STUDENTS MAKE PEACE WITH STORE OWNER CANOGA PARK HIGH ANTI-WAR RALLY ORGANIZERS VISIT LOOTED STATION.Byline: Jason Kandel Staff Writer CANOGA PARK - Six Canoga Park High students who organized an anti-war march that led to the looting of a gas station convenience store apologized Wednesday to the owner and gave him several gifts. The six students presented a carnation carnation: see pink. carnation Herbaceous plant (Dianthus caryophyllus) of the pink family, native to the Mediterranean, widely cultivated for its fringe-petaled, often spicy-smelling flowers. , sweat shirt and cap bearing the school name to Masood Behroozi, who owns the Mobil gas station at Topanga Canyon and Victory boulevards. They helped organize the March 5 protest against U.S. policy on Iraq but did not participate in the looting. ``What the kids did here, it's not all of Canoga,'' said Luis Lopez Luis Lopez or Luis López can mean:
Added student Jessica Franco: ``We're so sorry that it happened. It honestly wasn't supposed to be like that.'' Behroozi, an Iranian native who fled his country with his family in 1985 because of persecution over their Bahai faith, accepted the apology. ``Thank you so much,'' he said. ``Don't blame them. They should change. Not you guys.'' Since the protest, Behroozi said he has been visited by remorseful re·morse·ful adj. Marked by or filled with remorse. re·morse  ful·ly adv. students who had looted his store. Canoga Park High Principal Dennis
Thompson also has stopped by the gas station to apologize to Behroozi
and invite him to speak to several classes about his experiences.
On March 5, about 500 Canoga Park High students skipped class to participate in a lunchtime anti-war march that was part of a world protest against U.S. foreign policy on Iraq. A small group broke free and began to loot the gas station convenience store, stealing snack foods A list of snack foods is shown below. For more information, see snack foods. List of snack foods Chips (Crisps)
This week, police arrested three students on suspicion of petty theft after reviewing store security tapes and a Daily News photo showing students fleeing the ransacked ran·sack tr.v. ran·sacked, ran·sack·ing, ran·sacks 1. To search or examine thoroughly. 2. To search carefully for plunder; pillage. store. The students, a girl, 16, and two boys, ages 14 and 15, were ordered to appear in Sylmar Juvenile Court juvenile court Special court handling problems of delinquent, neglected, or abused children. Two types of cases are processed by a juvenile court: civil matters, often concerning care of an abandoned or impoverished child, and criminal matters, arising from antisocial for an arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted within 60 days. They were not identified because of their ages, but police said they are from Los Angeles, Canoga Park and Van Nuys. And the arrests of at least four others, believed to have initiated the raid, were imminent. ``They're not as cooperative,'' said Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . Detective Patti Waters, who is overseeing the case.
``I gotta go out and get 'em at some point.''
Police said those who have turned themselves in were cooperative and remorseful. ``They were just like, 'I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. . I wasn't thinking,''' Waters said. ``I hope they learn their lesson. I hope that this doesn't happen again.'' Thompson also said at least a dozen students will be transferred to other schools this week. An additional three or four students will be placed on probation because they were in the store but were not seen stealing. ``I'm going to put their families on notice that these kids were at a place where they should not have been,'' said Thompson, who is considering alternative forms of punishment suggested by students, including a benefit carwash to raise money for Behroozi. Thompson said he's proud of the students who formally apologized to Behroozi on Wednesday. ``They wanted to make sure he knew the type of kids were not typical of what we have at Canoga Park High School Canoga Park High School is a public school located in Canoga Park in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California, USA, within the Los Angeles Unified School District. It is located right across the street from the Topanga Plaza shopping center. . Most of the kids at our school are upset, ashamed and embarrassed at what these students did.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Mobil gas station owner Masood Behroozi, left, accepts flowers from Canoga Park High anti-war organizers, from left, Patrick Reiley, Kyle Sherman, Jessica Franco and Angela Grdanc. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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