The survivors of the Parkland school shooting have been given clear backpacks as part of the school’s new security measures.
17 people were killed when Nikolas Cruz opened fire on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February.
Since then, shooting survivors including students Lauren Hogg, David Hogg, Cameron Kasky, and Delaney Tarr, have been calling for the introduction of stricter gun control legislation.
The students returned to school this week to discover that everybody in their school had been issued with clear backpacks as part of the school’s new security measures.
These measures also include mandatory student IDs and an increase of police on school grounds.
Many of the students took to Twitter to share pictures of their new backpacks, saying that their introduction wasn’t going to “do anything.”
This is such a joke. Clear backpacks aren’t going to do ANYTHING, we NEED gun control. #marchforourlives pic.twitter.com/UOk16vKt51
— Alfonso Calderón (@Alfonso_Cal) April 3, 2018
Another student argued that the backpacks and the IDs were an “illusion of security.”
https://twitter.com/longlivekcx/status/980804811913355264
Student David Hogg also retweeted a tweet saying that if students had to wear clear backpacks, “so too should Congress.”
If @davidhogg111, @Emma4Change, @cameron_kasky, @Sarahchadwickk & the rest of the Parkland students must use clear backpacks, so too should Congress
https://t.co/PAgU2EGYr8— jordan (@JordanUhl) April 3, 2018
And others said that the backpacks were an “invasion of privacy.”
Starting off the last quarter of senior year right, with a good ol’ violation of privacy! pic.twitter.com/Glf9C14dsq
— Delaney Tarr (@delaneytarr) April 2, 2018
My new backpack is almost as transparent as the NRA’s agenda.
I feel sooo safe now.
As much as I appreciate the effort we as a country need to focus on the real issue instead of turning our schools into prisons. #clearbackpacks #MarchForOurLives pic.twitter.com/HqBIeGjzF9
— Lauren Hogg (@lauren_hoggs) April 2, 2018
You know, I feel super safe now that the whole school can see my collection of tampons and pens.
— Delaney Tarr (@delaneytarr) April 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/cameron_kasky/status/981136553899626496
Nikolas Cruz was arrested shortly after the shooting and charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder.
A ‘not guilty’ plea was entered on his behalf.
