Arizona student walkout on gun violence turns to sit-in at governor’s office

Students go to Doug Ducey’s office in hopes of speaking to him about gun violence in schools. Instead they got a gubernatorial aide — and a threat of arrest if they didn’t leave, which they did./Twitter

By Ricardo Cano,Kaila White and Ryan Randazzo | The Republic

Hundreds of Arizona students started their day Wednesday by walking out of class to hold demonstrations on campus as part of National Walkout Day. They gathered to honor the 17 victims killed last month in a shooting in a Florida high school and call for an end to gun violence in America.

About 45 students in white T-shirts ended the day with a sit-in at Gov. Doug Ducey’s office, demanding to speak to him about gun violence in school and chanting “Shame on Ducey.”

Ducey did not make an appearance and a democratic state lawmaker convinced the students to leave peacefully after about two hours.

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