DES MOINES, Iowa – Students at Central Academy high school in Des Moines roamed the halls during their lunch hour to protest the grand jury decisions in Ferguson, Missouri and New York.

Chanting things like “hands up, don’t shoot,” “I can’t breathe” and “enough is enough,” they protested the grand jury decisions to not indict police officers in the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner.

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One student could be seen holding a sign that read “Is breathing a white privilege, too?”

After walking around the school, students laid on the floor in a “die in” while chanting some more, including, “No justice, no peace.”

“It was their way of showing solidarity” and “hoping to spread the word about recent injustice,” according to KCCI reporter Jason Rantala.

The group laid down for four and a half minutes “to represent the number of hours Brown’s dead body was left on a Ferguson street after being shot,” according to the Des Moines Register.

“We’ve all seen it on the news what’s going on but we didn’t think there was enough awareness or perhaps even activism in the student body,” senior Cole Rehbein says.

Teachers and school leaders accommodated the protest, with Rantala reporting the demonstration was one the administration “fully supports.”

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“Students need to be able to share what they’re thinking, what they’re feeling and so that they can release that too, and feel like they are helping out what they believe,” principal Gary McClanahan tells the news station.

“Now people will hear your voice instead of just watching your actions. That’s way cool. I compliment you,” the principal said as he addressed the students. He was met with snaps and a few claps.

The anchor concluded the story by saying, “They say it’s important for young people to take action since they will be the next generation running the country.”

“It’s important that our voices are heard,” according to student Camille Juarez.

About 50 students participated in the protest, which was intended to “spark discussions about racism and police brutality in the United States,” according to the newspaper.