A Milwaukie High School student filmed taking an equality sign out of a Southeast Portland yard and then ripping a Pride flag from the home’s front porch apologized and will face “restorative justice” through the school.

“I’m extremely sorry for the damages done to their home," the student caught on a security camera said in an email sent through his mother to The Oregonian/OregonLive Wednesday afternoon. "The incident was done out of pure ignorance and looking on it now, is the worst decision I have made in my entire life. I didn’t do it out of hate; I made a choice that was irrational and dumb. I don’t represent anyone but myself. I have let down my school, my family, and my teammates. This is not who I am and it is not how I should act.”

The Oregonian/OregonLive is not publishing the teen’s name because he is a minor.

The teens’s mother said that he went to the home where he stole the sign on Wednesday night and apologized for his behavior.

Samantha Hughes, who lives in that home, said both the teen seen in the video and the driver of the car came to her house Wednesday with their parents and apologized.

“They seemed quite remorseful,” Hughes said. “Both of them mentioned peer pressure as a factor.”

“To me,” she said Thursday, “it’s incredibly important that they learn to pluck up the courage when something wrong is happening and say, ‘This is wrong and I will not take part.' Perhaps wishful thinking, as I know plenty of adults who still struggle with that!”

Jonathan Hutchison, a spokesperson for the North Clackamas School District, said Wednesday night that the district was investigating the incident and the Milwaukie High School principal had already been in touch with the people who live in the house.

Hughes said the Milwaukie principal had called multiple times and said her response was “top notch.”

Hutchison said the school is developing “a restorative justice” plan for all the students involved in the incident.

“We are investigating who those actors are and the actors who are part of NCSD will be part of the restorative justice plan," he said.

Because the students are minors, Hutchison said they could not legally identify them or discuss specifics of the discipline they would receive.

“There is a commitment to engaging restorative justice principles such as empathy, understanding how to assess who was harmed, understanding consequences, increasing empathy,” Hutchison said.

“This negative situation, transforming it into a teachable moment," he said. "That’s what education is, among other things.”