Thread: Civil disobediance in Tucson today

http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/printDS/122299

Published: 03.29.2006

Hundreds of Tucson students march in protest of immigration legislation
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Hundreds of Tucson high school students have walked out of class, apparently prompted by similar walk-outs around the country aimed at protesting proposed tougher immigration laws.
Officials with the Tucson Unified School District said the protests apparently began around 11 a.m., at Cholla High Magnet School, 2001 W. Starr Pass Blvd., after students watched a segment on Channel One, the in-school television cable system, about the other protests.
Students from Cholla marched to nearby Pueblo High School, 3500 S. 12th Ave., and called on other students to join them. The larger group then headed north again and was still marching around 1 p.m.
TUSD officials said they knew of no violence surrounding the protest. Further details were sketchy.
In Phoenix on Tuesday, hundreds of students left school and rallied outside the Arizona Capitol. Police estimated that about 1,000 students held up traffic along several streets there as they made their way to the Capitol.
In Mesa, about 150 students marched through streets and gathered in a local park before returning to school. In northwest Phoenix, 400 students converged in a park to protest. An estimated 20,000 people marched in Phoenix on Friday.
Thousands of other young people also have walked out in other U.S. cities the past few days to protest legislation on Capitol Hill that would crack down on the nation's 11 million illegal immigrants. Among other things, the legislation would make it a crime to be in this country illegally.
A Monday walkout in Los Angeles County involved an estimated 36,000 students.

ok by now students are just using excuses to take off a day. Most of them only skip for like an hour or two then go party somewhere.

All the TV news channels covered the story at 6 PM and the kids were so stupid they didn't know why they were even out there. The reporters asked them and they'd say "I'm doing it for my family, viva Mexico!"

They said most of the students were the children of undocumented aliens. I'll let you know if they publicise any punishment.

It ticked me off that they esentially got a police escort to where they were walking to. The police claim they were just trying to keep everyone safe.

How about ARRESTING THEM AS JUVENILE DELIQUENTS!