https://padlet.com/landon_hollis_122/uaz7x7fa2unz7i6a The specific event that I will focus on is the Parkhill High School shooting on February 14, 2018, and the events that followed. en-us 2022-11-14 21:36:51 UTC 2025-11-17 22:48:31 UTC hello@padlet.com landon_hollis_122 https://padlet.com/landon_hollis_122/uaz7x7fa2unz7i6a/wish/2398776857 On February 14, 2018, expelled student Nikolas Cruz shot and killed 17 students with his legally bought AR-15. Along with the deaths, he also injured 17 other students. Whats worse is that all of this damage was done in a matter of 7 minutes. After these 7 minutes, he tried to escape by blending in with the students. This all went to plan until he was arrested by officer Micheal Leonard while heading to McDonalds.]]> 2022-11-26 22:28:28 UTC https://padlet.com/landon_hollis_122/uaz7x7fa2unz7i6a/wish/2398776857 landon_hollis_122 https://padlet.com/landon_hollis_122/uaz7x7fa2unz7i6a/wish/2405777740 The day after the shooting, parents and students gathered around demanding stricter laws against firearms. This was a harmful protest in the fact that it stayed peaceful throughout the whole thing. I can not imagine how emotional the parents of the deceased kids were.]]> 2022-12-01 21:21:47 UTC https://padlet.com/landon_hollis_122/uaz7x7fa2unz7i6a/wish/2405777740 landon_hollis_122 https://padlet.com/landon_hollis_122/uaz7x7fa2unz7i6a/wish/2405792161 On the same day as the protest, the president at the time, Donald Trump, speaks out about the incident and what he plans to do about it. In this speech, he mentions how they will better school security, and help with the mental health of the students from this school. What he does not mention, is changing any gun laws to prevent the ability of these kids to purchase guns.]]> 2022-12-01 21:41:55 UTC https://padlet.com/landon_hollis_122/uaz7x7fa2unz7i6a/wish/2405792161 landon_hollis_122 https://padlet.com/landon_hollis_122/uaz7x7fa2unz7i6a/wish/2405811774 Emma Gonzalez, who was a senior at the time, spoke out about this tragic event and how nothing is being done to prevent this from happening in the future. She goes on to explain how other countries across the world have barely any mass shootings because they have gun control. She also says how The presents receive money from the NRA (National Rifle Association), and how in just a month and a half the money the president receives divided by the gun shot victims equals out to $5,800 dollars per gunshot victim.]]> 2022-12-01 22:09:53 UTC https://padlet.com/landon_hollis_122/uaz7x7fa2unz7i6a/wish/2405811774 landon_hollis_122 https://padlet.com/landon_hollis_122/uaz7x7fa2unz7i6a/wish/2410145427 Peter Wang, who was a freshman at the time, died a hero. On the day of the shooting, Peter held the door for his fellow students so they could get away from this tragic event. While doing so, Peter was killed by the shooter. Peter died a hero and was buried with a U.S Army Medal of Heroism pinned to his chest. Also, Peter was given a full military burial with full honors.]]> 2022-12-06 04:37:47 UTC https://padlet.com/landon_hollis_122/uaz7x7fa2unz7i6a/wish/2410145427 landon_hollis_122 https://padlet.com/landon_hollis_122/uaz7x7fa2unz7i6a/wish/2410146911 People in the florida community gathered around and went from funeral to funeral mourning the death of friends, family, and teachers. This went on for days as more and more funerals were planned. At the same time many parents talked about how many of these students have never faced death before, so this might affect them more mentally than people might have assumed.]]> 2022-12-06 04:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/landon_hollis_122/uaz7x7fa2unz7i6a/wish/2410146911 landon_hollis_122 https://padlet.com/landon_hollis_122/uaz7x7fa2unz7i6a/wish/2410161157 After Peter Wang's funeral, students from parkland came together and traveled to tallahassee to fight for tighter gun laws. Also, Students from another local high school, West Boca Raton High, marched out of their school despite their teachers and principles trying to stop them and walked 12 miles to parklands campus. They did this because they too want to feel safe at school, and not have to think that they might not make it home one day.]]> 2022-12-06 04:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/landon_hollis_122/uaz7x7fa2unz7i6a/wish/2410161157 landon_hollis_122 https://padlet.com/landon_hollis_122/uaz7x7fa2unz7i6a/wish/2410213917 In the midst of all of the protests going on, the MLB joins in on the support of the victims from the Parkland School Shooting. The Marlins started this by choosing to wear highschool hats in their opening game. After the other teams heard about this, they decided to join in on it as well.]]> 2022-12-06 05:58:13 UTC https://padlet.com/landon_hollis_122/uaz7x7fa2unz7i6a/wish/2410213917 landon_hollis_122 https://padlet.com/landon_hollis_122/uaz7x7fa2unz7i6a/wish/2410270430 On March 14, 2018, Students around the United States walked out of their schools for 17 minutes to honor the seventeen students that were killed in the parkhill shooting. While some school officials and/or school security members were okay with this, others were not and tried to make their students stay in class instead. Though this did not stop a lot of these students as they left school anyway.]]> 2022-12-06 07:10:02 UTC https://padlet.com/landon_hollis_122/uaz7x7fa2unz7i6a/wish/2410270430 landon_hollis_122 https://padlet.com/landon_hollis_122/uaz7x7fa2unz7i6a/wish/2410296782 In their final protest involving the Parkland shooting, people from all over the united states came together and demanded change in front of the nation's capital. This was most definitely their most impactful protest as many celebrities and other well-known individuals showed up to this event. This would not be the end of protests against gun violence, but it would be the last that involved this one particular event.]]> 2022-12-06 07:39:29 UTC https://padlet.com/landon_hollis_122/uaz7x7fa2unz7i6a/wish/2410296782 landon_hollis_122 https://padlet.com/landon_hollis_122/uaz7x7fa2unz7i6a/wish/2410298206 this is where you can find the links to the annotated articles and the un-annotated articles.]]> 2022-12-06 07:40:59 UTC https://padlet.com/landon_hollis_122/uaz7x7fa2unz7i6a/wish/2410298206