Putting American flags on police cars sparks backlash in Laguna Beach

[j-mac]

A decision to affix an American flag graphic to the side of freshly painted Laguna Beach police cars is dividing residents, who are alternately praising the image as patriotic or panning it as too aggressive.[FONT=&quot]After hearing the criticism and acknowledging that the image they approved didn’t quite match the final results, officials agreed to reconsider their February decision to paint the Laguna Beach Police Department’s fleet of 11 squad cars. The City Council will take up the issue again at its Tuesday meeting.

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[FONT=&quot]“People are screaming that the American flag on a police car is somehow or another ... hurting people’s feelings who might be immigrants or visitors,” said Councilman Peter Blake. “People are actually ridiculous enough to bring up comments about our cop cars having American flags on them.”

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[FONT=&quot]Artist Carrie Woodburn went to the podium at the March 19 council meeting and said it was “shocking to see the boldness of the design” when the newly painted Ford Explorers rolled out.

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“We have such an amazing community of artists here, and I thought the aesthetic didn’t really represent our community,” Woodburn said. “It feels very aggressive.”

Putting American flags on police cars sparks backlash in Laguna Beach - Los Angeles Times

What the hell is the matter with people in Cali? Do they really not want to be a part of the USA anymore?

 

[Plasmaball]

Yes that's it..they dont want to be in America anymore..totally nailed it../s

 

[j-mac]

Yes that's it..they dont want to be in America anymore..totally nailed it../s

Well, you tell me? Ashamed of their country's flag? what?

 

[dcsports]

That's crazy.

The graphic looks cool - and patriotic - and shouldn't be considered overbearing by anyone. It's not even the flag, but elements of it within the lettering (a few white stars on blue, and some red and white swirls).

 

[Erod]

The American flag is "too aggressive."

Not for vertebrates, it isn't.

Just really pathetic.

 

[Tanngrisnir]

What the hell is the matter with people in Cali? Do they really not want to be a part of the USA anymore?

Nah, it's not that. We all got together and asked ourselves, "What could we do to REALLY piss off j-mac."

We dumbed the results down a few times and came up with this.

 

[Acadia]

Well, you tell me? Ashamed of their country's flag? what?

The American flag is raaaaaaaaaaaaaacist. Have you not gotten the memo?
/s

 

[Acadia]

The American flag is "too aggressive."

Not for vertebrates, it isn't.

Just really pathetic.

Not for any carbon-based life form that casts a shadow, it isn't.

 

[Mason66]

That's crazy.

The graphic looks cool - and patriotic - and shouldn't be considered overbearing by anyone. It's not even the flag, but elements of it within the lettering (a few white stars on blue, and some red and white swirls).

I am willing to bet that if this issue didn't get into the news like this, most of the residents of Laguna Beach never would have noticed the police changed the graphic.

 

[ecofarm]

No other cop car, city county or state, in the country has a flag on it. No one has ever seen a cop car with a flag on it. So, naturally, one could presume it's a fed.

I expect cops don't wanna look like feds any more than city officials want them to.


Best part of the article:

Attorney Jennifer Welsh Zeiter said at the last council meeting that she found the police cars “exceptional” and questioned the loyalty of anyone who objected to the American flag display.

“They are so filled with hatred toward this ... office of the president of the United States and the current occupant of that office,” she said, “that they cannot see through their current biases to realize that a police vehicle with the American flag is the ultimate American expression.”

So ridiculous.

 

[3leftsdoo]

The graphic is disturbing.

 

[roughdraft274]

What the hell is the matter with people in Cali? Do they really not want to be a part of the USA anymore?

I can't find any portion of the article where anyone said that the american flag on the police cars was bothering anyone. From what I read, a very small group of people think the design of the police cars looks a little too aggressive, as if they are swat team or something, and they are concerned it would scare people when the cop cars pull up. I don't agree with them, it looks good to me. But the title seems misleading at best.

 

[PoS]

What the hell is the matter with people in Cali? Do they really not want to be a part of the USA anymore?

I was living in LA until the late 1990's, and Laguna Beach is a pretty conservative enclave. I dunno if it changed since then.

On the flip side, at least it wasnt Confederate flags...

 

[lwf]

What the hell is the matter with people in Cali? Do they really not want to be a part of the USA anymore?

This article is nothing more than a dog whistle on a slow news day meant to drum up web traffic by exploiting frightened conservatives. Why should I care what a few wingnuts in Laguna Beach think about the design of their police cars?

 

[Tanngrisnir]

I was living in LA until the late 1990's, and Laguna Beach is a pretty conservative enclave. I dunno if it changed since then.

On the flip side, at least it wasnt Confederate flags...

Rather ironic, since Orange County (where LB is) was actually found by.... wait for it... Confederates.

 

[JustHanging]

Well, you tell me? Ashamed of their country's flag? what?

Well, Trump has made you the laughing stocks of the world. So there is that.

Trump Has Made America Into A Laughingstock
The year the world laughed at U.S.
European diplomats: Trump is a 'laughing stock'
'People here think Trump is a laughingstock'
Trump is making America the laughingstock of the world

 

[BWG]

The graphic is disturbing.

Right, it's a graphic, NOT an American flag.

The snowflakes just have to have SOMETHING to bitch about daily to satisfy their emptiness.

 

[PoS]

Rather ironic, since Orange County (where LB is) was actually found by.... wait for it... Confederates.

LOL yup. The only time I ever saw Confederate flags on public display in LA was in OC.

 

[Incredulous]

What the hell is the matter with people in Cali? Do they really not want to be a part of the USA anymore?

Sounds like a small population in a town of approximately 30k disagree with the logo.

 

[JustHanging]

The American flag is raaaaaaaaaaaaaacist. Have you not gotten the memo?
/s

Nope, not the flag. Just large parts of the country.

Remember when the Black POTUS candidate didn't wear a flag pin? It was a national crisis for American conservatives, and proved Obama wasn't a real American, but a Muslim terrorist born in Kenya.

Remember when the White POTUS candidate didn't wear a flag pin? Nope, me neither because American conservatives couldn't care less.


It was all about the colour of the candidates skin. To deny that is ridiculous, so how about conservatives start being honest about racism?

 

[Tanngrisnir]

LOL yup. The only time I ever saw Confederate flags on public display in LA was in OC.

I make it a point never to venture south of Long Beach, if I can help it.

Even though it's totally blue now, there's just nothing that I can think of in the OC that would interest me.

 

[Utility Man]

What the hell is the matter with people in Cali? Do they really not want to be a part of the USA anymore?

How dare those people not respect our flag :doh

 

[j-mac]

Sounds like a small population in a town of approximately 30k disagree with the logo.

Why would they care so much? I mean, does the American flag disgust them?

 

[Obscurity]

What flag should they put up?

The confederate flag? The DPRK flag?

Idiotic.

 

[j-mac]

I can't find any portion of the article where anyone said that the american flag on the police cars was bothering anyone.

Surely you didn't miss this in the OP: “People are screaming that the American flag on a police car is somehow or another ... hurting people’s feelings who might be immigrants or visitors,” said Councilman Peter Blake."

From what I read, a very small group of people think the design of the police cars looks a little too aggressive, as if they are swat team or something, and they are concerned it would scare people when the cop cars pull up. I don't agree with them, it looks good to me. But the title seems misleading at best.

:lol: Um, NO!....That's NOT what they are saying....They are afraid that it will scare illegals in the community...Awwww....The flag scares illegals = SWAT? WTF are you talking about? :lamo