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  2. Thin blue line flag: A cop explains its meaning - Police1

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    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.

  3. Thin blue line - Wikipedia

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    The "Thin Blue Line" flag is all black, bearing a single horizontal blue stripe across its center. Variations of the flag, often using various national flags rendered in black and white with a blue line through the center, are seen below.

  4. The Short, Fraught History of the ‘Thin Blue Line’ American Flag

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    Those who fly the flag have said it stands for solidarity and professional pride within a dangerous, difficult profession and a solemn tribute to fallen police officers. But it has also been...

  5. Police chief bans 'Thin Blue Line' imagery, says it's been ...

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    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...

  6. That Thin Blue Line – What Does It Really Mean? | National ...

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    A flag created around that theme is black and white with a blue line as the center horizontal stripe. The blue line represents the men and women of law enforcement who stand in the gap between the lawless and the innocent.

  7. 'Thin Blue Line': What does an American flag with a blue line ...

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    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.

  8. Thin Blue Line Meaning | Politics by Dictionary.com

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    What is the Thin Blue Line? The phrase Thin Blue Line represents the idea that law enforcement (associated with blue uniforms) acts as the barrier (or “line”) between the community they protect and lawlessness. In the 2010s, the Thin Blue Line has also been used to refer to a black flag with a blue line running horizontally across the ...

  9. What started as a phrase, became popularized as a graphic image, then unfurled as a thin blue line flag, has been around for a long time. The thin blue line is seen on police cars, lapel pins, coffee cups and COVID-19 masks.

  10. Loved ones of slain police officers describe meaning of ‘thin ...

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    Maura Schiavina said the “thin blue lineflag, designed in the format of an American flag but with a blue line crossing its midsection, symbolizes the line on which police officers figuratively stand to guard the law-abiding public from criminal elements.

  11. What Do Thin Line Flags Mean? | FlagandBanner

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    Popularized by the eye-catching black and white American flag with a thin blue line running across it, thin line flags are a beautiful way to support the everyday heroes in your community. The colored stripe symbolizes the thin line between the public and the danger they hold at bay.