SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. -- Students at a Sandy Spring high school staged a sit-in and walkout Friday and said another protest is planned at the evening's football game.
Around 11 a.m., students at North Springs High School began posting pictures of a large sit-in inside the building.
— kai✨ (@Bifkai) September 23, 2016
North springs sit in. We are fed up as young adults ✊🏽 #BLM #stopkillingus pic.twitter.com/YgAkAAxyPCNorth Springs showed up today ????????? #Blacklinesmatter #change pic.twitter.com/uXqd1upBkR
— Marcus Tyler ?? (@MarcusTylerM) September 23, 2016
North Springs sit in was a success?????? #blacklivesmatter pic.twitter.com/FQSOz6y0iT
— Lele?? (@yooitslele) September 23, 2016
#blacklivesmatter this how we get down at north springs high school ???? pic.twitter.com/Vhtd3wnHP9
— unbothered?? (@__propertyofOne) September 23, 2016
Protestors also moved to the school's football field just after noon.
Photos | North Springs High protest
One student tweeted the sit-in is a result of a student having her "#blacklivesmatter shirt taken" and a teacher allegedly calling the group a "terrorist organization."
A school spokesperson said that those rumors were completely false.
Another rumor stated that a female student had been passing out Black Lives Matter t-shirts for Friday night's football game, but they were confiscated by an administrator.
MY HIGH SCHOOL IS DOING A SIT IN BECAUSE A GIRL GOT HER #BLACKLIVESMATTER SHIRT TAKEN AND A TEACHER CALLED IT A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION!! ✊🏽 pic.twitter.com/TufyyDOVuP
— BLACKsilkBABY (@NIROMIAN) September 23, 2016
In a video taken from the school's football field and posted on Twitter, one student said "people getting together, that's the best part about it."
North Springs High #BlackLivesMatter
— Papi Chulo (@Keslong_) September 23, 2016
Unity is Key pic.twitter.com/k6Avk4WenM
Someone who called himself a senior shared a video of an adult who appears to be the school's principal struggling to speak to the students.
Students said that the protest would continue at Friday night's football game.
