He got invited to the White House to provide counterbalance to the social idea that brown-skinned kids with beeping electronics are criminals that should have the cops called on them.
The simplicity of the project makes the reaction of the school worse not better.
He actually asked them to handcuff him and then take his picture because he said it would look cool. Look at the picture, the police officers are smiling in the background. He played them.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/texas-teen-arreste...
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/16/us/texas-student-ahmed-mus...
He was arrested and taken off school grounds. Next time please do your own research.
The police should not have been there at all, since the device is so obviously not dangerous.