BOCA RATON, Fla. – While many people have expressed outrage over a viral video showing teenagers dumping garbage into the waters off South Florida over the weekend, one of their classmates is sticking up for them.
A Boca Raton Community High School student who didn’t want to give his name said he was on the boat next to the perpetrators during Sunday’s Boca Bash.
“I saw a bunch of trash,” the student said. “I wasn’t saying anything about it but I said, ‘Make sure it goes in the trash.’”
The video, however, shows that the teens did the opposite.
That classmate said his fellow students’ actions are being unfairly scrutinized.
“Trash happens everywhere, all over the world,” that classmate said. “We are terrorizing 15-year-old kids ‘cause of trash. Yes, I know they are dumb, but at the same time, we all (have) to realize that Florida is filled with trash.”
Officials with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission don’t see it that way, however, and are investigating. Officials said they are working with Palm Beach County prosecutors to determine appropriate charges.
Local 10 News is not identifying those involved until law enforcement releases their names.