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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And forces removal of one at a police station https://twitter.com/abc7kevin/status/1190630119603396608?s=21[/quote]

Shameful.[/quote]

Yes, it was shameful. The police should never have put up that tweet showing the wood-worked flag-looking thing. At the very least, they should have taken the tweet down after they heard from the community. For the police to be able to do their job effectively, the community needs to trust the police. The flag-looking thing just encouraged [b]dis[/b]trust.[/quote]

Why?  [/quote]

Because while the originators of the blue-line flag did not intend it as a symbol of white supremacy, white supremacists use it as a symbol of white supremacy.[/quote]

White supremacists use the American flag too. Should we ban that? [/quote]

Generally, in communication with humans, context matters.

Lots of people in Montgomery County saw the police tweet with the blue-line flag and reacted to the flag as a symbol of white supremacy. Do you think it helps the police when lots of people believe that the police are tweeting out symbols of white supremacy?[/quote]

Do you think it helps when the Executive confirms their misguided bias? He could have stated the proper context of the thin blue line. He could have had a chance to educate people. To show how much HIS police do for community relations and what they plan to do under the new Chief. Instead he’s just ignorant, like the few who complained.[/quote]

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