Student forced to turn to a life of crime and carjacking because his highschool asked for his photo ID when he tried to return to school from covid
https://www.kuow.org/stories/viral-teen-car-theft-trend-has-some-seattle-kia-boys-facing-adult-consequences One teenager's charges for allegedly stealing cars using a simple trick popularized on TikTok raises questions about how to handle the flood of recent youth car theft cases, especially when they land in adult court.
When Seattle schools reopened for in-person learning in 2021, Saylen Kelly was excited, recalled his twin sister, Saleen. But when he tried to return with her for their junior year at Chief Sealth International High School in West Seattle, Saleen said, her brother was asked to provide his birth certificate or another official form of identification. He had neither.
At home, Saylen Kelly broke down in tears, his sister said.
“I want to go to school, I want to get an education, I want to do better for myself,” Saleen remembers her brother saying. “He was very adamant about it.”
No one in Kelly’s family knew how to help him get his birth certificate, including their grandmother, who raised them. Seattle Schools told KUOW that ID is not required for high school, so it’s unclear why he was told it was.
Without access to his birth certificate, he gave up and dropped out completely.
Saylen Kelly is an alleged self-proclaimed “Kia Boy,” one of many teenagers charged with stealing Kia and Hyundai vehicles using a simple trick popularized on TikTok as the “Kia Challenge.”
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Kelly was charged in January in King County Superior Court with stealing eight cars, which police said were found parked around his grandmother’s house in Seattle's South Park neighborhood.
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The flood of teenagers suddenly facing car theft charges raises important questions about how to handle these cases, especially when they land in adult court, said Karen Pillar, director of policy and advocacy at Team Child.
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“I just remember him as this adorable, super friendly, outgoing, and very sweet little kid,” said neighbor Kendra Wight, who would hire him to help her weed the lawn. “He was often hungry, and he would be trying to get together a little bit of money to buy burritos for himself and his siblings.”
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“He was just always really curious," Mahowald said. Kelly wanted to understand how and why mechanical things worked.
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It’s the sort of thing that makes her realize how little her brother considers consequences, she said, including, she imagines, taking the “Kia Challenge,” which she considers out of character.
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>he was a good boy. He walked dogs and helped neighbors. >He enjoyed going to the store and getting Skittles and burritos >He always went to school. Math and science were tough but he loved learning >Then one day, someone asked to see his photo ID >His world came crashing down and he turned to a life of drugs and crime and stealing cars
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>>1266686 >He's an incredibly smart kid... he tried to throw his whole desk in the garbage can. In the middle of class, he emptied his desk, was throwing everything away, and dragged his desk over and put the leg in the garbage can Lol
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>>1266683 >“I want to go to school, I want to get an education, I want to do better for myself,” Saleen remembers her brother saying. “He was very adamant about it.” CAPTAIN GOODBOY, OF THE S.S. DINDUNUFFIN
I don't say ''racism'', because there is only the human 'race'
I don't say ''racism'', because there is only the human 'race' Wed 14 Feb 2024 10:19:11 No. 1266720 Report Quoted By:
>>1266690 >“He taught himself how to start fixing lawn mowers and clocks and stuff like that'' > >“You can steal one in seconds,” Smart kid, too bad bigot scum like you put up obstacles to prevent him from getting an education.
And it's the bigot scum that say there is no bigotry in America today.
I don't say ''racism'', because there is only the human 'race'
I don't say ''racism'', because there is only the human 'race' Wed 14 Feb 2024 10:21:11 No. 1266722 Report Quoted By:
>>1266704 >He was very adamant about it.” this anon thinks 'adam ant' means the singer.
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>>1266683 >smart enough to boost and fence cars >not smart enough to walk into county health and request a copy of his BC Which is it?
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>>1266698 Yeah he was definitely heading for a bright future.
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>>1266730 >walk into county health MAID yourself.
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>>1266736 >county 201 S Jackson St. Suite 220, Seattle, WA 98104
>state Washington State Department of Health
Center for Health Statistics Town Center 2
111 Israel Road SE
Tumwater, WA 98501
where there is a will, there is a way. This "youth" just wanted to boost cars and his family is playing the "he has no agency" card
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>>1266741 >This "youth" just wanted to boost cars and his family is playing the "he has no agency" card I don't get this shit.
The number one excuse for this sort of behavior is some sort of variation of "he had no choice in the matter, he's just a victim of society"
This article doesn't even make sense. his twin sister goes to the same school in the same grade, and didn't say anyone asked her for her birth certificate. The article states the school doesn't require a birth certificate or photo id.
She goes on to say the kid has rotting teeth at 18?
Dudes a meth head. He imagined excuses for why he's the victim and was forced to steal everyone's cars
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Prison isn't necessarily a rehabilitation process, it's primarily for the protection of the rest of society
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>>1266762 You have to put yourself into the mind of.these nigger animals. They do not possess anything that even resembles foresight, planning, logic processing or concept of consequences to their own actions. It's quite baffling but we are all one race, the human race.
bigots gotta bigot
>>1266762 >his twin sister goes to the same school in the same grade, Boys (of all colors)get into a lot more trouble than girls
>>1266766 >Prison isn't necessarily a rehabilitation process, it's primarily for the protection of the rest of society US prisons are a modern form of black slavery, segregation, and racism
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how the fuck do you not have a birth certificate? was he born in kenya like obongo? also throw the fucking book at him. no reason to have empathy for crooks
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>>1266771 >US prisons are a modern form of black slavery, segregation, and racism So we need more prisons.
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>>1266770 Where did the black person touch you?
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>>1266777 Fine you pay for it but I'm not going to
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>>1266780 My solution involves deporting criminals to South America and ensuring they can't come back.
I don't think LGBT socialism for blacks is something I support.
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DemoKKKrats, women, and basketball Americans will play the victim card whenever possible.
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>>1266778 Keep your interracial porn addict fantasies to yourself fucking freak
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>>1266775 You have to pay money for one. They don't just hand them out.
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>>1266766 >>1266771 >>1266777 the safest period in American history was unironically when brandon and clinton passed that law that put blacks in jail for 20 years for having weed. it caused murders rates to drop by 50%
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>>1266686 >reading and math were hard for him >There was a time where he tried to throw his whole desk in the garbage can. In the middle of class, he emptied his desk, was throwing everything away, and dragged his desk over and put the leg in the garbage can Anonymous
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When polled, black Americans do not think getting an ID is racist or demeaning. In fact, claiming black people can't get IDs is indirectly claiming they have no agency and can't think for themselves. Which is pretty insulting.
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NGL this article kinda sus' fr fr
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It's easy to get a Wash. State birth cert.
My parents were both birthdays overseas and were naturalized. THAT took effort. This car thief managed to figure out how to steal a car but he's too dumb to get a birth certificate?
You just need to get your ass in gear.
https://doh.wa.gov/licenses-permits-and-certificates/vital-records/ordering-vital-record/birth-record Anonymous
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It's easy to get a Wash. State birth cert.
My parents were both born overseas and were naturalized. THAT took effort. This car thief managed to figure out how to steal a car but he's too dumb to get a birth certificate?
You just need to get your ass in gear.
https://doh.wa.gov/licenses-permits-and-certificates/vital-records/ordering-vital-record/birth-record Anonymous
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basically democrats just want fraud. They are positively cool with paying for anything but a cheap piece of plastic. If India, one of the most populous and poor nations on earth, can do it then so can we.
