A student organizer said the school did not punish the students for carrying the flag but has a policy against students wearing Black Lives Matter apparel.
Another student organizer, Deziya Fain, said that the school did not punish the students for carrying the flag but has a policy against students wearingThe organizers started planning the protest after administrators failed to discipline the four students—who are also accused of using racial slurs against Black students—and because they believe the school's problem with racism is ongoing.
A group of Georgia high school students planned a protest after a video of their classmates waving a Confederate flag on campus began circulating, and were then allegedly suspended. Above, American and Confederate flags fly at a residence in the Fancy Bluff neighborhood on May 7, 2020, where Ahmaud Arbery lived, in Brunswick, Georgia.Students planned to hold a silent protest the following day, on October 8, by wearing Black Lives Matter shirts.
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