The Los Angeles Police Department has ordered its officers not to display the "thin blue line" flag publicly, though they may still do so at their personal work spaces, lockers or personal vehicles.
The Los Angeles Police Department banned the Thin Blue Line flag from public areas within police departments this week over a complaint that the flag represented "violent, extremist views." LAPD Chief ...
The Los Angeles Police Department is facing fierce criticism after it banned displaying the Thin Blue Line Flag over a complaint it symbolized "extremist" views. Founder of Blue Lives Matter NYC ...
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From Tuesday's decision in Fraternal Order of Police v. Township of Springfield, decided by Judge Paul Matey, joined by Judge Anthony Scirica, concluding that the policy was unconstitutional: The ...
The mandate, issued Saturday, comes in response to the flag’s divisive symbolism — some believe it represents support for law enforcement, while others say it’s become a symbol of far-right ideology ...
Last week, on Independence Day, my family raised the red, white and blue flag of the United States. Some of our neighbors, however, flew a different flag that contained similar shapes, but was mostly ...
An eastern Pennsylvania township wanted to keep its policy banning its township police from displaying the “thin blue line” flag” so badly that it appealed a federal judge’s ruling to an appeals court ...
For some, the “thin blue line” flag is an expression of solidarity with police officers who have lost their lives on the job. To others, the black-and-white American flag with a single blue stripe is ...