Ahmed Mohamed: 'I felt like I was a terrorist'

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Ahmed Mohamed: 'I Felt Like I Was a Terrorist'
Ahmed Mohamed: 'I Felt Like I Was a Terrorist'



Chris Hayes talks with the Texas teenager who was arrested and suspended for bringing a homemade digital clock to school, after a teacher said it looked like a bomb.

When the police told Ahmed Mohamed that he was under arrest, he said 'I felt like I was a criminal. I felt like I was a terrorist.'

SEE ALSO: No charges for Muslim student after clock mistaken for bomb

The young teen explains that when he was in middle school, he was teased and called a terrorist because of his race and religion.

See photos of Ahmed and his clock:



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