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State Chapters => California => Topic started by: Kamaji on January 16, 2023, 12:44:18 pm
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LAPD bans Thin Blue Line flag over complaint it represents 'racist, bigoted views'
An LAPD police union fired back at the news calling it 'political pandering' to 'anti-police activists'
By Kristine Parks
January 13, 2023
The Los Angeles Police Department banned the Thin Blue Line flag from public areas within police departments this week over a complaint that the flag represented "violent, extremist views."
LAPD Chief Michel Moore defended the controversial move in an email sent to Fox News Digital, saying, "Yesterday, we received a community complaint of the presence of a Blue Line Flag" with "the view that it symbolized support for violent extremist views, such as those represented by the Proud Boys and others."
"I directed to have the item taken down from the public lobby. The U.S. flag should be proudly displayed in our lobbies whenever possible. Memorials for our fallen are also authorized in all public spaces," he said.
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Source: https://www.foxnews.com/media/lapd-bans-thin-blue-line-complaint-represents-violent-extremist-views