#4. The American Thin Blue Line Flag: A Controversial Success Story—Scott Mainwaring
The fourth NAVA 54 presentation was given by Scott Mainwaring. Mainwaring gave the award winning William Driver presentation of NAVA 54 on the topic of the American Thin Blue Line flag. The known history and over all impact of this flag was providentially timed, due to the current cultural crisis facing America and the Western World, with the issues of police brutality and racial injustice.
Much of the popularity of the Thin Blue Line US Flag can be traced to the efforts of Andrew Jacob. Jacob created the flag in 2014 and had the marketing know how, to push it to market as a freshman at the University of Michigan. The original design may have come from a flag patch that was inspired by the US or UK flag patch.
Another point of inspiration for the Thin Blue Line American flag is its derivation from the original black and blue police flag. The horizontal tribar of black, blue, and black honors officers that have fallen in the line of duty. Likewise the black and blue flag is the older thin blue line flag that represents all persons in law enforcement, irrespective of nationality.
Mainwaring also showed us that the thin blue line flag was replicated across national borders. To the left, versions of The Thin Blue Line flag for the UK, Canada, are Philippines visible.
Tje video below was also presented online. Scott pointed out this is one of the few unofficial flags to have quasi-official backing from the police department.
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