Mountain Home High Black Lives Matter Protest

Today marks day number two for the Mountain Home High School kid's Black Lives Matter protest.

The school board is meeting and discussing what to do about the painted parking spaces in their lot that includes the Black Lives Matter mural.  The original plan was to pressure wash them all away but the kids want them to stay.

They say their protest is about freedom of expression.  The Mountain High student body president is meeting with the superintendent today to try and come up with a compromise.

The protesters released this statement to the media...

"The main purpose of our protest is to object to censorship of art and to support our freedom of expression.  Black Lives Matter is a movement that we are passionate about, but our objective today is to protect the artwork.

 

We understand that our Superintendent Mr. Gilbert is supportive of our protest. We are still here because a compromise has not been reached concerning the artwork. However, we are actively working towards setting a time to discuss our concerns with Mr. Gilbert."

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