PHOTO GALLERY: Walkout, dead-ins return to campus in continuing protest
On the first day of classes after Thanksgiving break, Washington University students continued to protest last week’s grand jury decision not to indict Darren Wilson with a pair of on-campus actions. After a group of around 60 protesters blocked traffic near campus on Monday morning, a larger group gathered for a walkout event at 12:01 p.m., the time Michael Brown was killed on Aug. 9.
Starting outside the Brown School of Social Work, protesters marched around campus, eventually ending up in the Danforth University Center. Below, find an extensive photo gallery documenting the students’ actions and protests as they traversed campus.
Claire Komyati | Student Life Around 70 students met outside Goldfarb Hall at 12:01 p.m. on Monday, the time Michael Brown died on August 9.
Claire Komyati | Student Life Students carry signs with messages about police brutality and racial discrimination.
Claire Komyati | Student Life Protesters begin their march around campus, starting by walking toward the Brown School of Social Work buildings.
Claire Komyati | Student Life The protesters’ first stop is Brown Hall, where they march through the hallways chanting as classes continue around them.
Claire Komyati | Student Life Participants in Monday afternoon’s walkout included both undergraduates and graduate students, who carried signs and chanted about performing real-world social work.
Brian Benton | Student Life Undergraduates and social work students join to march through Brown Hall Monday afternoon, chanting in protest of police brutality and racial discrimination.
Claire Komyati | Student Life In Goldfarb Commons, students form circles and lock arms to show solidarity.
Brian Benton | Student Life Undergraduates and social work students join to march through Brown Hall Monday afternoon, chanting in protest of recent events in Ferguson and racial discrimination among police officers.
Brian Benton | Student Life Signs and chants accompany students around the Danforth campus, where they marched through Holmes Lounge, Brookings Quadrangle, Eads Hall, Whispers Cafe and the DUC.
Brian Benton | Student Life Students stand with their hands up in Brookings Quadrangle, adopting the “hands up, don’t shoot” pose that has become a symbol of solidarity with protesters in Ferguson, Mo.
Brian Benton | Student Life Senior Christian Gordon makes a symbolic gun with his hands, representing the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., as part of an on-campus protest on Monday.
Brian Benton | Student Life Protesters stage a die-in in the quad before event organizers urge Chancellor Mark Wrighton and the University community at large to take action in response to events in Ferguson.
Claire Komyati | Student Life A student lies on the ground in Brookings Quadrangle in the “hands up, don’t shoot” pose as she participates in a die-in display.
Claire Komyati | Student Life Event leaders stand in the middle of the crowd, urging their fellow students to take action and calling on Chancellor Mark Wrighton to respond to events in Ferguson.
Claire Komyati | Student Life Posters quoting a campus-wide email sent by Chancellor Mark Wrighton are taped on windows around campus. Students referenced the quote in chants claiming that unrest has come to campus.
Brian Benton | Student Life Protesters raise their fists in unison as part of a chanting session in the DUC.
Claire Komyati | Student Life Students line the walls of Tisch Commons in the Danforth University Center as they finish the event with a final chanting session and dead-in demonstration.
Brian Benton | Student Life Two students hug during a die-in demonstration in the Danforth University Center, where Monday’s walkout event on campus culminated with a final call to action.
Claire Komyati | Student Life Students engage in a dead-in display in the DUC, where they lay on the ground for 4 1/2 minutes in silence to commemorate the number of hours Michael Brown lay dead in the street.
Brian Benton | Student Life As protesters lie on the floor in a die-in around them, two students sitting at a table in the DUC continue to work.
Claire Komyati | Student Life A student continues to work on his laptop, unfazed by the two protesters lying on his table as part of the dead-in.