Investigate, sure, but cuff, arrest, and fingerprint and detain? Hell no. = =20 Further, I just read an amusing commentary that proposes that no one actual= ly thought it was a bomb anyway because they took absolutely none of the pr= ecautions one would expect. If they even suspected it was a bomb they would= have evacuated the school etc.=20 "Please look at all the facts. The parties involved were not familiar=20 with the device that they encountered in the course of their normal=20 duties. Their instructions were followed properly, any unknowns=20 encountered are to be questioned. Until you know otherwise, everything=20 is a threat. The young man involved knows now what we have all learned=20 at some point in the past that precautions must be taken not to alarm=20 the public or appear as a threat to anyone. When you have a hammer in=20 your hand everything looks like a nail." Looking forward, Al Shinn (Tinker) > On Sep 18, 2015, at 9:00 AM, piclist-request@mit.edu wrote: >=20 > Re: [OT] Irving 9th-grader arrested after taking homemade > clock to school: 'So you tried to make a bomb?' > To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." > Message-ID: <55FC32AB.40401@triad.rr.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dwindows-1252; format=3Dflowed >=20 > Please look at all the facts. The parties involved were not familiar=20 > with the device that they encountered in the course of their normal=20 > duties. Their instructions were followed properly, any unknowns=20 > encountered are to be questioned. Until you know otherwise, everything=20 > is a threat. The young man involved knows now what we have all learned=20 > at some point in the past that precautions must be taken not to alarm=20 > the public or appear as a threat to anyone. When you have a hammer in=20 > your hand everything looks like a nail. --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .