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#HandsUpWalkOut: Students across US join Ferguson strike

Protests spread one week after grand jury fails to indict Ferguson police officer for teen’s death.

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Students across the US carried out a nationwide strike on Monday to protest a grand jury decision not to indict Darren Wilson, the white police officer who shot and killed unarmed black teenager Michael Brown.

Organisers outlined their reasons for the protest on the Ferguson Action website: