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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.
Supporters of the Blue Line flag are not insensitive to the Flag Code’s standards. They argue that it’s not a desecration of the American flag, because it’s a completely different flag. But in numerous places where it’s sold online, it’s called the Thin Blue Line American Flag or the American Thin Blue Line Flag.
The Short, Fraught History of the ‘Thin Blue Line’ American Flag. The controversial version of the U.S. flag has been hailed as a sign of police solidarity and criticized as a symbol of white...
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.
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.
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.
A common variation of this flag depicts a black and white American flag with a blue stripe across the middle. By extension, the phrase Thin Blue Line can refer to members of law enforcement themselves and represent the Thin Blue Line flag.
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...
A Thin Blue Line flag was used as a backdrop for President Trump’s Oct. 24, 2020 rally in Wisconsin. A Facebook post labeled it an "anti-Black Lives Matter flag." The flag has been associated...
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.