Students walk out of class to protest racial injustice
Minnesota students walk out of class to protest racial injustice The demonstrations came in response to the police shooting of Daunte Wright and concerns about racism in schools. April 19, 2021 2:07pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Students from dozens of Minnesota schools walked out of their classrooms Monday afternoon, in a coordinated protest against racial injustice and the killing of Daunte Wright, the 20-year-old man shot by a police officer in a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center earlier this month.
The walkout, organized by a group called Minnesota Teen Activists and coordinated primarily on Instagram, began at 1 p.m. and was to conclude with a moment of silence at 1:47 p.m., the time of Wright s death.