Blue Line Used By Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office To Mourn The Deaths Of A Chetek Police Officer And A Village Of Cameron Police Officer, Which Is Co-opted By White Supremacists For Hate And The Anti-racial Justice Movement

The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office in its social media (Facebook) account posted a black silhouette Wisconsin state image with a blue stripe or line across it, which many people of color would consider that the department is promoting White supremacy, hate and the anti-racial justice movement.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

April 9, 2023

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On late Saturday, the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) posted a black silhouette of the Wisconsin State image with a blue line or stripe across the middle of the state to mourn the deaths of two police officers, one from the Chetek Police Department and the other from the Village of Cameron Police Department in Wisconsin who were fatally shot in the line of duty, according to the MCSO.

Other police departments like the Village of East Troy Police Department, Elkhart Police Department, Fond du Lac Police Department, Wauwatosa Police Department and the Olmsted County Sheriff's Office are using the similar black silhouette of the State of Wisconsin with a blue line across the state.

Many law enforcement agencies including police and sheriff departments have ban the use of the thin blue line (stripe) in flags and over badges including the use of the imaginary in other items while on duty, which have become the symbol of White supremacy, hate and the anti-racial justice movement after the January 6, 2021 Trump MAGA attempted insurrection at the federal Capitol building in Washington D.C..

MAGA insurrectionists carried the U.S. black flag with the thin blue line during the insurrection in D.C..

At least 950 Trump MAGA insurrectionists were criminally charged with federal offenses, the U.S.DOJ reported and many have been convicted for the insurrection attempt that resulted in the deaths of several people at the U.S. Capitol, Ashli Babbitt, a female insurrectionist who was fatally shot by a U.S. Capitol police officer while breaking into the legislative chamber in an attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election, which Trump was defeated by Joe Biden (D) and the other was U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick who also died.

White supremacists with extremist ideology have "co-opted" the Thin Blue Line in flags and other items as a symbol of their neo-nazi movement.

The current Milwaukee County Sheriff is Denita R. Bell, who is Black.

The Milwaukee Police Department and other police departments in the state have banned the use of the "Thin Blue Line" imaginary by officers while on duty.

Usually, law enforcement agencies and departments use a black band across their badges while mourning the loss of a law enforcement officer or agent.

Using the "Thin Blue Line" is associated with the rogue law enforcement Blue Lives Matter ideology that protects and support corrupt cops and agents who commit crimes and murder unarmed Black victims including people of color and are not held accountable or prosecuted in the majority of cases, which the Black Lives Matter movement was created to seek justice and accountability for the murdered unarmed Black victims.