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The "blue" in "thin blue line" refers to the blue color of the uniforms of many police departments. The phrase originated as an allusion to The Thin Red Line incident during the Crimean War in 1854, wherein a Scottish regiment —wearing red uniforms —famously held off a Imperial Russian Army cavalry charge.
18 sie 2017 · 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. At...
26 paź 2020 · 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.
8 cze 2020 · As protests over policing continue to convulse cities throughout the U.S., one symbol keeps showing up: a black-and-white American flag with one blue stripe. Recently, the flag was flown from the back of a car alongside protests in South Dakota, and burned outside the Utah State Capitol.
24 lut 2021 · The imagery of a single blue line on a black-and-white American flag — inspired by the phrase "Thin Blue Line" — has sparked a fiery debate over the role of police and law enforcement.
23 lis 2020 · The symbol of the Thin Blue Line (a black square with a blue line running horizontally across the middle) dates back to the 1950s. However, the flag now commonly associated with the phrase Thin Blue Line was created in 2014 by college student Andrew Jacob.
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. Only recently has the thin blue line flag sparked controversy.
