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The group known as “antifa” has been shown to be anti-police and anarchist… and to say that they don’t represent American values is an understatement.
Shockingly, however, one sheriff in a left-leaning part of the country just sided with that radical group, and did something that can only be considered a slap in the face to America’s law enforcement community.
Sheriff Mike Reese of Multnomah County, Oregon — which includes the liberal enclave of Portland — reportedly ordered a law enforcement memorial flag — an American flag with a thin blue line to represent police officers — to be removed from his deputies’ break room.
According to KGW News, Reese declared that the flag could be considered offensive and a “sign of disrespect.”
The flag, which is meant to memorialize police officers who are killed or wounded in the line of duty, is usually seen as a sign of solidarity with law enforcement.
In their crusade against law and order, however, militant leftist groups have targeted anything that supports officers… and that includes the “thin blue line” flag.
Sadly, it looks like the Portland area sheriff has bought into that narrative.
“For some (the thin blue line flag) is a symbol honoring fallen law enforcement officers. For others, the flag is seen as a sign of disrespect toward communities of color,” Reese said.
The sheriff used the vague excuse that the flag was an “altered United States flag” to justify its removal. However, that explanation was quickly mocked by citizens, who posted photos of Sheriff Reese himself holding the same flag before it became politically inconvenient.
Photos of Reese smiling and posing with officers wearing both the blue line flag and modified “rainbow” LGBT American flags were also posted.
It seems that the liberal-leaning sheriff has no problem with “altered” flags until cop-hating militants raise their voices. Then he caves.
“The flag is a memorial to honor those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice in service to their communities,” the Oregon Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7 explained to the sheriff on Facebook.
“Your actions were a slap in the face of slain officer’s families everywhere, and by extension, no officer serving in our nation today should find your behavior acceptable.”
In the opinion of Conservative Tribune, repeatedly giving in to the demands of anti-law enforcement groups typified by “antifa” is the same as surrendering to them — even worse, taking their side in some misbegotten alliance.
People who use violence, hide their faces, and employ intimidation cannot be reasoned with, and there is no compromise for groups who are opposed to the rule of law and the enforcement of a civilized society.
You cannot extend an olive branch to anarchists — especially when doing so insults men and women who risk their lives every day to defend citizens and enforce the law.
People like Sheriff Reese might not like to admit it, but we are in the middle of a clash between two sides: Those who believe in a nation of laws, and those who believe they can do anything without consequence in the name of “social justice.”
The vast majority of Americans are on the side of laws and the officers who enforce them. Unfortunately, it looks like this sheriff has just planted his flag firmly in the other camp.
H/T Fox News
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