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18-Year-Old Arrested For Rioting During Antioch High Walkout

An 18-year-old is one of 10 Antioch High School students charged after allegedly disrupting last week's student walkout.

ANTIOCH, TN -- Metro Police arrested an 18-year-old Antioch High School student accused of rioting after last week's National Student Walkout event turned "unruly."

Fiacle Mugisha, 18, is charged with aggravated rioting.

Nine other Antioch High students - two 17-year-olds, two 16-year-olds, four 15-year-olds, and one 14-year-old - face aggravated rioting charges in Juvenile Court.

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As the names of the 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. were being read, a group of "unruly" students rushed the school's flagpole, ripping down and stomping the American flag, throwing water bottles and eventually kicking and jumping on a police car.

The day after, a group of students led a renewed demonstration that included the reading of the 17 names, the raising of the flag and playing of the national anthem.

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