How much is "See Something Say Something" really worth in the US?

In mid September Ahmed Mohamed took an “experiment” to his high school in Irving, Texas to show his teacher. It was a “digital clock” he'd made from a pencil case. The 14-year-old was arrested after the school called police because the devise looked suspicious. Mohamed says, "I built a clock to impress my teacher but when I showed it to her, she thought it was a threat to her". Take a look at the picture of his clock device and consider what you would have done.

In a climate of ongoing terrorist attacks we are told to be proactive, and if you “See Something Say Something” becoming our new mantra. But what happens if you do say something? Attorneys for the family of Ahmed Mohamed have sent letters demanding $10 million be paid to the family by the city of Irving, and $5 million from the school district. REALLY!??

With the “War on Terror” involving radical Muslims, lone wolves and unknown sleeper cells and our own government tells us to be proactive should a devise that looks questionably causes any alarm, regardless of where it is or who has it in their hands?

In California a kid was suspended for wearing a shirt with a US flag on it to school during Cinco de Mayo. In NY a kids was suspended for wearing an NRA shirt to school. Vancouver, WA suspended dozens of kids for praying. And in Evans, GA a kid was suspended for wearing a Pepsi shirt on Coke day.

I know these suspensions pail in light of what this "clock kid" took to school, but there was no suspension. Some say that on the grounds of his race and religion his actions were excused, and has now made the teacher and school a target for being racist and Islamophobic. Was the school and teacher's alarm to a suspicious devise warranted or was their reaction based more on the kids race and or religion? Should their alarm cost the taxpayers in Irving, TX the $15 million dollars that's being demanded fair?

We live in a time when good Muslims are seemingly afraid to take a stand against these extreme Muslims activity, where terrorist attacks from lone wolves and sleeper cells have become too common and threats of more attacks right here in our Country are said to be imminent. With all this in mind, how much is "See Something Say Something" really worth to US, and should WE be penalized for having to have it this way?

One last question to ponder. Is this lawsuit a form of Political Correctness "PC" turning this Muslim kid into a victim by successfully shifting the narrative from his bad judgment to a matter of racism and Islamophobia?