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Brooklyn Students Boycott Classes in Protest Against Gun Violence

The students said they knew someone or people who had been shot.

Students walked out of class for hours at Launch Charter Middle School in Brooklyn on Wednesday, but it was for a cause that their teachers and administrators said was so worthy that the adults joined in. It was a protest against gun violence, and while it had been planned weeks in advance, it ended up taking place just a few days after other young people from nearby neighborhoods were the victims of gun violence. In fact, many of the students who participated in the walkout said that they know the issue of gun violence firsthand. Click here to read more on pix11.com. 




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