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Jun 8, 2020 · As protests over policing continue to convulse cities throughout the U.S., one symbol keeps showing up: a black-and-white American flag with one blue stripe. Recently, the flag was flown from the back of a car alongside protests in South Dakota, and burned outside the Utah State Capitol.
Jun 9, 2020 · As protests over policing continue to convulse cities throughout the U.S., one symbol keeps showing up: a black-and-white American flag with one blue stripe. Recently, the flag was flown...
Jan 4, 2024 · A black and white American flag, a symbol of the Black Lives Matter movement, is the closest visual antecedent to the thin blue line flag. Jewel Samad/Agence France-Presse — Getty...
Aug 18, 2017 · A black-and-white American flag with a thin blue line across its center appeared among the Confederate flags toted by the white supremacists and neo-Nazis during the violent protests. At...
Oct 26, 2020 · The thin blue line flag features a black and white image of the American flag with the horizontal stripe beneath the field of white stars on the black background. The stars represent the citizenry who stand for justice and order.
Oct 24, 2020 · The flag essentially is a black-and-white version of the American flag, with a single red stripe replaced by a blue one. That blue stripe is meant to symbolize police officers as the "thin...
The "Thin Blue Line" flag is all black, bearing a single horizontal blue stripe across its center. Variations of the flag, often using various national flags rendered in black and white with a blue line through the center, are seen below.
Jul 6, 2020 · It’s a symbol that has existed for years: a black and white U.S. flag with a single blue stripe. The thin blue line.
Feb 24, 2021 · The imagery of a single blue line on a black-and-white American flag — inspired by the phrase "Thin Blue Line" — has sparked a fiery debate over the role of police and law enforcement.
Our story about the “thin blue line” American flag was cited multiple times in a court decision involving bailiffs who wore COVID masks adorned with the flag in court. The controversial version of the U.S. flag, used to signal solidarity with police, has been criticized as a symbol of white supremacy.
