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 ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X In a newly obtained email exchange, and again in an interview Monday, the city’s acting police ...

The masks were paid for and distributed by the police union. Face masks emblazoned with a "thin blue line" flag associated with the pro-police Blue Lives Matter movement have ignited controversy in ...

Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore has issued a ban on displaying the “thin blue line” flag at public events and station lobbies. The Saturday mandate comes in response to the flag’s ...

A Massachusetts firefighters union has taken down the “Thin Blue Line” flags it displayed on its trucks in support of police officers, following days of resistance to a town order asking for their ...

From Tuesday's decision in Fraternal Order of Police v. Township of Springfield, decided by Judge Paul Matey, joined by Judge Anthony Scirica, concluding that the policy was unconstitutional: The ...

Throughout history there are examples of how something fantastic and wonderful has been co-opted to represent something… well… not so fantastic; sometimes often ...

Soon after Columbus police shot and killed Black teenager Ma’Khia Bryant, a video from the scene went viral. In the short clip, an officer appeared to shout “blue lives matter” while responding to a ...