Highschool football players in Florida were being too patriotic so the school officials put a stop to it.
The Thin Blue Line flag was banned from a football field after multiple complaints about a high school football team charging the field with it, local outlet News4Jax reported Tuesday.
Social media posts criticized the football team at Duncan U. Fletcher High School in Neptune Beach, Florida, for carrying the flag, which is an America flag with one blue stripe, onto the field before their games, News4Jax reported. School officials said the administration decided to ban the flag after the posts and multiple other complaints emerged, according to the station.
One social media post said, “…Fletcher really out here being openly racist…” and another post said, “Thin blue flag shown at Fletcher High School game, a lot of students aren’t happy,” according to News4Jax.
The team ran onto the field with the flag for 11 games in the 2019 season and again in a Sept. 13 against the Fleming Island team last week, News4Jax reported. School administrators banned the flag this week, according to the News4Jax video.
ST PAUL, MN - JUNE 27: A demonstrator holds a "Thin Blue Line" flag and a sign in support of police during a protest outside the Governors Mansion on June 27, 2020 in St Paul, Minnesota. A group called "Bikers for 45" advocating a pro-police stance arranged the protest and were met with counter-protesters calling for measures to defund police.(Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)