Two Phoenix, Arizona high schools, had students ending up staging a walkout on Tuesday afternoon as a protest against Sheriff Joe Arpaio and presidential hopeful that time, Donald Trump. One of the organizers confirmed the plan and narrated what happened.
Approximately 200 students from Maryvale Trevor G. Browne High School marched against Trump and Arpaio on Friday as well. These students are from a northwestern suburb of Phoenix. They walked out along with hundreds of North High School students who gathered in a nearby parking lot. They surrounded a pickup truck that displayed an effigy of Arpaio in a striped prison suit.
Labor union leaders came with the Hispanic and Muslim students as they were protesting and fighting for social justice in Central Arizona, according to a report by the Arizona Republic. Students at two Valley high schools went out from the classrooms over the noon and finally promote their stand of not casting votes from ballots for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
"The stakes are too high to watch this election happen without being part of it," a senior at North High School said in an interview with AZFamily. Some students are holding the anti-Arpaio signs saying "vote against hate."
Many students were able to participate because many were out for lunch. Phoenix Union spokesman Craig Pletenik said that at least 200 students at Maryvale High School walked out, but around 550 to 750 followed.
Arpaio is facing federal contempt-of-court charges connected to a 2011 complaint from Maricopa County Sheriff's Department. Such criticism targeted mainly Latino drivers because of the belief that they are illegal settlers in the country. Arpaio is up for re-election and would be his seventh term as sheriff.
Students have a comfortable and ideal view on Election Day in spite of their young age. Most are seriously taking it as a responsibility and priority and thinking about County Recorder's refusal to do her job makes them have such a vital reaction to consider by voters.
Nonetheless, Trump won the election. Their cries were not as clearly heard as they hoped so.
