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The idea of a “thin blue line” can be traced all the way back to a 1854 British battle formation, a “thin red line” used during the Crimean War and then popularized in art, poetry and song.
Town lawmakers vote down a request to fly a “Thin Blue Line” flag to honor a state trooper killed in a hit-and-run. Pictured: A pickup truck sporting such a flag is parked Aug. 2, 2022, in ...
To the editor: Those Los Angeles Police Department officers displaying “thin blue line” flags — whether well-meaningly or not — clearly have not seen the 1988 Errol Morris documentary that ...
The Wethersfield, Conn. town council refused to fly the “thin blue line” flag at their town hall to honor slain hero State Trooper Aaron Pelletier, who was killed in the line of duty while ...
A federal judge ruled a Pennsylvania's community's ban on the display of a pro-police "Thin Blue Line" flag has restricted free speech of public employees under the First Amendment.
A "Thin Blue Line" flag was flown at the Justice Center after the sheriff's office said American flag was stolen Cold front brings single-digit temps, another chance for snow. But a warm-up is coming ...
Letters to the Editor: Soybeans belong in soup, not fuel tanks. Thin blue line shouldn't go through Old Glory. It's time for a change from DeWine.
A federal court has ruled that a prohibition by a Pennsylvania community on the display of the American flag with a thin blue line that is supportive of law enforcement is unconstitutional.. The ...
After violent insurrectionists (some law enforcement officers among them) carried “thin blue line” flags as they attacked our U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, I wondered if their hatred and ...
The PBA declined, and in response, the Township passed Resolution No. 1592 "prohibit[ing] the publicly visible display or use of any image which depicts the Thin Blue Line American Flag symbol by ...
The dispute in Springfield Township, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) from Philadelphia, arose over the use of the black-and-white American flag, with one horizontal blue stripe.
The "Thin Blue Line" flag, which symbolizes very different things to different people, has again divided a Lower Hudson Valley community. Last week, four residents of Irvington told their board of ...