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3 Vancouver schools placed on lockdown after Proud Boys try to enter during masks protest
Dave Weigel RetweetedThree schools in Vancouver, WA were forced to go on lockdown today, after members of the Proud Boys tried to gain access to school grounds to protest masks. This is the Proud Boys outside before that happened.
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3 Vancouver schools placed on lockdown after Proud Boys try to enter during masks protest
By Jonathan Levinson (OPB) and Troy Brynelson (OPB)
Sept. 3, 2021 5:14 p.m. Updated: Sept. 3, 2021 8 p.m.
Vancouver Public Schools officials confirmed on Friday that the Skyview High School, Alki Middle School and Chinook Elementary were put in lockdown after members of the far-right Proud Boys tried to gain access to school grounds, according to witnesses.
Pat Nuzzo, communications director for the district, called the lockdown’s a “safety precaution.”
“This is related to yesterday’s protest against Washington state’s requirement for staff and students to wear masks or face coverings in schools and on buses,” Nuzzo wrote to OPB.
Patriot Prayer, a far-right group led by Southwest Washington’s Joey Gibson, and other far-right activists made posts online incorrectly claiming that a student at the school who did not want to wear a mask would face arrest if they entered school grounds.
Parents of other students at Skyview joined the anti-mask protest, holding signs and calling for the student to be given a medical exemption to mask requirements. Nearby, teachers and students held signs supporting masks.
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By Jonathan Levinson (OPB) and Troy Brynelson (OPB)
Sept. 3, 2021 5:14 p.m. Updated: Sept. 3, 2021 8 p.m.
Vancouver Public Schools officials confirmed on Friday that the Skyview High School, Alki Middle School and Chinook Elementary were put in lockdown after members of the far-right Proud Boys tried to gain access to school grounds, according to witnesses.
Pat Nuzzo, communications director for the district, called the lockdown’s a “safety precaution.”
“This is related to yesterday’s protest against Washington state’s requirement for staff and students to wear masks or face coverings in schools and on buses,” Nuzzo wrote to OPB.
Patriot Prayer, a far-right group led by Southwest Washington’s Joey Gibson, and other far-right activists made posts online incorrectly claiming that a student at the school who did not want to wear a mask would face arrest if they entered school grounds.
Parents of other students at Skyview joined the anti-mask protest, holding signs and calling for the student to be given a medical exemption to mask requirements. Nearby, teachers and students held signs supporting masks.
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