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Florida high school bans football team's police flag after critics deem it "openly racist"
Fox News ^ | September 22 2020 | Lucas Manfredi

Posted on 09/22/2020 11:09:45 PM PDT by knighthawk

A thin blue line flag has been banned by a local high school in Neptune Beach, Florida following a series of complaints that circulated on social media, according to a report by News4Jax.

According to the outlet, the Fletcher High School football team started carrying the pro-law enforcement flag last year, as a way for one of its players, Caelan Lavender, to honor his late father, Cpl. Andy Lavender. Mr. Lavender was a Jacksonville Beach police officer who unexpectedly passed away in August 2019 after 29 years in law enforcement, and was active in sports programs.

“He was one of a kind,” his wife, Lorie Lavender, told News4Jax. “And he is very much missed and loved.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: education; fletcherhigh; florida; football; neptunebeach; policeflag; sports
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To: napscoordinator

they’re crazy. ( No DUH, i know)


21 posted on 09/23/2020 4:18:07 AM PDT by ronniesgal (Q. why did the chicken cross the road? A. It's Trumps fault and you're a racist!)
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To: knighthawk

Andy Lavender must have been white and his life has no value because if he were a black man the objection would never have materialized. Why? Because Black Lives Matter except when blacks are gunning each other down on the streets of our major cities, and when black babies are being murdered in their mothers wombs by Planned Parenthood murder mills.


22 posted on 09/23/2020 4:51:41 AM PDT by Saltmeat (69)
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To: knighthawk
following a series of complaints that circulated on social media

So somebody, somewhere, made anonymous complaints and the city caved. That flock of Karens might not be residents of the city, state, or even the good ole US of A.

BTW, what is the collective noun for a group of Karens?

23 posted on 09/23/2020 4:53:04 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Sorry, your race card has been declined. Can you present any other form of argument?")
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To: NonValueAdded

A gaggle of hens?


24 posted on 09/23/2020 4:56:51 AM PDT by SheepWhisperer (My enemy saw me on my knees, head bowed and thought they had won until I rose up and said Amen!)
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To: knighthawk

Every thing in the WORLD is openly racist to hear them tell it...why should a flag be exempt?


25 posted on 09/23/2020 8:18:59 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Viking2002
I use a pimp stick for balance. Is mine ornamental today, or functional?

My walking stick is the same ol' Shillelagh me father brought from Ireland...

26 posted on 09/23/2020 8:21:31 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: JimRed

I plan on adding one of those to my collection in the spring.


27 posted on 09/23/2020 2:49:59 PM PDT by Viking2002 (When aliens fly past Earth, they probably lock their doors.)
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