Some see the Thin Blue Line flag as support for law enforcement; others note it has been taken up by white nationalists.
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The flag image, usually called the Thin Blue Line flag, is seen by some as a symbol of solidarity with law enforcement — and by others, particularly African Americans, a divisive icon. “I don’t think [a Black student] would feel comfortable going into that office or being around any of the officers here,” Johnson-Stanton said.
Jacob now is president of Thin Blue Line USA, an online retailer that sells merchandise emblazoned with the black-and-white flag with the blue stripe: Christmas ornaments, face masks, t-shirts and, yes, stickers. Kent Oggart, the South City campus’s safety supervisor , said the symbol represents unity — but “people can view any symbol however they want to.”
Rae Duckworth, the interim director of Black Lives Matter’s Utah chapter, was more blunt: “That’s an ugly, terrible, divisive symbol” that was “only created to overshadow the Black Lives Matter movement.”
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