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Baltimore students walk out of class to protest gun violence
Baltimore stu'eints walk out of class -to Iprotest guin viiiolllence
By: Staff The Associated Press, Published on Tue (Mair 06 2016
BALTIMORE — Hundreds of Baltimore students have marched on City Hall to protest gun
violence and call for stricter gun control legislation weeks after the Parkland, Florida, school
shooting that left 17 dead.
The Baltimore Sun reports students from multiple high schools walked out of class Tuesday,
chanting "Grades up! Guns down!" during a 5 -mile ( 8 -kilometre ) march to the plaza outside City
Hall, where Mayor Catherine E. Pugh and Police Commissioner Darryl De Sousa offered
support.
The students developed a code of conduct calling for a peaceful demonstration. They also
compiled a list of demands, including gun control legislation and social work and counselling
services in school.
The number of counsellors in the Baltimore City school system has steeply declined, and the city
saw a record number of homicides per -capita last year.
Information from: The Baltimore Sun, http://www.baltimoresun.com
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