The Marshall Project has a good read about the Thin Blue Line flag entitled "The Short, Fraught History of the Think Blue Line Flag."
I get that being a police officer, if done correctly, is one hell of a tough profession. I understand.
But to deny that there is systemic racism is happening is ridiculous. The first real viral video is the one of Rodney King getting hit fifty times while scads of LA cops sit around and watch the four officers beat the hell out of him.
The past few weeks' events have created an awakening about systemic racism. That's good.
But I have no respect or need for a doctored flag that has the stars and stripes in black and white with a thin blue line.
To my mind, it's being used as a new Confederate flag.
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