Beverly Students Walk Out Of School To Protest Gun Violence

BEVERLY, MA — At 10 a.m. Thursday, a month and a day after a shooting that killed 17 people in Parkland Florida, hundreds of students walked out of Beverly High School and down the sidewalk in a show of solidarity and support for victims of the Parkland shooting.

Students and allies (including some senior citizens who showed up to show support for students) chanted as a news helicopter hovered above and police stood nearby.

Students across the country planned to walk out of their classes Wednesday at 10 a.m. for 17 minutes in honor of the 17 people killed in the Parkland, Florida, school shooting last month. The snow cancellations in the Commonwealth meant Beverly was one of many high schools that had to reschedule.

Still, a number of students from Beverly made it to the State House on Beacon Hill in Boston for a WalkOut for Action and March for Our Lives rally on that started on the steps there and went inside to the building.

After impassioned speeches from a handful of students, the packed room full of students from more than 25 schools in the state heard from legislators who promised they supported them.

Following the main event a number of Beverly students went in search of lawmakers to speak to.
Students say they hope this is only the beginning.

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Photo via Beverly Police Department