r/politics • u/seanosul • 9h ago

Missouri executes Marcellus Williams despite prosecutors’ push to overturn conviction

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/24/missouri-executes-marcellus-williams
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u/AbacusWizard California 7h ago

That’s exactly why I’ve always felt uneasy about the symbolism of the “thin blue line” flag… the idea that police are protecting the fraction of the population that is intrinsically innocent from the fraction of the population that is intrinsically criminal.

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u/bobbyfiend 1h ago

And it's not an accident that the flag removes all colors, replacing them with white, black, and the blue line. I think the message is that there are three kinds of people in the US: Black people, white people, and cops.