Members of the Wethersfield Town Council turned down the bid to fly the "thin blue line" in a 5 to 3 vote after a spirited debate on the flags, saying that the flag had "white supremacist" and ...

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 ...

Some members of the Wethersfield Town Council and staff have received death threats since voting to reject a request to fly the thin blue line flag on the day of Trooper First Class Aaron ...

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 ...

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. Jewel Samad/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images ...