This teen was the only student in his school to participate in the national walkout

On Wednesday, students nationwide left class to honor the 17 teenagers who died in the Parkland shooting, and to protest lax gun control laws in the United States. 

But on #NationalWalkoutDay, 16-year-old Justin Blackman realized that he was the only student at Wilson Preparatory Academy in Wilson, North Carolina to participate in the protest. 

“It’s National Walkout Day, I’m the only one from my school out here,” he said in a video he tweeted. “I’m just going to be chilling here for the next 15 minutes.” Read more…

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