Comment by adastra22
1 year ago
Look into the history and meaning of “thin blue line.” It’s an endorsement of the us vs. them mindset prevalent in American policing that is the source of many (most? all?) police scandals.
1 year ago
Look into the history and meaning of “thin blue line.” It’s an endorsement of the us vs. them mindset prevalent in American policing that is the source of many (most? all?) police scandals.
It doesn't even originate in the US, mate.
As far as I can tell it probably is American, all the earliest mentions of it on Wikipedia are American.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_blue_line
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It did though? First attested reference was to the US army, then to various police departments including the (infamously corrupt) LAPD.