Thousands fill Wisconsin capitol building to protest shooting of unarmed black teenager

Wisconsin-capitol

More than a thousand high school students left classes in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday and filled the state capitol building to protest the fatal Friday shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white cop.



The students, some of whom came from the school where 19-year-old Tony Robinson graduated just last year, quietly entered the capitol rotunda with their arms locked. Police estimated the crowd at 1,500.



Once inside, they began chanting the now-familiar refrain to the Black Lives Matter marches: "No justice! No peace," "What's his name? Tony Robinson," and "We are T.R." Read more...


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