Olivia DrakeOn Dec. 8, approximately 1,000 students, faculty and staff participated in a Black Lives Matter March. The participants marched as a show of solidarity with national protests against discriminatory treatment of blacks in the criminal justice system and incidents of police brutality. The group started at Exley Science Center, marched across campus and proceeded down Washington Street to the intersection at Main Street in Middletown. They chanted "black lives matter," "hands up, don't shoot," and "we can't breathe." In The Hartford Courant, Abhi Janamanchi '17 said he he hoped the event would serve as a "dose of reality" about the racial issues…
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