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Students stage walkout to protest fatal shooting of black teen in U.S. state of Wisconsin

Xinhua, March 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

Thousands of students of Madison in the U.S. state of Wisconsin staged a walkout Monday morning to protest the fatal shooting of black teen Tony Robinson by police officer Friday evening.

The students had a moment of silence for Robinson before their walkout. More people joined in the protest.

Some people hold the photo of Robinson; some hold placards reading "Anti-racist Action" or "Black Live Matters"; some chanting slogans "no more killer cops!" or "No justice, no peace! No racist police!"

Protesters said on twitter that they will stop on Williamson St. , where Robinson was killed in the capital of Wisconsin.

A series of protests continued in Madison after the death of Robinson.

According to police, the unarmed 19-year-old was shot dead by Madison police officer Matt Kenny, after Kenny responded to a call that Robinson was jumping in and out of traffic and had assaulted someone. Kenny broke into an apartment where Robinson had gone into after hearing what police described as a "disturbance" and shot Robinson after police said he assaulted the officer.

Madison Police Chief Mike Koval said the state Justice Department's Division of Criminal Investigation will launch a probe into the shooting. Under Wisconsin law, police officer- involved shootings are investigated by an outside agency.

A final report is expected to come out weeks later.

The police side acknowledged the anger of the protesters, and urged everyone to exercise restraint.

The shooting took place after a string of police violence against minorities triggered anger across the country, reminding people of the deaths of African Americans in Ferguson, Missouri, and Staten Island, New York. Grand juries have decided not to indict the police officers involved in those cases.

President Barack Obama said Saturday that the racial history still casts its shadow on the nation in his speech in memory of the violent civil rights movement "Bloody Sunday" at Selma Alabama, where the 50th anniversary of the historic Selma civil rights march was marked. Endite