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A clash between Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter demonstrations over the weekend in Smithtown, Long Island, ended with at least two arrests. Demonstrations like these have been documented across the U.S. in the past year. This altercation was captured by an introductory photojournalism class at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut.
Suffolk County Police arrest Brandon Felton, an organizer for Black White Brown United Long Island during a Long Island Peaceful Protest rally in Smithtown on Saturday.
Credit Courtesy Wasim Ahmad
Wasim Ahmad, a Quinnipiac journalism professor, said the class went to Long Island to get their feet wet using a camera but learned a lesson about how to capture conflict.
Clashes wrap up mostly peaceful protests by Blue Lives Matter and Black Lives Matter
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Smithtown Fire Department reinstalls thin blue line flag
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The Smithtown Fire Department has pulled the thin blue line flag off its Rescue 9 truck following a complaint from a community member. (Rick Torre, Smithtown Fire Department public information officer)
SMITHTOWN, NY The Smithtown Fire Department made the difficult decision to pull a thin blue line flag from its rescue truck and replace it with an American flag, the department announced Wednesday.
The thin blue line flag is a pro-police flag in the model of the American flag, but with black and white stripes and a dark blue line in the center. The Smithtown Fire Department on Feb. 2 received a notification from Newsday that a member of the community issued a complaint about the pro-police flag on its truck. The fire department eventually pulled the flag and replaced it.