Kansas City Northeast Middle School Walkout After Deadly Student Stabbing

This afternoon protest his an embattled local school after parents, friends and family weren't satisfied with answers from the administration following a deadly stabbing that left a student dead.

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About 100 Northeast Middle School students walked out of class on Monday and protested at the edge of school property, joining family who stood across the street in pleading for justice for 14-year-old Manuel Guzman, who was fatally stabbed at the school last week.

Family members wept as they pleaded for answers. Friends and relatives, many carrying signs or wearing T-shirts with pictures of Guzman, demanded an explanation from administration about how the stabbing could have happened at the school with metal detectors, security and a policy requiring clear backpacks.

Police and extra security remained outside near the crowds on Monday. The students were required to stand behind barricades and were not allowed to join Guzman’s friends and family on the sidewalk. But the two groups often chanted in unison, yelling “Justice for Manny,” “School should be closed” and “Long live Manny.”

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Kansas City students walk out as family of slain middle schooler pleads for justice

About 100 Northeast Middle School students walked out of class on Monday and protested at the edge of school property, joining family who stood across the street in pleading for justice for 14-year-old Manuel Guzman, who was fatally stabbed at the school last week. Family members wept as they pleaded for answers.

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