![]() ![]() The LAPD stated in a tweet early Wednesday that it understood the need “for students to participate in peaceful dialogue,” but asked that they remain on campus under the protection of the Los Angeles Unified School Police Department. “If we don’t speak out about how we feel … there will be no change on our campus,” Robles said. Kimberly Robles, 17, said she walked out not only for stricter gun control laws and better mental health resources nationwide but because she thinks Garfield should better prepare students for an active-shooter scenario. Many students say they are targeted in those searches, which make them feel more unwelcome than secure. ![]() Student speakers called on lawmakers to pass stricter gun control laws and on their school to find more effective ways than random searches to keep students safe. Each time a student read the name of a victim, an orange balloon was cut off the fence and a moment of silence was held. Hundreds of students walked out of Garfield High and filed into bleachers alongside the school’s field, where some had made orange hearts, each with the name of a Parkland shooting victim. The footprints represented a student who should have been standing but had been lost to gun violence. Garcia was wearing a white shirt bearing two footprints and “#Enough” in orange. ![]()
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