Students are walking out of classrooms across the US, waving signs and chanting their demands for tighter gun safety laws.
This comes exactly a month after a former student opened fire at a Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, killing 17 people and injuring several others.
The hashtag ENOUGH National School Walkout began at 10am local time on Wednesday with 17-minute walkouts planned at 10am in each time zone.
“Thoughts and prayers are not enough,” read one student’s sign in New York City, needling the rote response many lawmakers make after mass shootings.
In Parkland, Florida, thousands of students slowly filed on to the Stoneman Douglas school football field to the applause of families and supporters beyond the fences. Law enforcement officers looked on and news helicopters thrummed overhead.
The walkouts are part of a burgeoning, grassroots movement that grew out of the Parkland attack.
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'This comes exactly a month after a former student opened fire at a Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, killing 17 people and injuring several others.'
WHY do we afford the presumption of innocents to accused murderers, paedophiles, rapists, shoplifters and use the word ALLEGEDLY when referring to their alleged crimes but the patsy in this case has been hanged, drawn and quartered?
In fact, it was a slam dunk even before he was charged.
Why are the videos and reporting of anything that counters the official narrative being censored?
Why is the eye-witness testimony of students and teachers involved in the drill that took place at the same time that exposes the lie that there was one shooter less valid than those who have the support of the mainstream media and given a megaphone to drown out the dissenting voice?
Are you saying that Stoneman was a conspiracy covered up by MSM?
It certainly reads that way. **crosses fingers this gets posted as last 5 of 7 posts haven't...**
I hope not! Really? usually posts worthwhile comments, but if someone actually believes these sorts of mass shootings are conspiracies I’d be disappointed
I just re-read it about 6 times and am also hoping it's just some bad syntax or a badly written post and not fear mongering.