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    Minnesota Students Walk Out Of School To Protest Racial Injustice

    Across the state young people left class in an impromptu demonstration as jurors in Minneapolis began deliberating in the Derek Chauvin trial.
    by Elizabeth Shockman Apr 20, 2021 4 minutes
    Students pose for photos during a walkout at Tartan High School in Oakdale, Minn.

    When Armya Williams heard last week that a Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer had shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, she knew she needed to do something.

    "After Daunte Wright, I was like, 'Really? It hasn't even been a year since George Floyd died,' " Williams said. "I was just like, we need to do something. So I started brainstorming, getting ideas from other students and I came about a walkout. That's one way we can get our voices heard."

    Williams, 17, is a senior at Tartan High School in Oakdale, Minn. As she was coordinating plans with other students for her school's walkout, she learned that high

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