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Police say no one sustained serious injuries in the incident a day before a national walkout by students to protest gun violence in schools.

Less than two months ago, hundreds of local students and community members gathered in First Ward Park, to protest gun violence in schools after 17 people were killed at one in Parkland.

On March 14, students at Lewis Middle School in Allied Gardens joined hundreds of thousands of other students from across the country in a walkout to protest gun violence in schools following the death of 17 students at Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School in Parkland, Florida one month earlier.

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Students from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. have organized gun protests and been joined by millions of Americans that have railed against gun violence, assault rifles, and the NRA.

Last Saturday, the March for Our Lives, a protest led by Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students geared toward ending gun violence, drew an estimated 800,000 participants in Washington,...

Thousands of students, emboldened by a growing protest movement over gun violence, stood up in their classrooms and walked out of their schools in a nationwide demonstration, one month after a gunman killed 17 people at a high school in Florida.

Cuomo asked state education officials to investigate reports that some New York schools prevented students from taking part in Wednesday's nationwide student walkout to protest gun violence.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked state education officials Thursday to investigate reports that some New York schools prevented students from taking part in Wednesday's nationwide student walkout to protest gun violence.

He's attending a student walkout at Leadership and Public Service High School in New York City, protesting mass shootings and gun violence.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Council Members Kalman Yeger and Mark Treyger joined students outside Edward R. Murrow High School in Midwood last week for the National Student Walkout to protest gun violence.

Thousands of students, teachers, political activists and others staged a massive protest Saturday at the state Capitol, expressing anger at gun violence, particularly in schools, and frustration that Congress has not enacted tougher restrictions.

The complaint concerned a Facebook video that showed Mayer inside her Assembly office commending students who participated in walkouts from schools to protest gun violence.

They protested for 17 - minutes as part of the national movement against gun violence and to honor the lives lost in the Parkland, Florida school shootings last month.

From Maine to Hawaii, students planned to walk out of school Wednesday to protest gun violence in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month's massacre of 17 people at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High Sschool Wednesday to protest gun violence in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month's massacre of 17 people at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High SchoolSchool.

While students across the nation walked out of school to protest gun violence, the 19 - year - old accused of killing 17 people and wounding more in the Florida school shooting sat in court silently, his head bowed.

Carrying crosses emblazoned with photos and names of the city's victims of gun violence, high school senior D'Angelo McDade, front right, leads a march in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood during a walkout to protest gun violence, on March 14.

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By Barney Blakeney Since the February 14 mass murder at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, students across America have staged protests calling for changes that would protect them from further gun violence.

The survey results came days ahead of Wednesday's nationwide student walkout to protest gun violence, after 17 people were shot dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. last month.

The student protests over gun violence during the past several months, including a huge rally in Washington, D.C., in March, were organized by survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14 that left 17 people dead, including 14 students and three staff members.

Students at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, joined others from across the country last month in walking out of classrooms to protest gun violence at American schools during the National School Walkout.

G Star School of the Arts students participate in walkout of school in protest of gun violence Wednesday February 21, 2018 in West Palm School of the Arts students participate in walkout of school in protest of gun violence Wednesday February 21, 2018 in West Palm school in protest of gun violence Wednesday February 21, 2018 in West Palm Beach.

Many students are considering participating in the national school walkouts to protest gun violence following the Parkland, Florida school shooting.

The action was taken only days after thousands of people in Wisconsin — and hundreds of thousands of people across the country — participated in student - led marches to protest gun violence and advocate for school safety.

period classes and participate in a 17 - minute walkout, both in honor of the 17 victims of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in February and to protest Congress» inaction to «do more than tweet thoughts and prayers in response to the gun violence plaguing our schools and neighborhoods.»

Grieving in public by pushing for changes in policy and laws, the Stoneman Douglas survivors ripped a collective scab off a host of issues — school violence, gun control and safety, arming teachers, mental health, the power of protest, race, privilege, technology and internet trolling — and thrust them into the local, state, and national spotlights.

Washington, D.C. - area students and supporters protest against gun violence with a lie - in outside of the White House on Monday, Feb. 19, 2018, after 17 people were killed in a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., the previous week.

A general view of the makeshift memorial in front of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as staff, teachers and students walk out of classes to protest gun violence in Parkland, Fla..

NEW YORK (AP)-- Support for tougher gun control laws is soaring in the United States, according to a new poll that found a majority of gun owners and half of Republicans favor new laws to address gun violence in the weeks after a Florida school shooting left 17 dead and sparked nationwide protests...

Led by the mourning but mobilized students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, young people will protest gun violence at March for Our Lives demonstrations in Washington, D.C., Parkland and across the nation on Saturday.

Following a massacre at a Florida high school, hundreds of thousands of protesters rallied in major U.S. cities and across the world to protest gun violence and call for political action from Congressional leaders.

Students from different schools throughout Anne Arundel County participated in the nationwide walkouts to remember the victims of the Florida high school shooting and protest gun violence.

Hundreds of students in Howard County staged walkouts Wednesday morning as part of a national protest against gun violence and a way to honor the lives of 17 teenagers and adults killed last month in a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla..

Annapolis High School students participated in the nationwide walkout to remember the victims of the Florida high school shooting and protest gun vioSchool students participated in the nationwide walkout to remember the victims of the Florida high school shooting and protest gun vioschool shooting and protest gun violence.

Therese Gachnauer, center, an 18 - year - old senior from Chiles High School, and Kwane Gatlin, right, a 19 - year - old senior from Lincoln High School, both in Tallahassee, join fellow students protesting gun violence on the steps of the old Florida Capitol on Feb. 21, 2018.

Students and staff at a South Florida high school walked out of class Tuesday to protest gun violence and marched to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where 17 students and staff members were killed by a gunman using a semiautomatic school walked out of class Tuesday to protest gun violence and marched to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where 17 students and staff members were killed by a gunman using a semiautomatic School in Parkland, Fla., where 17 students and staff members were killed by a gunman using a semiautomatic rifle.

He appeared in court Wednesday as students across the nation walked out of school to protest gun violence.

FILE - This March 14, 2018 file photos shows students at Roosevelt High School taking part in a protest against gun violence in Seattle.

As students walked out of schools across the country Wednesday to protest gun violence, a Senate hearing examined law enforcement agencies» failure to heed multiple warnings about the Parkland, Fla., man accused of killing 17 people at a high school, as well as the long record of failed gun control measures in Congress.

As students across the nation and in Georgia staged school walkouts to protest gun violence, House and Senate Democrats held a press conference at the Capitol in solidarity.

Students walked out of school to protest gun violence in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month's massacre of 17 people at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High Sschool to protest gun violence in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month's massacre of 17 people at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High SchoolSchool.

In a wave of protests one historian called the largest of its kind in American history, tens of thousands of students walked out of their classrooms Wednesday to demand action on gun violence and school safetIn a wave of protests one historian called the largest of its kind in American history, tens of thousands of students walked out of their classrooms Wednesday to demand action on gun violence and school safetin American history, tens of thousands of students walked out of their classrooms Wednesday to demand action on gun violence and school safety.

FILE - Students at Roosevelt High School take part in a protest against gun violence Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in Seattle.

The students joined the nationwide protest against gun violence to commemorate the 17 students and adults killed recently in the mass shooting at a Parkland, Fla., high school.

NCRC President Steven Dinkin is asked to comment on how parents can speak to their children about positive ways to debate issues in this Washington Post article on the recent walkout protests against gun violence in schools.