Teen accused of stealing 65-cent carton of milk at middle school to face trial

[Anonymous]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/middle-schooler-accused-of-stealing-65-cent-carton-of-milk-at-school-to-face-trial/2016/09/29/1b168478-850f-11e6-a3ef-f35afb41797f_story.html

All Ryan Turk wanted was his carton of milk.

The teenager says he had forgotten to grab the drink the first time through the line at the Graham Park Middle School cafeteria, so he headed back. A recipient of free lunches at the Virginia school, Ryan felt he was just doing what he did every day.

But a school resource officer said he spotted the teen cutting in line and accused him of stealing the 65-cent milk. When Ryan didn’t cooperate with a trip to see the principal, authorities say, he was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and petit larceny. Ryan turned down an offer of non-judicial punishment and, this week, a Prince William County judge set a trial date in November for the Dumfries teen, who is now a freshman in high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/middle-schooler-accused-of-stealing-65-cent-carton-of-milk-at-school-to-face-trial/2016/09/29/1b168478-850f-11e6-a3ef-f35afb41797f_story.html

All Ryan Turk wanted was his carton of milk.

The teenager says he had forgotten to grab the drink the first time through the line at the Graham Park Middle School cafeteria, so he headed back. A recipient of free lunches at the Virginia school, Ryan felt he was just doing what he did every day.

But a school resource officer said he spotted the teen cutting in line and accused him of stealing the 65-cent milk. When Ryan didn’t cooperate with a trip to see the principal, authorities say, he was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and petit larceny. Ryan turned down an offer of non-judicial punishment and, this week, a Prince William County judge set a trial date in November for the Dumfries teen, who is now a freshman in high school.

Just getting his free stuff...

[Anonymous]

Javert has been chasing this kid for years.

[Anonymous]

Kid sounds like a real jerk.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like they gave him every opportunity to fix it without it becoming a big deal, and the student wanted to escalate it. Now he gets to be a victim of institutional racism, which I'm sure will get him on TV and so on.

[Anonymous]

He felt entitled to free food, drinks, cutting in line, and not cooperating when questioned.

[Anonymous]

Something similar happened to my daughter last year. She was a second grader and went through the line and grabbed her meal and then sat down. She then realized that she forgot to grab something that went with the meal (included). The line was long so she went straight to the item and grabbed it. A child started to yell at her that she was cutting in line and more kids joined in. A cafeteria worker came and started to yell at her. She was so flustered that she didn't say anything and I was sent a note home. She explained what happened, and has never wanted to buy food from the cafeteria ever again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like they gave him every opportunity to fix it without it becoming a big deal, and the student wanted to escalate it. Now he gets to be a victim of institutional racism, which I'm sure will get him on TV and so on.

Or, on the flip side, he did nothing wrong, felt like he did nothing wrong, and was blamed for something and offered an opportunity to cop a plea when he was actually innocent? So now he is trying to make a stand to show the biases of the system?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like they gave him every opportunity to fix it without it becoming a big deal, and the student wanted to escalate it. Now he gets to be a victim of institutional racism, which I'm sure will get him on TV and so on.

Or, on the flip side, he did nothing wrong, felt like he did nothing wrong, and was blamed for something and offered an opportunity to cop a plea when he was actually innocent? So now he is trying to make a stand to show the biases of the system?

I agree with this. He didn't do anything wrong. They need to throw this case out- over a .65 cent milk. The prosecutors should be ashamed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like they gave him every opportunity to fix it without it becoming a big deal, and the student wanted to escalate it. Now he gets to be a victim of institutional racism, which I'm sure will get him on TV and so on.

Or, on the flip side, he did nothing wrong, felt like he did nothing wrong, and was blamed for something and offered an opportunity to cop a plea when he was actually innocent? So now he is trying to make a stand to show the biases of the system?

Uh huh. He couldn't give any explanation, at any point? Giving an explanation isn't copping a plea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like they gave him every opportunity to fix it without it becoming a big deal, and the student wanted to escalate it. Now he gets to be a victim of institutional racism, which I'm sure will get him on TV and so on.

Or, on the flip side, he did nothing wrong, felt like he did nothing wrong, and was blamed for something and offered an opportunity to cop a plea when he was actually innocent? So now he is trying to make a stand to show the biases of the system?

I agree with this. He didn't do anything wrong. They need to throw this case out- over a .65 cent milk. The prosecutors should be ashamed.

Stealing not wrong in certain culture?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like they gave him every opportunity to fix it without it becoming a big deal, and the student wanted to escalate it. Now he gets to be a victim of institutional racism, which I'm sure will get him on TV and so on.

Or, on the flip side, he did nothing wrong, felt like he did nothing wrong, and was blamed for something and offered an opportunity to cop a plea when he was actually innocent? So now he is trying to make a stand to show the biases of the system?

I agree with this. He didn't do anything wrong. They need to throw this case out- over a .65 cent milk. The prosecutors should be ashamed.

Stealing not wrong in certain culture?

He didn't steal. Holy hell.

[Anonymous]

He, a middle schooler, cut line to get the free milk without explaining that he forgot to get it the first place. Entitlements issue that could be settled in school the same day, but he feels entitled to waste public money to fight it in court. Not cool kid. He deserves to be given community service punishment for his misconduct to deal with his entitlements issue.

[Anonymous]

Um, did y'all just completely miss this part?

When Ryan didn’t cooperate with a trip to see the principal, authorities say, he was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and petit larceny

Sounds like he cut in line (not ok under any circumstance) and grabbed the milk. He was asked about it and then refused to cooperate. I doubt he was calm, polite, and respectful. It is more likely that he was simply told not to cut in line and asked if he had already received his FREE milk and he acted like an ass. Then he refused to go to the principals office. The police were called because he was probably shouting obscenities and refusing to do what the school staff asked.

I see no problem at all with this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Um, did y'all just completely miss this part?

When Ryan didn’t cooperate with a trip to see the principal, authorities say, he was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and petit larceny

Sounds like he cut in line (not ok under any circumstance) and grabbed the milk. He was asked about it and then refused to cooperate. I doubt he was calm, polite, and respectful. It is more likely that he was simply told not to cut in line and asked if he had already received his FREE milk and he acted like an ass. Then he refused to go to the principals office. The police were called because he was probably shouting obscenities and refusing to do what the school staff asked.

I see no problem at all with this.

BUT going to trail over that? It's still not OK.