In full force, Bay Ridge students wade into national gun debate
A quiet morning calm was broken by an energetic clamor of voices spilling into the streets surrounding Fort Hamilton High School on Wednesday, March 14 as hundreds of students staged a walkout protest, hoping to add Brooklyn’s own chorus to the ongoing national debate on gun violence.
While the large crowd included teachers, community advocates and concerned parents, it was for the most part comprised of students. Protest signs in hand, they spilled out of the gate at 85th Street and Narrows Avenue and into the surrounding neighborhood. Arrayed along the sidewalks and into the street, they chanted in unison, making their intentions clear:
“NRA go away! NRA go away! No justice. No peace.”