Lakewood student walkout ends after man makes alleged threats
MARYSVILLE — A walkout from Lakewood High School and Lakewood Middle School students who were protesting increased immigration enforcement dispersed on Thursday after a man made threatening statements toward the protesters, according to students and parents.
The walkout drew about 100 students and took place near the Lakewood Crossing shopping center on the border of Marysville and Arlington. For about an hour, students peacefully protested by waving signs and chanting at the intersection of 172nd Street NE and 27th Avenue NE in Marysville.
Over an hour after the protest began, a man in a red car waiting at the intersection began shouting at the students protesting, according to Heather Felker, a parent who attended the walkout. He made a U-turn and returned to the intersection, this time in the right turn lane, closer to the students.
Some parents, who said they had attended the walkout to make sure it remained safe, stood between the children and the man’s car, which remained stopped in the right turn lane. A shouting match ensued. Felker said the man got out of his car and reached for his waist, making her worried that he had a gun.
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