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Barring ‘thin blue line’ flag on Pennsylvania township property is unconstitutional, US court rules
A federal court has ruled that a Pennsylvania community’s resolution prohibiting the display of an American flag with a thin blue line on all township property is unconstitutional. The ruling about the flag that’s also used as part of the police union’s logo came down Monday. The dispute in Springfield Township, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) from Philadelphia, arose over the use of the black-and-white American flag, with one horizontal blue stripe. The township argued the use of the flag was creating “discontent and distrust” in the community against the police. Prohibiting the use of the thin blue line flag restricts the free speech of public employees under the First Amendment, U.S. Distr

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