The Wethersfield town council in Connecticut sparked outrage after voting against allowing the "thin blue line" flag to fly for a beloved state trooper who was killed in the line of duty.

The Wethersfield, Conn. town council refused to fly the “thin blue line” flag at their town hall to honor slain hero State Trooper Aaron Pelletier, who was killed in the line of duty while ...

The Wethersfield, Conn. town council refused to fly the “thin blue line” flag at their town hall to honor slain hero State Trooper Aaron Pelletier, who was killed in the line of duty while ...

The proposal to fly the “thin blue line” flag was struck down in a 5-3 vote June 4 after Republican councilman Rich Bailey asked the town to fly the flag to honor Pelletier on the day of his ...

Councilor Rich Bailey (R) brought the idea of flying the “thin blue line” flag at town hall to honor Trooper First Class Pelletier, but the council rejected it with the vote on June 3, with ...

Town lawmakers vote down a request to fly a “Thin Blue Line” flag to honor a state trooper killed in a hit-and-run. Pictured: A pickup truck sporting such a flag is parked Aug. 2, 2022, in ...

WETHERSFIELD, Conn. (WTNH) — The Wethersfield Town Council’s vote not to fly the Thin Blue Line flag ahead of a fallen trooper’s funeral has drawn some ire. Connecticut State Poli… ...

A black and white American flag, a symbol of the Black Lives Matter movement, is the closest visual antecedent to the thin blue line flag. Credit... Jewel Samad/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images ...