are your thoughts about the arrest (and subsequent release) of a ninth grade Muslim student who brought a homemade clock to school that was mistaken for a bomb? This is racism, plain and simple. If he were not Muslim, his clock would have been no big deal. In an abundance of caution, this was the proper way to deal with a potentially dangerous situation. I can understand being cautious, but placing the student in handcuffs and questioning him for hours without his parents was an abuse of power.
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