Drew students stage a 'die-in' on Madison campus

MADISON – "Black lives matter," read one of the many signs held by students lying in the grass – simulating being dead — in front of Mead Hall at Drew University Thursday.

The students staged a four-and-a-half minute "die-in," as part of a national protest against police violence toward African-American men. The demonstration follows alleged incidents of police brutality involved in the deaths Eric Garner, Michael Brown and others.

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President of Drew University MaryAnn Baenninger joined students on the lawn during the protest, followed by a student march in solidarity down Madison Avenue.

Drew students also planned to protest Saturday in New York City and Washington, D.C.

Earlier in the week, dozens were arrested in London for staging a die-in at a mall and 150 medical students at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine staged a die-in in Baltimore.

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