Police chief bans 'Thin Blue Line' imagery, says it's been 'co-opted' by extremists

Chief Kristen Roman of the University of Wisconsin-Madison said "hateful ideologies" run counter to the department's core values  

Jan. 29, 2021, By Janelle Griffith

University of Wisconsin-Madison's police chief has banned officers from using "Thin Blue Line" imagery while on duty.  Chief Kristen Roman informed officers of the ban in a Jan. 15 email that was made public this week. The department faced criticism in November over a photo posted to its Twitter account that showed a "Thin Blue Line" flag displayed at the police department's office.

The "Thin Blue Line" flag, which resembles an American flag but has a blue stripe, is a sign of support for law enforcement but has also come to signal opposition to the racial justice movement and a symbol of white supremacy or support for the Blue Lives Matter cause.  Roman said that the flag has been "co-opted" by extremists with "hateful ideologies" in the promotion of their views that "run counter" to the department's "core values" and that it impedes "our efforts to build trust."

"Guided by our core values, my responsibility to ensure your safety as best I'm able, and by what I believe in my heart is the right thing to do under present circumstances, I am moved to enact specific measures to distance UWPD from the thin blue line imagery and the fear and mistrust that it currently evokes for too many in our community," she wrote............To Read More.....

Goodyear Adopts Wokeness and My Take on It!

By Rich Kozlovich

Sarah Taylor On August 19, 2020 published this piece,  UPDATED: Goodyear employees say company's new 'zero-tolerance' policy bans 'Blue Lives Matter' and MAGA gear, saying:

A concerning training tool made its way from Goodyear's corporate headquarters in Akron, Ohio, to Topeka, Kansas, where some residents are furiously working to defund the police.   The training tool? A slide unveiling the company's new "zero-tolerance" policy against "Blue Lives Matter," MAGA Attire, and more.

What are the details?

A photo of the training slide in question has gained traction, and ended up at WIBW-TV in Topeka. The outlet reported that Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company has a serious problem with supporting the police — or even supporting the president. Acceptable notions, according to the company, include Black Lives Matter (BLM) and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride (LGBT). Unacceptable notions, however, include Blue Lives Matter, All Lives Matter, MAGA Attire, and Political Affiliated Slogans or Material.

Goodyear claims, "that the visual was not created or distributed by Goodyear corporate, nor was it part of a diversity training class."  Well, someone in a high corporate position authorized this.  So who has been fired?  If the opposite of this had occurred the media and politicians would have demanded someone's head.  And Goodyear would have delivered it. 

Andrea Widburg  takes a dim view of Goodyear's protestations, noting in her piece, "Did Goodyear say that BLM is okay in the workplace, but MAGA is not?, saying:

Goodyear scrambled to create space between itself and the slide. The following sounds like a denial but, if you read it carefully, it’s not:.....

She goes on to call their statement weasel language saying:

The weasel language begins with the paragraph claiming that “the visual in question was not created or distributed by Goodyear corporate….” (Emphasis added.) This means that, while the slide wasn’t from the home office, it is a Goodyear slide. The same paragraph then continues to describe Goodyear’s zero-tolerance policy...

The real problem according to Widburg?

Corporations are woke because, for the most part, management no longer comes from within. Instead, management consists of college grads. These graduates spent four years marinated in leftism, and they bring that leftism to corporations that then implement leftist policies that offend the bulk of the buying public. Go woke, go broke.

(Editor's Note:  Make sure to read all of Andrea's article, which shows the slide in question. RK)

One of the things she says that needs to be repeated is:

President Trump announced that Americans should no longer accept these slights. It’s time to fight back:

This isn't going to settle well for Goodyear or any of these Woke corporate executives trying to impose their leftist views on American employees.  Get Woke, Go Broke!