By Scott Scheffer
Jailynn Butler-Thomas is a student at Dorsey High School in Los Angeles. She spoke with Struggle-La Lucha about support for the recent Los Angeles Unified Public School District (LAUSD) strike and opposition to armed police in public schools.
There’s so much backlash that myself and my peers and those who are fighting for police-free schools have to deal with. The main factor that rallies students behind UTLA and Local 99 is that they’re struggling, and we’re struggling, and that unites us.