Police unions oppose hate groups’ use of ‘thin blue line’ symbols August 30, 2017

Police unions are calling out attempts to hijack the phrase and symbol “thin blue line” for hate and intolerance. The Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs (ALADS) in a statement on Monday joined with the United Coalition of Public Safety (UCOPS) to denounce extremists. “I’ve seen photos, and I’m seeing it on television through the news,” said Robert Sass, vice president for ALADS and a deputy for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. “Some of the hate groups are draping themselves in the flag. Some are carrying flags. Those flags refer to the ‘thin blue line’ that police officers use to symbolize police work. It’s something that’s been around for quite awhile and is used by police officers.” A “thin blue line” symbol was created to allow the community to show support for law enforcement, and those attempting to hijack the symbol for their own purposes (“hate groups such as the neo-Nazis, White Supremacists or the KKK”) are “despicable and most certainly do not represent the values for which that symbol stands,” the joint statement said.

The Los Angeles Police Protective League – which participates in UCOPS along with the Long Beach Police Officers Association and others – on Tuesday also denounced hate-filled individuals and groups, “especially those that commit violence or advocate violence to achieve their own repugnant political agendas,” said LAPPL president Craig Lally in a statement. “Whether they’re neo-Nazis, white supremacists, the KKK, anti-Semites or Antifa, we repudiate their beliefs and their tactics.” Lally’s statement added that his organization “strongly urges” any group or people planning to assemble with the goal of re-creating the violence that occurred in Charlottesville to cancel their event and stay home. “We urge them to look into their souls and try to figure out where their hate is coming from and seek professional help,” Lally’s statement added. “No one is born hating other people.” Sass said the sheriff’s department wears tan and green on their uniforms, but they still associate with the thin blue line symbol. “Frankly, it’s kind of horrifying to see the photos of hate groups of neo-Nazis and white supremacists and the KKK draping themselves in these flags. They don’t represent what we stand for as police officers, and it’s just appalling they’re carrying these flags and using them in that manner. I would hope they think this isn’t their symbol. It just shows support for law enforcement. … I would love to see these hate groups stop using the flags.”

https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/08/30/police-unions-oppose-hate-groups-use-of-thin-blue-line-symbols-4/

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Here's What That Flag With A Blue Stripe Means

Updated: Mar 6, 2018 Original: Jul 15, 2016

In the wake of the July 7 attack on Dallas police officers, many have chosen to show their support for the shootings' victims and the police in general by displaying a black and white flag with a blue line near the middle. The symbol, known as the Thin Blue Line Emblem, has been used by members of law enforcement to represent support for their fellow officers, particularly after police shootings. The symbol reportedly originated in the U.K. with a different flag but is now commonly used in the U.S. and Canada to memorialize fallen officers.

The idea of police as a "Thin Blue Line" between society and anarchy initially entered popular culture in 1988, with the release of a documentary film by the same name directed by Errol Morris, according to Patriot Wood, a woodworking company which began selling Thin Blue Line wooden flags in 2015. "To some, that blue line on the flag is just that, but to others, that line is a family crest," posted Twitter user MarT, according to Bearing Arms. Journalist Katie Pavlich also wore a thin blue line flag pin on "The O'Reilly Factor" to show her support for police officers in Dallas.

Some interpreters also take the colors of the flag as symbolic, with the black representing fallen police comrades. The idea behind the thin blue line may go back even further, with Rudyard Kipling's poem "Tommy," according to Patriot Wood. The speaker of the poem calls British soldiers a "thin red line," referring to the color of their uniform, and the typical line formation that they stood in. "O it's 'Thin red line of 'eroes' when the drums begin to roll," Kipling wrote in the poem, Patriot Wood noted.

Joseph McNamara, a Stanford University research fellow and former San Jose and Kansas City police chief, spoke to the Orange County Register regarding the ideas behind the thin blue line. "I suppose it sounds a bit corny," McNamara said. "But I have always considered the American police officer to represent the ultimate decentralization of a government of, by and for the people. Cops are public servants with a fundamental duty to protect life and constitutional rights, not an armed force occupying territory."

https://www.opposingviews.com/category/if-you-see-american-flag-blue-stripe-heres-what-it-means

>>9666987

see this post as well: >>9667001

>>9666993

Thin blue line digz…

>>9666921 Police unions oppose hate groups’ use of ‘thin blue line’ symbols

>>9667001 Here's What That Flag With A Blue Stripe Means

>>9667013

Have mixed feelings about this..we are an autonomous country..we don't need to take up symbolism from another. While it appears the intent was good, wouldn't it be better if it were a symbol of Our Country.

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>>9667082

Mentioned in this article line:

>The idea behind the thin blue line may go back even further, with Rudyard Kipling's poem "Tommy,"

Here's the Poem

http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poems_tommy.htm

>>9667218

>At least the people of CHOP have the fucking balls to exercise their God-given and Constitutionally-protected right to life (as they choose), liberty (as they define it), and the pursuit of happiness (as fucking wacky as it may seem). Those people are ACTING like fucking Americans and taking their land back from a government they despise. We're picking our noses, polishing our impotent guns, and fapping to fucking porn.

Interesting..so for you it's okay to steal from others who worked hard for everything they have..their businesses their homes, their way of life. And to round this all off, when supplies are running low and there's nothing left, just ask for moar, because the generous people of this country will just support your asses.. keep living in that dream..it won't last long.