12 - Since 2019, this radical movement exist in Europe. I discuss it in this investigative paper for @gnetresearch.bsky.social : gnet-research.org/2023/07/24/e...

11 – It’s not surprising to see this symbol used by an ICE agent. The TBL is an extension of Blue Lives Matter, which itself is associated with the White Lives Matter supremacist movement. These movements are inherently racist.

10 - TBL cops movement embrace the same far-right mentality : the police force as heroic warriors who are the last line of defence against chaos, emphasising the necessity for excessive armament and glorifying the Punisher or the Spartans as inspirational symbols.

9 – The TBL movement promotes the myth of police “warriors” willing to sacrifice their lives to “defend white Americans” against so-called “criminal aliens”, a well-known rhetorical process used to reinforce racist narratives that lie at the ideological core of the far right.

8 - displayed Captain America’s shield, the TBL flag, and QAnon symbols. These symbols and connections highlight the intersection of various far-right ideologies and underscore the potential convergence within the context of the TBL’s usage by police forces.

7 - In 2020, groups such as Patriot Prayer, the Oath Keepers militia, and the Proud Boys, who are regarded as domestic terrorists, started using the TBL flag as a symbol. In a photograph taken during a far-right demonstration in Portland, participants prominently

6 - where the TBL symbol became directly associated with larger extremist movements such as the Nationalist Front, the Traditionalist Worker Party, the American Guard, and others.

5 - However, since 2015, the TBL emblem has been appropriated by a number of far-right actors. The significant shift occurred in 2017 during the Unite the Right white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia

4 - In 2014, the deaths of two NYPD officers fuelled the emergence of a counter-movement : Blue Lives Matter, intertwined with the TBL movement, who describes the idea of law enforcement being a moral force or protective barrier maintaining order against chaos.

3 – The TBL is an expression/symbol is a counter-movement to BLM, which emerged following a series of events, notably the killings of Eric Garner and Michael Brown Jr. by the police, and in opposition to Black Lives Matter, which denounces police brutality.

2 – The black United States flag with a blue line refers to the “Thin Blue Line” (TBL), a racist pro-police movement that is part of the “Blue Lives Matter” movement, which emerged in opposition to “Black Lives Matter” as it gained momentum following the killing of George Floyd.

Elle dit quoi, élucidez moi.

Ils ont conscience de rien ces gens... ils on même pas conscience qu'un jour ils seront vieux/vieilles et malades. Et que le système que pourrait les protéger, ils sont en train de le détruire...

Pitié...

Merci, également !