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Blue Lives Matter (also known as Police Lives Matter) is a countermovement in the United States that aims to show solidarity with the police. It emerged in 2014 in direct opposition to the Black Lives Matter movement [1] and gained traction following the high-profile homicides of NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu in Brooklyn, New York.
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.
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...
Before a department sanctions displaying a Blue Line flag, administrators should consider that many citizens may have a negative reaction.
The "Thin Blue Line" flag, which resembles an American flag but has a blue stripe, is a sign of support for law enforcement but has also come to signal opposition to the racial justice movement...
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.
The black and white flag with the blue stripe — which adopts the likeness of the American flag — does not violate the U.S. Flag Code. See the sources for this fact-check.
The flag itself emerged around 2014 as the Blue Lives Matter movement grew in prominence. The movement was apparently intended as a response to Black Lives Matter and grew out of a series of...
A merger of the American flag with a symbol representing the police, the thin blue line flag has become a potent statement in its own right. First introduced in the 2010s, it quickly became...
The "Thin Blue Line" phrase gave shape to the black, white, and blue American flag near the end of 2015 upon the inception of the Blue Lives Matter movement.