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Wednesday, March 14, 2018
US students stage school walkouts to protest gun violence
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleYoung people in the US are walking out of school to demand action on gun violence in what activists hope will be the biggest demonstration of student activism yet in response to last month’s massacre in Florida.
More than 3,000 walkouts were planned across the US and around the world, organizers said. Students were urged to leave class at 10 a.m. local time for 17 minutes — one minute for each victim in the February 14 attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Teens participating in the National Walkout protest in Manhattan’s Union Square pic.twitter.com/DQhnJXap6Z
— David Mack (@davidmackau) March 14, 2018
Thousands of students gathered on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House, holding colorful signs and cheering in support of gun control. The students chanted, “Hey, hey, ho, ho. The NRA has got to go!” and “What do we want? Gun control! When do we want it? Now!”
— AP
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