Anonymous
09/30/2016 15:02
Subject: Re:Teen accused of stealing 65-cent carton of milk at middle school to face trial
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.
+1 tax payer money hard at work.
Anonymous
09/30/2016 14:26
Subject: Re:Teen accused of stealing 65-cent carton of milk at middle school to face trial
Anonymous wrote: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.
Yeah, he was probably uncooperative, possibly physical. Arresting him and charging him with a crime is a bit much. Righteously turning down the non-judicial program and demanding a court trial is also a bit much. The school should calm down, his mother should calm down. At 15, it's time for him to practice calming down, too.
Then charge him with crime he committed, whatever that is. He did not steal the milk. And I daresay if this was your kid you would not be so eager to see a trial happen.
Anonymous
09/30/2016 14:23
Subject: Re:Teen accused of stealing 65-cent carton of milk at middle school to face trial
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?
Poor reading comprehension and stupidity seems to be rampant in yours....
Anonymous
09/30/2016 14:20
Subject: Re:Teen accused of stealing 65-cent carton of milk at middle school to face trial
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.
+1.
What a joke.
I'm waiting for the tweet "Hey, Ryan, cool milk carton. Want to come drink it at the White House?"
Ryan's not an historically oppressed minority, so that won't happen.
Um, the article says he's black so it might happen after all.
Anonymous
09/30/2016 14:18
Subject: Re:Teen accused of stealing 65-cent carton of milk at middle school to face trial
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.
+1.
What a joke.
I'm waiting for the tweet "Hey, Ryan, cool milk carton. Want to come drink it at the White House?"
Ryan's not an historically oppressed minority, so that won't happen.
Anonymous
09/30/2016 14:17
Subject: Teen accused of stealing 65-cent carton of milk at middle school to face trial
Excuse me.
He had the right to a free carton of milk, he went to take it rapidly without waiting in line because otherwise he wouldn't have time to eat, which makes perfect sense, and people are mad about this?
His cooperation or non-cooperation afterward has no bearing on the fact that he did nothing wrong. The school was probably trying to pin him down for something because he's a problem kid, BUT - he did nothing wrong this time.
In what crazy world are we living in?
The kid should be compensated by the school.
Anonymous
09/30/2016 13:36
Subject: Teen accused of stealing 65-cent carton of milk at middle school to face trial
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Frickin ridiculous
My father was an assistant principal. He faced down kids with knives and nunchucks. And I don't believe law enforcement was ever involved.
Seriously? Going to court over a milk? I just can't
The kid was offered the option not to go to court. He chose not to take that option.
Neve should have reached that level to begin with
Seriously. Ridiculous on the part of the school.
Anonymous
09/30/2016 13:31
Subject: Teen accused of stealing 65-cent carton of milk at middle school to face trial
Why on earth the police involved inside of a school for things at this level?
Anonymous
09/30/2016 13:30
Subject: Teen accused of stealing 65-cent carton of milk at middle school to face trial
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Frickin ridiculous
My father was an assistant principal. He faced down kids with knives and nunchucks. And I don't believe law enforcement was ever involved.
Seriously? Going to court over a milk? I just can't
The kid was offered the option not to go to court. He chose not to take that option.
NP here. I worked in a high school with gangs, etc and I didn't tolerate nonsense. PP, you don't get it. A great teacher or administrator can *often* get a kid to make the right choice. They also make it look easy, but it takes great skill. If the system is going to put a police officer into a school, that police officer's skill level needs to be just as high.
Anonymous
09/30/2016 13:29
Subject: Teen accused of stealing 65-cent carton of milk at middle school to face trial
Entitled kid. All he had to do was very calmly explain the situation. He chose to escalate it. That choice has a consequence.
Anonymous
09/30/2016 13:21
Subject: Teen accused of stealing 65-cent carton of milk at middle school to face trial
He's just a punk that doesn't believe in consequences. At the least, he cut in line and took it without permission, he got called out and could have ended it with an oops..... sorry... but he want's to escalate and argue that consequences shouldn't apply to him, even saying sorry was too much to ask him he seems to feel. No sympathy.
Anonymous
09/30/2016 13:00
Subject: Re:Teen accused of stealing 65-cent carton of milk at middle school to face trial
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.
+1.
What a joke.
I'm waiting for the tweet "Hey, Ryan, cool milk carton. Want to come drink it at the White House?"
Anonymous
09/30/2016 12:52
Subject: Teen accused of stealing 65-cent carton of milk at middle school to face trial
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Frickin ridiculous
My father was an assistant principal. He faced down kids with knives and nunchucks. And I don't believe law enforcement was ever involved.
Seriously? Going to court over a milk? I just can't
The kid was offered the option not to go to court. He chose not to take that option.
The option of not going to court probably involved him admitting guilt and being punished in some way. If he isn't guilty why should he admit guilt and be be punished? He doesn't even attend middle school anymore. Why is the district still pressing charges against him for milk the district gets for free? No way some middle class or affluent student does the same thing and has to go to court.
The article is implying that this is his thinking -- that he is being treated unfairly because of his race/SES. Alternatively, middle class or affluent students wouldn't escalate such a situation into a court trial and article in the Washington Post.
Anonymous
09/30/2016 12:50
Subject: Teen accused of stealing 65-cent carton of milk at middle school to face trial
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Frickin ridiculous
My father was an assistant principal. He faced down kids with knives and nunchucks. And I don't believe law enforcement was ever involved.
Seriously? Going to court over a milk? I just can't
The kid was offered the option not to go to court. He chose not to take that option.
He was offered a punishment. I wouldn't accept a punishment if I didn't do anything wrong. Good for this kid to have a backbone.
His mother is either backing him or making him go to court for this. Taking a stand on pricniple is a valuable life skill, backing down and apologizing to smoothe things over is another valuable life skill.
The school sounds somewhat unreasonable here, but they are the authorities. If he were to act like a responsible student (soon he'll be driving, not much longer until he's an adult), apologize rather than escalate, then he wouldn't need to go to court, in front of a judge.
Anonymous
09/30/2016 12:49
Subject: Teen accused of stealing 65-cent carton of milk at middle school to face trial
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Frickin ridiculous
My father was an assistant principal. He faced down kids with knives and nunchucks. And I don't believe law enforcement was ever involved.
Seriously? Going to court over a milk? I just can't
The kid was offered the option not to go to court. He chose not to take that option.
The option of not going to court probably involved him admitting guilt and being punished in some way. If he isn't guilty why should he admit guilt and be be punished? He doesn't even attend middle school anymore. Why is the district still pressing charges against him for milk the district gets for free? No way some middle class or affluent student does the same thing and has to go to court.