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[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 7 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Vancouver police say an officer has been told to remove from his uniform a patch that shows the Star of David.

An image of the officer wearing the black patch that includes the star and white bars, similar to the Israeli flag, was posted on social media on Thursday.

The Vancouver Police Department replied to the posting on the social media platform X on Friday.

It says the patch is not an approved part of the VPD uniform and the officer has been directed to take it off.

A report to the board said the thin blue line patch was worn to express solidarity among officers but its use had generated “controversy and concern” among the community, including Indigenous advisers who perceived it as a “dividing line.”

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