They solemnly spilled onto the high school football field, holding signs protesting gun violence and wearing shirts that read “March for our lives.” They waved at a crowd of onlookers who had gathered to show support.
Exactly one month after 17 people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School here in Parkland, survivors of the massacre joined tens of thousands of students across the U.S. in an extraordinary national walkout Wednesday morning.
The protest was held at 10 a.m. local time across time zones. It lasted 17 minutes, one minute for each of the victims killed at the high school. Organizers said its purpose was to highlight “Congress’ inaction against the gun violence plaguing our schools and neighborhoods.”
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— Nate Brown (@natebro21) March 14, 2018