The "teaching moment" was when you were raising them. If you release a 15 year old with your 2 million dollar boat and they "don't know" not to dump trash offshore, you've failed as a parent.

@jungleno.

Ай бұрын

That boat is not worth anywhere near 2 million. 150 thousand max.

@robot_spider

Ай бұрын

@@jungleno. It's an older boat, so maybe not 2M--I took a shot in the dark not knowing what make/model it is. But that thing has >$75k worth of motors, alone.

@jungleno.

Ай бұрын

@@robot_spider yes. Those outboards cost at least 20 grand each.

@jerseyraider9618

Ай бұрын

You don’t live in the real world

@robot_spider

Ай бұрын

@@jerseyraider9618 Yep, my inability to appraise a boat based on a grainy 30 second clip truly makes me history's greatest monster. It was the final ingredient I needed for my doomsday device.

Anyone who is capable of driving a boat should face adult consequences.

@scalz420

Ай бұрын

it a boat not a helicopter

@SouthFloridaSunshine

Ай бұрын

@@scalz420your point?

@scalz420

Ай бұрын

@@SouthFloridaSunshine its a boat not a helicopter is the point, stop missing points so much

@LagrangePoint901

Ай бұрын

@@scalz420 When someone can't explain themself it gives you a clue that they really don't know what they are talking about. But let me give it a shot. So, you can be less responsible because flying up in the air is much more complex than driving a boat? But I would say complexity isn't the issue it's being responsible because driving a boat is like driving a car, ....you shouldn't speed, you have to yield for right of way, wreckless driving applies to boat and auto, and you do need a license to drive a boat in Florida. As to your helicopter comparison, I'd say driving a boat is more like operating a helicopter because you need to have navigation skills, read a compass, weather is critical, survival skills, etc. How's that?

@crypticnomad

Ай бұрын

So a kid who throws trash out of a boat should forever lose their right to vote and lose their ability to get a passport? That is what happens to adults with felonies. It seems like a totally reasonable punishment unlike nonsense like making them clean up the ocean, pay fines and do other types of community service.

Everyone on that boat should also be held accountable. For the parent that stated his son was a minor and had no comment, this is exactly why your son is such an idiot. No accountability for his actions.

Your child being a minor and you having no comment for his behavior, basically sums it up.

@davidb2206

15 күн бұрын

He's a dud. Apple not far from the tree.

@smallfeet4581

14 күн бұрын

​@@davidb2206 was just going to say that , you beat me to it ,

A lot of the trash was Miller light beer cans. What's 16 and 15 yr olds doing with beer, and operating a boat this size. Someone's parent needs to be investigated.

@janeclayton151

Ай бұрын

I agree....Why are they operating a marine vessel while also underage drinking? Who supplied the alcohol? Kids this young with zero monitoring could easily have become intoxicated and drive this boat under the influence and maim themselves or others.

@MRA849

Ай бұрын

Rich kids from Boca raton an you si will no punishment

@douglasstone3813

Ай бұрын

His (Charlie Ruth) parents are Chris and Lisa Ruth of Gulf Stream Florida. They own Firstlight Care Home Franchises, they are from New York!

@Brian-pz3wh

Ай бұрын

@@axebeard7677 hmmm sounds like we have a punk apologist apologizing for ...punks.

@Adam.Langton

Ай бұрын

​@axebeard7677 really? As a bunch of underage drunk teens dump garbage into the ocean, your giving the teen steering rhe boat the benifit of the doubt? Lol, alright buddy.

spoiled kids , riding around driving a multi 100k dollar boat, parents hire a PR firm, maybe they should have just raised their kids correctly., I suspect these kids get anything they want and do whatever they want. Hope the judge throws the book at them. Horrible kids and parents

@smujer1

Ай бұрын

Ditto

@ejschaub1139

Ай бұрын

That aint nothin compared to army disscharges in saint lucie river for 30 years

@rickhammond2473

Ай бұрын

The father will grease the palms and kids get off easy.

@saudigold50

Ай бұрын

*Their parents were just like these kids*

@arcanusluvalus1388

Ай бұрын

parents are just as bad.

Both teens and their parents should be held accountable! Their parent statements prove that these parents have never taught their children not to litter or trash or oceans. To all parents, that’s your job. I raise both my boys on boats. We not only taught them to throw away the trash in a trashcan once we got back to land, but we also would pick up other peoples trash on oceans and lakes. My sons are there 30s and they’re both into the boating industry. and they still pick up peoples trash. Come on parents raise your kids, right! Teach them how to be responsible and put their trash and trash cans. Pretty simple thing to teach your children!

They sacrificed the youngest among them thinking they would get leniency. Honestly not surprised. Every passenger aboard should be charged...

Investigate the parents, this isn’t a teens boat. What kind of a parent allows this behavior.

@TLR1988

Ай бұрын

WHITE PARENTS.

@Sevenfold120

Ай бұрын

They dont know what their kids are doing. Parents rarely know. Mine didnt know and I wasnt rich growing up.

@halvorson566

Ай бұрын

@@Sevenfold120 you will be issued a citation for using Common Sense&Rational Logic on the Internet if you keep this up bucko. That sort of thing isn’t allowed around here, first&final warning.

@user-vx7vi3vq1c

Ай бұрын

What kind of dummy think the parents “allow” this behavior?

@edmundooliver7584

Ай бұрын

what about the driver.@@Sevenfold120

Anyone caught littering on water or land should be given THOUSANDS of hours of roadside litter clean up community service.

@Snappy650

Ай бұрын

IMO it should be a capital offense, but I’ll take it 😅

@d-rockanomaly9243

Ай бұрын

Thousands of hours eh? How dense are you? Do you have any idea how many hours a thousand is? This is just like the dumbest comment I've read all year

@weltonvillegal6258

Ай бұрын

In the middle of July when it’s baking hot and humid.

@Jenny-ok4no

Ай бұрын

Exactly!!

@eliseoretro4407

28 күн бұрын

💯

How about both charges the $50, 000 each and the 5 years jail term

@jtosti66

9 күн бұрын

Absolutely

father: "my child is a minor child, we have no comment" hmmmm he is so minor that you let him out in the ocean on that boat to pollute and dump trash......were you there supervising your "minor child"? or did you have a responsible adult with your "minor child" and by the way was your "minor child" drinking? The statement from the parent explains sooo much about why your "minor child" felt entitled to dump trash in our oceans.

Rich 15 years olds dumping all the empty alcohol cans and bottles they'd consumed. More than one crime here.

@Flies2FLL

Ай бұрын

A republican would tell you that what you saw was Mountain Dew cans....

@woodchippers_WestWingDimeBag

Ай бұрын

@@Flies2FLL a republican would point out the violent crime taking place everyday in democrat run cities....

@Igotitrightagain

Ай бұрын

Tens of millions of underaged teenagers throw their beer cans out the window of their car in case they’re pulled over. What’s the difference? Wrong maybe but not felonious.

@SuperJlonergan

Ай бұрын

Like no otger teens drink. It's part of being a teen dingdong...the polluting is not

@user-fb2hv9cy7y

Ай бұрын

@@Flies2FLL explain the high murder rate in cities run by democrats for the last 20 or more years.

The parents are about 10 years late in finding a "teaching moment."

@schoolcounselor2534

Ай бұрын

Those parents are fools letting teens drive a high powered boat with no supervision. Shame on them.

@Jimm7676

Ай бұрын

@@schoolcounselor2534like 16 year olds can’t drive cars . 🥱🤣🤣🤣🤣.🤡💩

@kerstieamiya4880

Ай бұрын

@@schoolcounselor2534seriously I have a cabin cruiser in my mid 20s & have a very difficult time even getting it back in the slip (parking spot at dock) I have only been out less than a handful of times on my own yet they let all these teens go out and party on this boat ALONE. Pathetic parenting

@jonnnn7699

Ай бұрын

Dude they dumped trash being stupid. It’s truly not a big deal. This is the stupidest comment thread, I’m glad all you morons never made a mistake throughout your entire teenage years 😂😂😂

@jeanaprewitt9658

Ай бұрын

I guess you were never a teenager and never did anything stupid. Teenagers throw most of their upbringing out the window, especially when with other kids. Making them pick up a lot of trash would indeed be a teachable moment.

Both sets of parents failed at the most important job they had, raising decent children.

"My son is a minor child and we have no comments" yeah right... the fact that you can't even own your flaws as raising parents says it all.

Teens are not children. They know right from wrong and chose to break the law.

@Igotitrightagain

Ай бұрын

Exactly. These idiots commenting that the parents should be held accountable and punished are idiots or childless.

@isay207

Ай бұрын

Not young kids

@aliceinwonderland887

Ай бұрын

I broke into a building and stole a floor safe when I was 16. There was no punishment they let me live at home. They made me go to a school with juvenile law breakers like me three or for hours a day. That's it. I'll never forget the cop who arrested me telling me how lucky I was that I was only 16. He showed me the max sentence was 50 years for just stealing the safe alone. I was arrested for armed robbery a year later and they dropped the charges. FTP. I am old now I never get in trouble anymore. But I did then.

@StopWars420

Ай бұрын

@@aliceinwonderland887 what's your point? You were full of privilege?

@Crazzzycarrot-qo5wr

Ай бұрын

@@aliceinwonderland887 So dumb, cant even believe it.

That father saying his son is minor and no comment is a sign of stupidity and maybe include him in community service and double the fine!…

@greygoosephene8360

15 күн бұрын

But but he's a good father!😂😂😂

@noernupen8576

15 күн бұрын

That's why his kid like that. Got from his father. Parent never teach him to be a good person.

@smallfeet4581

14 күн бұрын

Yes double the fine if they ain't going to jail them ,Youths should be on a police record as well , only expunged after twenty years of no other arrests , parents too ,

@peterpeter5666

13 күн бұрын

so what are minor teens doing with beer?

They should be forced to clean trash from the ocean.

the punishment should be... $50,000 in fines AND 5 years in prison.

"My son is a minor child and we have no comment" if your 16yr old can't handle himself then you should be on the boat too.

@TheAnimeist

Ай бұрын

I woudn't say anything to the media either.

@jsprink30

Ай бұрын

Michael Kirby & Chris Ruth

@davepumphernickel9568

Ай бұрын

⁠@@TheAnimeistyeah cowards are usually afraid to speak, and explain how dumb they are, as well as being afraid of any responsibility they or they’re dumb kids make.

@Ray56z

Ай бұрын

How did y'all miss the part about teachers and school administrators were operating the boat, teens were with them? 1:15 Y'all read video/article titles and know everything from that to make comments on?

@shyladunning

Ай бұрын

Don’t think they meant that the boat was being operated by school staff and administrators……. What they meant was they spoke to schools trying to identify the teens as well as speaking to others that were on the boat with the teens

Well, I guess that second father should be charged, since his son is a minor. No wonder his son has turned out this way with parenting like that. What BS!!!

@mxslick50

Ай бұрын

That father probably either owns the boat or bought all the beer for them (or both).

@bcgambit80

Ай бұрын

Sure, because ALL children do EXACTLY what their parents tell them to, and have NO way of making their own choices.

@user-jk6jw9nq9m

Ай бұрын

I'm sure that Daddy will be doing his best to get his minor son out of the consequences.

@TheTishy44

Ай бұрын

Listen, it was smart of him to say no comment since they don’t know what’s gonna happen to the kids you’re supposed to get a lawyer and shut your mouth if you’re smart and he’s protecting his kid like all of us would.

@rockymypug

Ай бұрын

@@bcgambit80 This commenter is the type of P.O.S. that is the reason for these types of kids existing. Loser.

How are "minor children" out with a million+ boat with trash canS full of beer vans to dump in the ocean? The parents need to be investigated.

Why in the world are those kids. Alone on a boat anyway? The parents should be held accountable...

The boat should be confiscated.

@jillr759

Ай бұрын

Dry docked 100%

@clarkallred6680

Ай бұрын

@@jillr759 So sick and tired of these woke, panty waist parents that esentially let their brats run the household. The judicial system, along with practically everything else in this country is a pathetic joke anymore. Take the damned $100,000 + dollar boat plus fines, plus community service and anything else we're still allowed to charge these entitled little punks with!

@jonlee2217

Ай бұрын

Might be a rented boat?

@oscardena1767

Ай бұрын

So what all ocean going vessel do this every day get over it get a life.

@Hoovie9596

Ай бұрын

Why. All they did was litter.

The parent that said my son is a minor and I have no comment is the cause for his sons behavior and the reason he felt the he could dump trash in the ocean and get away with it. The fathers should be held accountable because they own the boat.

@cece7biz

Ай бұрын

Exactly.....what a bunch of numbskulls - no respect for anything. Maybe the "minor child" shouldn't be out on a party boat as he obviously can't obey without lots of adult supervision

@johnbowman1076

Ай бұрын

Sounds like he talked to a lawyer. Was told to say nothing.

@susanwilliams7141

Ай бұрын

Even talking with a lawyer, a simple I'm sorry for my son's behavior and appropriate measures will be performed is all that needs to be said. Accountability goes a long way, lawyer or not!!!!

@d-rockanomaly9243

Ай бұрын

Maybe. The other kid did it and his parents took responsibility for it. You can't just make these like crazy assumptions with little information

@suepeck1456

Ай бұрын

Then he shouldn’t be drinking.

SAD the adults on the boat were NOT charge. SAD the boat owners are not taking the responsibility!

No child should be operating a boat without the parents aboard . Parents should be investigated and charged as well.

The penalty should be confiscate the boat!

@AmusedCoffee-ym3gb

Ай бұрын

Boat was a rented

@jacquelinebrown5900

Ай бұрын

One of the penalties.

@AFAskygoddess

Ай бұрын

​@AmusedCoffee-ym3gb , the boat belongs to an LLC. One of the felonious brats' parents might be a part of the LLC.

@snarkymcsnarkles3493

Ай бұрын

@@AmusedCoffee-ym3gb That would sure be a lesson to not rent to people are irresponsible if they lost their boat.

@Igotitrightagain

Ай бұрын

@@snarkymcsnarkles3493 because they were 1.5 miles out instead of 3 miles out where it’s legal? Lmfao

Parents taking no accountability for their lil monsters

@bwofficial1776

Ай бұрын

Why should they? The parents weren't the ones allegedly dumping trash.

@theecue

Ай бұрын

@@bwofficial1776 "allegedly" you didn't watch the video? Is they weren't white I bet you would be singing a lot different toon

@leonakinglion3210

Ай бұрын

​@@theecueI see that person has no comment

@BrokeAsAJokeSlots

Ай бұрын

Who gives a fk 😂 government lets companies dump chemicals and other worst things into the ocean but they don’t get fined. Each government in every countries test bombs and nuclear bombs into the ocean but we don’t sue them for littering so why should we give a single fk about trash… our ocean is already fked up.

@BrokeAsAJokeSlots

Ай бұрын

Also, go sue each country for littering in space… if y’all care about littering so much 😂

What kind of parent lets their teenager take out a probably $200,000 boat for a beer party with other teens. Parent should be charged.

“My son is a minor child, we have no comment”! That makes me think, that parent thinks it’s no big deal. He doesn’t think his kid should be in trouble because he’s just a “child”. Well sir, when ur son commits a worse crime, because he’s been emboldened by you making excuses for his behavior, it won’t matter that he’s under 18. He could still be charged as an adult, if the crime is bad enough! They sound like entitled spoiled BRATS!!! A 5 year old knows it’s bad to throw trash in the ocean.

Father says, a minor child.........But old enough to be out on a expensive boat unsupervised, and old enough to know better than throwing a lot of trash in the water.

@pvdogs2

Ай бұрын

They weren't unsupervised. In the video they said there were teachers and school administrators on the boat. That makes it even more disturbing.

@cornflakes1275

Ай бұрын

And old enough to have beers 😂

@HikerBikerMoter

Ай бұрын

being a minor can NOT be used as an excuse to escape punishment. He WILL be punished because what he did caused a lot if damage to the community and the environment

@Ray56z

Ай бұрын

@@pvdogs2 lefty teachers and school administrators in that area, they don't provide supervision, they promote illegal deeds.

@andreklingler8666

22 күн бұрын

@@HikerBikerMoter its not, but it plays a massive role in your charge. Did nobody in these comments litter as a kid cus ik I certainly did and could care less at that age, only when I reached about 18 I realized how harmful it was and what our country would look like if everyone littered.

Who owns the boat? Whoever allowed teens to operate the boat without adult supervision should face a judge. Child endangerment?

@BillyBob-im7og

Ай бұрын

You only need to be 14 to get a boaters license and operate a boat Independent

@Igotitrightagain

Ай бұрын

I operated a boat solo at 12 years old.

@TheQueenRulesAll

Ай бұрын

If given the privilege to drive a boat, then they are old enough and clever enough to know better.

@willissudweeks1050

Ай бұрын

@@douglasstone3813You hoping something bad happens? Looks like you’re not the best dude either.

@stevemccormick4938

Ай бұрын

I've watched 12 YO's run a 40 foot better than a lot of adults.

10 years in prison for everyone on the boat

@mirnabelford1591

27 күн бұрын

I am agree… they should serve jail time… law should apply equall….

@robertknight4045

24 күн бұрын

That's funny. People get less time then that for murder.

I was on a ship in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1992-1994 and we were ordered to dump trash in the ocean. I was completely shocked at this and later found out that it was allowed a certain distance from any shoreline, but still was one of the more consciously difficult thing I ever had to be part of. Not sure where the law stands on this type of activity now.

@aliannarodriguez1581

26 күн бұрын

Cruise ships used to do that, but I think, I hope, it’s no longer allowed.

@jacktorse2145

21 күн бұрын

Thats a dirty little secret the Navy doesn't like to be advertised, all the waste goes right overboard!!!

@Anna_Stetik

13 күн бұрын

@@aliannarodriguez1581 Cruise ships are fined if they get caught tossing some kinds of trash or waste. They are allowed to dump biodegradable trash, and even highly 'processed' waste water. Oil, plastic, cardboard, etc, no. Princess got a $40 million fine, and Carnival got a $20 million fine. It's not much considering how much $ they make.

@drinkely8235

12 күн бұрын

And we wonder why our planet is having all kinds of issues. Human beings ruin everything.

Too much money and entitlement. So disrespectful.

@jenardhorace2652

Ай бұрын

exactly. 3 outboard motors. probably close to 100K just for the motors alone but the parents don't care to teach the kids morals or responsibility.

@edub9930

Ай бұрын

Trust me, this isn't the 1st time they did this either

@Ray56z

Ай бұрын

How did y'all miss the part about teachers and school administrators were operating the boat, teens were with them? 1:15 Y'all read video/article titles and know everything from that to make comments on?

@shiitake1521

Ай бұрын

Florida

@Ray56z

Ай бұрын

@@shiitake1521 More like "The leftys moving to Florida" as the one that owned this boat and refused to talk about his minor son.

These teens need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Send a VERY CLEAR message. I am very sure they knew it was wrong when they did it. This behavior needs to stop.

@goodpainlive

Ай бұрын

Wishful thinking. Daddy will pay a fine and case will quietly go away.

@devonb9195

Ай бұрын

Fullest extent of the law would be 5 years in prison.

@sketch6995

Ай бұрын

Oh? A 299 dollar fine is gonna teach these entitled bastards a lesson? Daddy will just cut a check.

My child would have known by 3 that dropping trash any kind is unacceptable.

"My son is a minor child, and we have no comment". How to say "I failed as a parent" without actually saying "I failed as a parent"

Parent: My child is a minor and we have no comment. Yep, that's just the kind of parents you'd think to have fostered these entitled jerks.

@Rightly_Divided

Ай бұрын

I thought parents were responsible for their children until they turned 18... By law

@jsprink30

Ай бұрын

Michael Kirby & Chris Ruth

@Ray56z

Ай бұрын

Well, that parent is a lefty transplant from n.y., not much punishment happens to law breakers in n.y. 99% most likely still voting the same way here as what caused the reasons they fled n.y.too. Has anyone ever said a lefty had a brain?

The father that said his son is a minor and he has no comment. That boy ain't going to learn nothing because his daddy won't even accept what his son done was wrong he thinks just because his sons of minor it's okay. Bad parenting

@E_Don

Ай бұрын

100p.

@poollife777

Ай бұрын

That's because he taught him to do it.

@janeclayton151

Ай бұрын

@@poollife777 I agree, undoubtedly the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

@wanderingweh405

Ай бұрын

It's a learned behavior. Trashy family and friends!

@ArgentLost

Ай бұрын

Hey fine. So whatever punishment your well grown minor was going to get, you can do instead ... dad.

I hope the teen whose family didn’t apologize after a video showed the damage he caused should get jail (juvenile). The minimum they should have done was to offer an apology to the State of Florida and its citizens.

This should be a felony. There is zero excuses for this.

Terrible kids come from terrible parents. We know exactly the type of people these two guys will grow up to be

@isay207

Ай бұрын

A$$e$$

@bradwellen5765

Ай бұрын

dem parents raising idiots.

@bwofficial1776

Ай бұрын

@@germanboy2513 No one was talking about Trump until you brought him up. What's it like, having him constantly on your mind? Do you dream about him?

@jerseyraider9618

Ай бұрын

Most kids would have went along with this. You don’t live in the real world

@gilwood7530

Ай бұрын

Like LOOTERS , ROBBERS , MUGGERS ? BUT BUT BUT Dey jus TEENS ...Aint be duin no harm

The boat operator should be charged.

@ILoveCunnilingus

Ай бұрын

🤦‍♂

@sammyjo8109

Ай бұрын

It was the son of the owner of the boat and one of the two, Charles Ruth, that dumped the trash.

@Ray56z

Ай бұрын

How did y'all miss the part about teachers and school administrators were operating the boat, teens were with them? 1:15 Y'all read video/article titles and know everything from that to make comments on?

The father that commented that his son is a child, and gave no comment., probably thinks no one should be teaching his kid anything but him. Poor example of a father.

Who supplied the teens beer? The parents? Charge them furnishing alcohol to minors and let them do jail time and put the teens in foster care.

@Antiwokexx

Ай бұрын

Rarely do parents supply beer to their kids. They usually know someone above age. I highly doubt the parents did knowing they were taking out a boat.

@TeufelHunden-cq6mq

Ай бұрын

More than likely not the parents supplying alcohol

@donHooligan

Ай бұрын

hahaha those laws only apply to poor people, silly!

@billolsen4360

Ай бұрын

They also had a bottle of Old Harper

@Ray56z

Ай бұрын

How did y'all miss the part about teachers and school administrators were operating the boat, teens were with them? 1:15 Y'all read video/article titles and know everything from that to make comments on?

Punishment for this type of behavior, by minors or adults, needs to be a lot more severe in this country.

@ecogreco

Ай бұрын

I agree. They may be teens, but they have committed an adult crime. In those kinds of circumstances, they need to be tried as adults. When I was a teenager, I would have never done anything vile like that.

@sayitaintso7544

Ай бұрын

Theyre not 6yrs old. Even little children know right from wrong if the parents have done their job. Even if the parents havent done their job teenagers are old enough to know better. Soft judges are a headache in any state.

@ViggoMJ

Ай бұрын

Agreed

@BrockMcGuill

Ай бұрын

Well Florida is a toxic waste land and white Republicans don't face charges there.

@woodchippers_WestWingDimeBag

Ай бұрын

now do chicago

These parents MISSED THEIR TEACHING MOMENT if their kids think its okay to dump a hell of a lot of trash into the ocean while parading around like idiots on a boat. As for the parent who commented 'my son is a minor" ...how does a $50K fine sound for that minor of yours? Teach your kids right from wrong - unlike these parents, don't make excuses for your kids bad behaviour..... Shameful behaviour!!!! DISGUSTING!

I can hear that dad furiously calling his son “how could you do that to me?” You’re grounded for a week…..

Charge their parents just like Nathan Crumbley parents. Those parents were negligent in protecting the environment and underage drinking!

@TheQueenRulesAll

Ай бұрын

Good point.

@Igotitrightagain

Ай бұрын

How about NO. People are responsible for their own actions. Did your dad go to detention in school for you, re-do your homework? Charge then parents of teenagers who harmed no one?

@justbehonest66

Ай бұрын

That's a pretty bad example to use at least these kids didn't walk into a school and open fire and kill four people

@maryholter2971

Ай бұрын

@justbehonest66 the driver of the boat was a minor and provided alcohol to his passengers. Captain of vessel respinsible for safety of passengers and those around him. Parents of these teens are negligent. What if the captain was legally drunk and caused accident? Trash dampers fell off boat dumping trash? Crumbley case is precedent now.

@charleselphinstone6714

Ай бұрын

@@justbehonest66 Still to early to make that call!

The parents should be made to pay for all clean up, court costs, and investigative costs.

@bajoobiecuzican

Ай бұрын

💯!!

@airadaimagery692

Ай бұрын

Charge rich people money, yeah, that’ll fixm genius. These kids need to do a lifetime of trash pick up. Use your brain.

They learned that behavior. It’s so good to see trash dampers held accountable. I live in the country and people use our land to dump trash often. It’s infuriating.

The other folks on the boat, including the person piloting it, should also face charges. They stood by while it happened, and did nothing to try and discourage the action.

Bad parents who have raised bad kids. These spoiled brats should be charged for harming the ocean and its marine wildlife.

@halvorson566

Ай бұрын

This is ridiculous, &the entire BS sentiment that’s been going around too often lately of “reee kids did something wrong, it’s obviously the parents fault!” needs to stop. Has everyone seriously forgot the dumb things they did growing or at least people they know of from school that did dumb stuff, but had good parents? I know I was a dumb kid that had good parents but still did things behind their backs. Did I ever do this exactly? Nope, didn’t have a boat. Certainly did plenty of stupid things with many of other people though in high school. That’s part of growing up, making stupid mistakes, dealing with the outcome, &learning from them. Does every kid who does something wrong have good parents? Obviously not, but to go&say it’s the parents fault every damn time something is in the media is ridiculous. If our parents are to blame for everything we’ve ever done, then I got a feelings that this world is filled with horrible people, &those of us who go on to have kids will also be the same kind of horrible. My son’s 2, so I think I’m mostly safe at the moment besides when he gets cranky from refusing his nap, but boy, in several years or so I’ll be Charles Manson from this sort of sentiment.

@wuzittooya

Ай бұрын

@@halvorson566 No one cares. Entitled kids can face consequences for their dumb actions too.

Those weren't young kids misbehaving, those were young adults deliberately harming the environment.

@d-rockanomaly9243

Ай бұрын

And they're not adults actually. And yes everyone knows that this is children harming the environment purposefully I'm not sure what your point is

@bricaaron3978

Ай бұрын

They are certainly young adults, but they did not harm the environment in any way.

@donHooligan

Ай бұрын

far right Muricans, at their absolute best!

@Lilcurious1

Ай бұрын

@@bricaaron3978 Oh' did those young adults retrieve all those garbage cans of trash that they dumped into the ocean? I must have missed that part of the story.

@Lilcurious1

Ай бұрын

@@d-rockanomaly9243 My point is that all young adults should know better, whereby they shouldn't need to be told how to behave... Especially when it comes to contaminating the environment.

Owner of the boat should also be charged.

So basically, the parents are saying there just kids, So dumping trash and underage drinking is ok. We won't hold them accountable.

All those beer cans didn't empty themselves. 15 and 16 who bought them the beer? Probably the dad that won't comment. The captain of the boat is responsible also.

@Violet316

Ай бұрын

Captain? You mean kid.

$10k fine take the boat and no boating or beach = 10 years !

@CKLee-rs4kl

Ай бұрын

Yeah, I'd say more like a $100K fine and impound the boat.

@allaboutroofing2

29 күн бұрын

Ya all are delusional. 15 and 16, think back to when you where that age.

I am 100% positive the teen of the second father providing "no comment" is the teen who instigated this act. No accountability.

The parents are extremely ignorant and the way these punks acted is exactly how they were raised.

They should have to clear up trash from the beach for the next 6 months.

@mattsheezy5469

15 күн бұрын

6 years

These kids are in trouble. They're under MARITIME LAW in the ocean, and that's even tougher than Florida law. They will be charged with felonies.

@echospaw899

Ай бұрын

👍🏼

@Peeta-wn4hh

Ай бұрын

As well they should be. Prosecutors should also consider charging them as adults.

@Laughing_At_The_Liberals

Ай бұрын

Money will buy them out

And then they say "this is the best generation ever" and "young kids will save the environment"

Their parents must be so proud of them

Rich kids don't get punished.

@Anonymous-ko8fo

Ай бұрын

Affluenza

@catherinethemba

Ай бұрын

No millionaires on death row either.

@docsullen2612

Ай бұрын

Neither do rich adults.

@WWG1WWGA

Ай бұрын

guess how much the $$$$$ parents DONATE to POLITICIANS! 🤬

@Shell2014

Ай бұрын

No one in criminal system gets punished…what serve 6 yrs for killing someone…the whole system is flawed…

The dad with no comment should be arrested for not teaching his son better

@magsteel9891

Ай бұрын

Arrested because he exercised his constitutional rights?

@boostedmaniac

Ай бұрын

While this is wrong, we don’t need to arrest the father.

@HikerBikerMoter

Ай бұрын

​@boostedmaniac he can be socially shamed for not showing remorse whatsoever

@HikerBikerMoter

Ай бұрын

​@@magsteel9891he can be socially shamed for not showing remorse whatsoever

@AmazinGraceXOXO1

Ай бұрын

​​@@magsteel9891no he's basically saying "this is stupid, my son did no wrong."

Why are 15 years olds (minor children) out alone on such an expensive boat anyway? Despicable behavior.

Their names are "15-year-old Charles Henry Ruth and 16-year-old Michael Mastics Kirby."

Absolutely disgusting.

A teaching moment is when a kid tells a joke he didn't know was offensive and everybody can learn from it. This is a "punishment moment" here.

@emilinebelle7811

20 күн бұрын

Jokes are just jokes. This is actually criminal and should absolutely be punished.

EVERYONE on that boat should pay a fine and get community service!!! If someone was murdered and no one did anything they would all be charged. Why didn't anyone on the boat try to stop them???

This is DESPICABLE behavior. Shows you the character and the heart of these kids. The parent's response is reprehensive.

Accountability, responsibility, consequences and penalty. STOP GIVING EXCUSES FOR THEIR DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR.

Dad's response!, tells you exactly why those kids are!, the way they are!! So they're not kids when they're drinking and partying. On a 300+thousands Boat!, But when they commit a crime!, now their kids!! Typical!!

@T.R.E.D.

Ай бұрын

They are still kids when they are drinking and partying lol. That’s what 16 year olds do. Just because they aren’t poor and they get to go out on expensive adventures doesn’t mean anything to how responsible they have to be compared to a poor individual. We all did stupid things as a 16 year old. Our parents called us kids at 16. You guys need to cool your jets, don’t you have local kids to yell at for being on your lawn?

@BigDaddy-zh2rc

Ай бұрын

@@T.R.E.D. Your talking too the wrong person, on this subject! By 16/17 I worked 78hrs a week! And was taught my whole life.Common courtesy a mutual respect for others! And the way my family viewed the land. is like that of a native american Indian! And I'm a florida native!, who's had too watch his home be destroyed, on a daily basis!! Cleaned boat bottoms with scuba ,for 9yrs in that area. I've seen side canals PACKED SOLID!!, with TRASH!! And I've seen the de@th it causes!! What they did is straight up!, a form of eco terrorism!! And it happens all the time!!! There's no excuse for it!! I guarantee you!, none of my three children. whatever even consider doing something like this!! And had any of my children!, vandalized his luxurious boat! I guarantee you!, that father would want the book thrown at them!! See how that works!?

@T.R.E.D.

Ай бұрын

@@BigDaddy-zh2rc good for you, but that’s not normal. Kids aren’t supposed to work 78 hours a week they should be in school. To say that’s how a kid should live is silly. Yes, they did something stupid and reprehensible, but to make the parents pay is stupid. They didn’t do it.

Jail !!! Period !!!

The people on that boat who just watch those teen dumping those trash into the ocean should be held accountable too.

The families describing them as ‘young kids’ and ‘minor child’ is a shameful attempt to diminish their responsibility. I don’t want them to get a disproportionate punishment but even a six-year-old would understand not to do this.

@BCNeil

22 күн бұрын

Young kids when they litter. But mature adults when they are out using the boat. Typical parents.

@deaterk

21 күн бұрын

Entitled parents raise entitled kids.

JAIL !!! NOT COMMUNITY SERVICE !!! 😡

@jillr759

Ай бұрын

Both!

The blatant disregard for all other life in that area really upsets me. That’s an entire ecosystem you’re damaging, not to mention the poor people just trying to enjoy the beach while have your trash washing up from all directions? Absolutely not. They need consequences that will stick. Humans can’t suck this much. We need to do better at teaching the smaller ones

Who was piloting the boat....he is as well responsible for his crews actions....

@rawx485

Ай бұрын

Probably one of the kids

@MichaelP-ns

Ай бұрын

the 15 yo was the captain and also the first to dump the can - his dad owns the boat

@donross381

Ай бұрын

Impound the boat!

@rawx485

Ай бұрын

@@donross381 They should seize it auction it off

@sammyjo8109

Ай бұрын

Charles Ruth whose parents own the boat and one of the two dumping the trash in the ocean.

The parent with the long, detailed statement is the boat owner, he hired a PR firm days ago to deal with this and it shows. I have my doubts about there being much sincerity in what was said.

"A minor child". Such an odd choice of words, I see where the kid gets his brains from.

When I was a kid, my father told us never to worry about getting in trouble with the police; it was no big deal. We were not in trouble until we got home. We thought a lot about that.

Everyone on board should be charged. If you are the driver of the get away car during a bank robbery, you get charged. Same thing here.

@MrChiangching

Ай бұрын

No

@bwofficial1776

Ай бұрын

You want everyone in a speeding car to get a ticket?

@T.R.E.D.

Ай бұрын

Yeah sorry, this is a huge dummy comment. Someone didn’t think that through lol.

There were adults on the boat, they all should be charged!

So can we charged the parents too for not teaching the kids better....

One set of parents apparently had a better grasp of the situation than the other who hid behind their son’s age.

If it was alcohol trash they should be charged with under age drinking 🧐

@RGTFLA85

Ай бұрын

Unfortunately they had time to be sober before speaking to law enforcement. No proof beyond reasonable doubt that they personally drank at this time. Plus I think that underage drinking is 1st degree misdemeanor or less. 3rd degree felony they are facing is enough.

@echospaw899

Ай бұрын

It was!

@wolfie007

Ай бұрын

possibly DUI

@christopherjakel1049

Ай бұрын

​@wolfie007 While I would certainly say no doubt that is highly likely, the 1st reply is accurate. There is no solid evidence of it. It's one of those, "everyone knows but there is no way to prove it" scenarios. Hopefully they get the maximum punishment (or close to it) from the charges that can be proven (which are pretty steep).

@johnp139

Ай бұрын

@@christopherjakel1049That’s exactly why they dumped the evidence.

Everybody on the boat should be held accountable not just the two that dumped the trash. You were on the boat and witnessed something that should not have been done and yet you did nothing to stop them so that means you need to be held accountable as well ..you were present when a crime was committed

@jimmanis6717

Ай бұрын

Called accomplices, they were part of the felonious acts. it was their trash also.

@T.R.E.D.

Ай бұрын

You guys are idiots I’m sorry. Like everyone in a car should get a speeding ticket when the driver speeds? You guys need to chill and use your low IQ brains a little harder.

My son worked loss prevention many years ago. He couldn’t believe the parents who were furious at him because he had apprehended their little angel for theft. These kids and their parents were always shocked when there were actual consequences for their actions.

So basically the teachers and school administrators (adults) told the kids to dump the trash into the ocean. They should be held equally accountable for this

My son is a minor and is operating a boat and drinking so leave us alone. PERFECT way to go dad

Minor child ????? Despicable

@magsteel9891

Ай бұрын

That's the legal description of a 15 or 16 year old.

So that dad said no comments because the boy is a child?! So you allowed children to drive a $100.000 boat while underage drinking, brilliant!

@MW-on1ft

Ай бұрын

The boat cost way more than a $100k.

@danielfavino9537

Ай бұрын

Sounds like his lawyer gave him a script for any questions to me.

@kfelix2934

Ай бұрын

yeah that boat is probly in a 300-400k range easiy. heck a basic non fitted 31ft CC Ocean master is starting at 250K

The parents should be punished.

Once ships are outside 100 miles or so, everything goes overboard. Except for plastics, that stopped around 1990.

A teaching moment. These failures of parents should’ve taught them better than this in 16 years.