Thousands of students at schools across the country walked out of class today, took a knee inside their school building or linked arms in class hallways to memorialize those who have died in gun violence and to demand more action from US lawmakers.
The following summary marks the end of our coverage of today’s National Walk Out, but we’ll be back with a fresh live blog in a couple weeks for the next nationwide gun violence protest: the March For Our Lives on 24 March.
Highlights from today’s action:
At the Parkland, FL site of the attack that inspired today’s protests, Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school students walked out of class. Principal Ty Thompson commended his students for their strength over the last few weeks and praised them for their #Never Again campaign for gun reform. “We are going to make change. It’s already started,” he told the crowd of 3,000.
More than 100 students walked out of class and took a knee at Booker T Washington high school in Atlanta, where Martin Luther King was a student. “Dr King carries a legacy even in death, so I feel as if it’s an obligation to carry on what he wanted and what he was trying to fight for and that’s why this day is very important,” said Markail Brooks, a student.
Source:
theguardian
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