Mpls. Students Walk Out of School to Protest Ferguson Decision

[sarisataka]

Mpls. Students Walk Out of School to Protest Ferguson Decision
Updated: 11/25/2014 12:10 PM
Created: 11/25/2014 5:34 AM KSTP.com

Students at several Minneapolis high schools participated in protests Tuesday in the wake of the grand jury's decision in Ferguson, Missouri, to not indict an officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown.

A Missouri grand jury had been meeting for months before deciding not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the Aug. 9 fatal shooting of Brown. The decision sparked protests around the country, including some in Minnesota.

Hundreds of students at South High School in Minneapolis streamed out the front door, walked down the sidewalk and filled the street Tuesday morning to protest the decision. Minneapolis police cars eventually showed up – not to stop the protest, but to block off the streets so the protesters would be safer.

Some faculty members could also be seen marching alongside the students, saying they would support the protesters as long as they remained peaceful.

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[uppityperson]

1. k&r

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

2. I think it is time for all patriots to stand up and do something not sure what

[Spazito]

3. Kudos to the students, the faculty members who joined them and...

the police who did their job, protecting the rights of the protesters as opposed to the police in Ferguson who worked to protect a murderer instead of doing their jobs.

[sarisataka]

4. It is only

In the teens here today so protesting in the street is not something taken lightly.

[Spazito]

5. Just as it was the young people who put their lives at risk in becoming Freedom Riders...

in the early 60s, it will be young people like those protesting today who will not let the injustice go unchallenged, imo.

[UglyGreed]

6. Good to see

the young people standing up for what they believe in.

[Peregrine]

7. And Wed. The school is

Going to permit those students who either support the Grand Jury decision or anything else to walk out of school without punishment.