Black College Wire — Students from Florida A&M University, Florida State University and Tallahassee Community College staged a sit-in at the governor’s office at the state Capitol to protest a suspected cover-up in the death of a 14-year-old boy at a state boot camp.
Martin Lee Anderson died on Jan. 6 at a Bay County Department of Juvenile Justice boot camp after being beaten, kicked and kneed by boot camp guards.
More than 30 students congregated in the lobby of the governor’s office April 19 to demand justice. They requested to speak with Bush, while 70 additional protesters rallied outside.
The student protesters wore Band-Aids on their foreheads to signify that Anderson was on their minds.