Around noon, hundreds of people converged on the capitol in support of the Stoneman Douglas students. The morning had been filled with impassioned but respectful conversation between the Stoneman Douglas students and lawmakers. Back in South Florida, students formed an enormous heart on an athletic field at Coral Springs High School and then walked to Stoneman Douglas High School, about five miles away, where more than 1,000 students gathered. “Seventeen lives are more important than gun rights,” said Christopher Lormeus, 18, who had walked from Coconut Creek High School, six miles away. But at Needville High School, about an hour outside Houston, administrators threatened any student who protested during school hours with a three-day suspension.

Source: New York Times February 21, 2018 18:36 UTC