Jazz ShawPosted at 7:52 am on February 1, 2021
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For many years now, Taunton High School in Taunton, Massachusetts has had a “thin blue line” mural on their building. That’s a rather nice gesture, isn’t it? Having the school show its support for the men and women in uniform who risk their lives to keep the students and teachers safe seems like an inspiring way to help bring the community together, particularly in times like these. Unfortunately, while nobody seemed to pay all that much attention to the mural for quite a while, now somebody has noticed. And because we’re living in the era of “abolish the police,” the mural must go. Someone started a petition to remove it and the “Taunton Diversity Network” (TDN) is on board with it. (CBS Local)
The mural, painted on a wall at Taunton High School, has been there for years.
The mural was designed to support police officers. But now, there’s a petition to take it down.
While members of the Taunton Diversity Network don’t know who started that petition, the group is supporting it.
“The negative vibe is not the support of the police,” said April Cabrera Funches of the Taunton Diversity Network. We fully support the police department and the work that they do. We do know there are, we talk about it all the time, that there are some bad apples. But lately, that flag has been used to really promote and support white supremacy.”