More than 1,000 Chicago students get detention for walking out of school to protest gun violence

[DonViejo]

Roughly 1,100 students at two Chicago high schools will serve detention for participating in a school walkout to protest gun violence.

A spokeswoman for Community High School District 99 told the Chicago Tribune that 1,100 students at Downers Grove North and South high schools will serve one hour of detention after participating in the walkout and refusing alternative means of protest suggested by school officials.

“Students have shared they consider the detention a ‘badge of honor’ and a symbol they truly are protesting and standing up for their rights at a personal cost,” spokeswoman Jill Browning told the Tribune.

Browning added that the district met with students beforehand and suggested alternative in-school protests “that would not disturb the educational environment," but students rejected the ideas.

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[MineralMan]

1. Oh, noes! Detention! Not THAT!

Does that also go on their "Permanent Record?"

[Sneederbunk]

2. Chicago must like its gun violence.

[ffr]

3. I'd bring my protest sign to detention. Where they holding 1,100 students at once?

[dsc]

4. downers grove isn't Chicago

it is in du page county

[exboyfil]

5. Letter from Birmingham Jail

Truancy has implications irrespective of the reason. So long as the punishment is the same for all truant conduct, I do not see an issue.

[gratuitous]

6. Sometimes you pay a price for doing the right thing in a screwed up world

But "Why I Spent an Hour in Detention" could make for a more interesting theme paper to go with your college application than "How Playing Soccer Made a Team Player Out of Me."

[zipplewrath]

7. Ranch Dressing

Or the one I've seen which was two pages about why ranch dressing was better than any other.

[poboy2]

8. If there were nothing to risk, the action would not be as meaningful. -nt

[lamp_shade]

9. Another DUer suggested they should frame their detention slips.

I wish I could remember who wrote it.

[Blue_Adept]

10. "I'd rather have detention than get shot."

That was a reply from a student I saw earlier this week about getting detention where they were for their activism.

[Downtown Hound]

11. Meh. I've been thrown in jail twice

for civil disobedience. It can be a very bonding and empowering experience sharing a cell with fellow protesters. I would imagine the same is true with the detention room.
While I can't help but lament the choices of a society that already forces children to take drastic measures just to be safe, and then punishes them for doing so, this detention will only solidify the comraderie these kids have and make it stronger.

[Blue Owl]

12. This detention sponsored by the NRA

n/t