I was stopped by the police in Geneva yesterday for cycling through a yellow light.

The police officer writing my ticket had a thin blue line badge, has anyone seen these before or now what they symbolize?

I wasn’t aware they were used outside of the United States where they became alt-right / white nationalist symbolism

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  2. Gang uf schaffhuse und zeig ne wie die dünni linie em volk hilft

  4. That’s a reflective line. So they can be better seen at night.

  5. Found a similar one here: [https://shop.ipds.ch/de/thin-blue-line/467-klett-thin-blue-line-switzerland.html](https://shop.ipds.ch/de/thin-blue-line/467-klett-thin-blue-line-switzerland.html)

    There is no doubt that the “thin blue line” in Switzerland is the same “thin blue line” that has been popularized in the US. However, you cannot deny that today’s association with the “thin blue line” is a bit different from the origin of the thin red line (read up on that, it’s pretty cool) or the initial adoption of the phrase in the US.

    Especially since the “Blue Lives Matter” movement (pretty much exactly what it sounds like) and the inflationary use of the symbol by alt-right or outright neo-Nazi groups in the US, there is nothing “heroic” left in the “thin blue line.” If you’re a good cop, be a good cop and show off by being a good cop, people will recognize that. If you feel the need to show the thin blue line, knowing today’s connotation, you should not be part of the executive branch of the law. You are siding with people who don’t stand behind the law.

  10. I am very glad the workforce of three people is used for one person on a bike

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