Triangle students 'walkout' in call for increased gun safety at school
TEMPERATURES WILL TAKE A BIG
TOPPLES.
>> RIGHT NOW AT 4 O'CLOCK
PROTESTING FOR PROTECTIONS.
HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS LEAVING
THEIR CLASSROOMS TODAY, CALLING
FOR CHANGE TO OUR NATION'S GUN
LAWS. YOU CAN SEE SKY 5
CAPTURED VIDEO OF THE PROTESTS
IN RALEIGH.
>> CARRIE AND MORRISVILLE.
THIS IS PART OF NATIONWIDE
PROTESTS AFTER THE TRAGEDY IN
MINNEAPOLIS. THANKS FOR JOINING
US THIS EVENING. I'M LENA
TILLETT AND I'M ASHLEY ROW.
MOST OF THE PROTESTS WERE
PEACEFUL. HOWEVER, ONE DID NOT
GO SO WELL. AND FLYNN SNYDER
WILL JOIN US LIVE FROM
KNIGHTDALE HIGH SCHOOL TO TELL
US ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.
LET'S FIRST GO TO WRAL. SHAUN
GALLAGHER JOINING US NOW LIVE.
SEAN, THE MESSAGE WAS CLEAR
TODAY.
>> YEAH, THERE WERE ABOUT 100
STUDENTS WHO CAME OUT HERE
DURING THEIR LUNCH PERIOD AND
MANY OF THEM, IF NOT ALL OF
THEM, NOT EVEN OLD ENOUGH TO
VOTE, BUT THEY HOPE POLITICIANS
HEAR THEM AND THEY KNOW THEY
ARE COMING FOR THE POLLS.
AND WHEN THEY DO, THEY WILL
HAVE ONE TOPIC ON THEIR MIND
AND THAT'S GUN REFORM. NOW,
SKY 5 CAPTURED SCENES THAT A
NUMBER OF AREA SCHOOLS WHERE
HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS POURED OUT
AND OUT OF THEIR CLASSROOMS AND
INTO COURTYARDS ARE CALLING
FOR CHANGE HERE WEEK EARLY
COLLEGE OF INFORMATION,
BIOTECHNOLOGY SAY HELD A VERY
LONG MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE
VICTIMS AT ANNUNCIATION
CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MINNEAPOLIS.
BUT THEY QUICKLY WENT FROM
SILENT TO SPEAKING OUT ABOUT
CHANGING GUN LAWS IN NORTH
CAROLINA AND REALLY ALL
NATIONWIDE.
>> THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTRY,
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
ARE CLAIMING THAT IT'S
NECESSARY TO OWN GUNS AND
THEY'RE TAKING IT FAR ENOUGH
TO WHERE THEY'RE SAYING PEOPLE
SHOULD BE ABLE TO OWN GUNS
WITHOUT PERMITS WITHOUT
LICENSES. AND IT'S MAKING IT.
SO IT'S VERY EASY FOR DANGEROUS
PEOPLE TO COME INTO SCHOOLS
LIKE OURS AND DO VERY HARMFUL
THINGS. THINGS ARE CHANGING.
YOUTH IS GOING
>> MORE AND MORE PEOPLE, EVERY
SENIOR ARE GROWING UP WITH THIS
VIEW THAT GUNS NEED TO BE
LIMITED.
>> NOW, STUDENTS HERE SPENT
ABOUT A HALF-HOUR OUTSIDE
DURING THEIR LUNCH PERIOD
BEFORE GOING BACK INSIDE AND
FINISHING OUT THEIR SCHOOL DAY.
IT WAS A VERY PEACEFUL PROTEST
HERE. BUT THAT WASN'T THE STORY
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
COUNTY. WANT TO BRING IN FLINT
SNYDER NOW WHERE THE OUTCOME
WAS MUCH DIFFERENT. FLYNN.
>> SEAN STUDENTS HERE AT
KNIGHTDALE HIGH SCHOOL. TELL ME
THAT ONE OF THOSE WALKOUTS
MEANT TO END VIOLENCE IN THE
CLASSROOM ENDED WITH A PHYSICAL
ALTERCATION. SKY 5 FLEW OVER
THE SCENE EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON. AN AMBULANCE WAS
PARKED NEAR A SIDE ENTRANCE
TO THE BUILDING IN. WE SAW IT
LEAVE WITHOUT ANY PATIENTS.
THERE WAS ALSO A SMALL POLICE
PRESENCE HERE AS STUDENTS WERE
DISMISSED AROUND 02:00PM
STUDENTS TELL US THEY SAW OTHER
STUDENTS FIGHTING AT THE END OF
THAT WALK OUT IN A STAFF MEMBER
TRYING TO BREAK UP THAT
ALTERCATION. WE ARE WORKING TO
CONFIRM IT. ANYONE WAS INJURED
AND WHAT LED UP TO THIS
REPORTED ALTERCATION SO FAR,
VERY LIMITED DETAILS FROM
AUTHORITIES. THIS CAMPUS IS
NOW QUIET AS STUDENTS HAVE GONE
HOME FOR THE DAY. BUT THE
STUDENTS WE DID TALK TO TELL
US THAT JUST DAYS INTO THE NEW
SCHOOL YEAR, THIS WAS A VERY
SCARY ALTERCATION, GIVEN THAT
IT WAS JUST COMING ON THE HEELS
OF THAT VERY LARGE SCHOOL
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