Students across the Tri-State Area and the nation walked out of their classrooms Thursday to pressure lawmakers to respond to the latest school shooting. NatDuddridgeTV reports.
-- Students across the Tri-State Area and the nation walked out of their classrooms Thursday to pressure lawmakers to respondChopper 2 was overhead as teens marched outside Maplewood High School in New Jersey. At Tappan Zee High School students in Rockland County, students wrote messages in chalk.A demonstration popped up in Foley Square in the city. Students also staged walkouts at schools in Michigan, Wisconsin, Virginia, and Washington D.C.
Some students spoke to CBS2's Natalie Duddridge to share their outrage and disgust that after so many school shootings,At 10 a.m., students poured out of Ridgewood High School, where flags have been lowered to honor"These were little kids. Now these parents have to live with a thought how they're never gonna be able to see their kid again," one student said.
Students told Duddridge another rally is being organized in Washington, D.C. on June 11, and they plan to be there.
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