David Hogg, the one who went on CNN and dared adults to act like one, lay on a basketball court and painted in a hibiscus flower. In a series of interviews, nine members of the Stoneman Douglas community — students, parents, police, teachers — reflected on the past 12 months. They did not want to talk about the gunman’s pending trial for capital murder. This is what they wanted to do: mourn. As Jammal Levy, 21, a Stoneman Douglas alumnus-turned-activist explained it, “We just had so much going on.”

Source: New York Times February 13, 2019 10:37 UTC