Thousands protest in Bay Area demanding end to gun violence
Published on March 25, 2018 at 12:11AM by By Trisha Thadani and Rachel Swan
At the microphone in downtown Oakland was 16-year-old Olive Blair, with a voice that boomed through the city and a message that echoed around the country: “If you think our voices are getting louder, it’s because they are,” she proclaimed. Blair, in a bright red jacket, stood in front of what police estimated were 2,000 or so people at Oakland’s version of March For Our Lives, a worldwide rally calling for stronger gun control in the wake last month’s shooting at a Parkland, Fla., high school that left 17 people dead. “If you aren’t shaken — you need to be,” Blair said with confidence as she read a speech she had practiced in front of her parents the night before.
Published on March 25, 2018 at 12:11AM by By Trisha Thadani and Rachel Swan
At the microphone in downtown Oakland was 16-year-old Olive Blair, with a voice that boomed through the city and a message that echoed around the country: “If you think our voices are getting louder, it’s because they are,” she proclaimed. Blair, in a bright red jacket, stood in front of what police estimated were 2,000 or so people at Oakland’s version of March For Our Lives, a worldwide rally calling for stronger gun control in the wake last month’s shooting at a Parkland, Fla., high school that left 17 people dead. “If you aren’t shaken — you need to be,” Blair said with confidence as she read a speech she had practiced in front of her parents the night before.
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