And in Parkland, Florida, four high school seniors who were killed in the Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, which killed 17 people in total, were honored at the high school’s graduation on Sunday night. Among them: Joaquin Oliver, whose mother accepted her son’s diploma and cap and tassel while wearing a bright yellow shirt reading “This should be my son.” On Monday, students who survived the shooting massacre announced plans for a nationwide 2-month bus tour this summer, aimed at registering young people to vote and to support gun control legislation. This is student Cameron Kasky.
Cameron Kasky: “I think that a lot of politicians out there do not want a lot of young people voting. There are a lot of politicians who want marginalized communities staying out of the polls, because they know they will be voted out. I think that a lot of people have slowly been less excited in voting because people are getting tired of the political system. But the thing is, we can fix the political system.”
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