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image by Pete Loeser, 6 January 2020
A red-white-blue flag with the text in contrasting colors. See
https://nava.org/vexibits-of-the-month-2021/
Pete Loeser, 6 January 2020
image by Pete Loeser, 6 January 2020
A pale blue flag with the text in contrasting white and a peace symbol. See
https://nava.org/vexibits-of-the-month-2021/
Pete Loeser, 6 January 2020
This flag was seen at a rally in Newberg, Oregon which took place on
2021-09-26. So far, this is the only verified example of its use.
Source:
Portland Tribune website:
https://www.portlandtribune.com/news/black-lives-matter-backers-face-proud-boys-at-newberg-rally/article_693702d7-27ca-5732-a710-861e7c10d132.html
(Photo:
https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/)
Tomislav Todorovic,
20 January 2023
image by Pete Loeser, 6 January 2020
A red flag with the text in white. See
https://nava.org/vexibits-of-the-month-2021/
Pete Loeser, 6 January 2020
image by Pete Loeser, 6 January 2020
A red flag with a white bar with the text in contrasting colors. See
https://nava.org/vexibits-of-the-month-2021/
Pete Loeser, 6 January 2020
image by Tomislav Todorovic, 21 November 2021
Another version of the flag is derived from the most widespread version of
the Black Lives Matter flag by simply replacing the
word BLACK with the word UNBORN. While its photos can mostly be found at the
online shops which sell it, such as here:
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/unborn-lives-matter-flag-free-first-3785874961
and here:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/862903276/unborn-lives-matter-flag-free-shipping
its use is verified as well, by a photo taken at the pro-Trump rally held in
Terre Haute, Indiana on 2020-10-03. The news report containing the photo can be
found here:
https://www.isustudentmedia.com/indiana_statesman/news/article_71254874-0768-11eb-88e7-cb97e0b3591c.html
To this date, it is the only Unborn Lives Matter flag with verified use.
Tomislav Todorovic, 21 November 2021
image by Tomislav Todorovic, 24 January 2021
At a rally in support of the police which took place in Baltimore on
2015-05-30, a variant of Thin Blue Line flag was used which was charged with the
inscription BLUE LIVES MATTER in white, first two words inscribed on top black
field and the third word upon bottom black field, both rows of the text set
closer to the blue field than to the horizontal edges of the flag. This closely
resembles the flag with inscription POLICE LIVES MATTER,
obviously referring to the same rally. That might mean that either there were
two different flags at the rally, or the first report was not quite correct and
the flag actually bore the word BLUE which, not being completely visible, was
mistaken for the word POLICE. Which of these is true, is yet to be verified.
Source:
The Baltimore Sun newspaper website:
https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-pro-police-rally-20150530-story.html
Tomislav Todorovic, 24 January 2021
image by Tomislav Todorovic, 24 January 2021
The flag has the word POLICE upon top black field, word LIVES upon blue field
and word MATTER upon bottom black field. It is offered for online sale by a
number of vendors, including Amazon [1] and Walmart [2], but its use in real
life is also verified: it was used in Honolulu, Hawaii on 2020-07-02 [3], in
Brooklyn, NYC on 2020-07-12 [4], in Chardon, Ohio on 2020-09-04 [5], in
Washington, DC on 2020-10-03 [6] and in Los Angeles, California on 2020-10-17
[7].
Sources:
[1] Police Lives Matter flag at Amazon.com:
https://www.amazon.com/Police-Lives-Matter-Banner-Grommets/dp/B01N3LDD2V
[2] Police Lives Matter flag at Walmart.com:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Police-Lives-Matter-Flag-3x5-ft-Policemen-Cops-Support-PLM-Thin-Blue-Line-Black/362208157
[3] KITV television station website - News report from Honolulu on
2020-07-02:
https://www.kitv.com/story/42321873/police-lives-matter-group-rallies-to-show-support-of-law-enforcement
[4] Getty Images photo archive - Photo from Brooklyn, NYC on 2020-07-12:
https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/pro-cop-protesters-carryng-a-blue-lives-matter-flag-at-the-news-photo/1226600052
[5] The News-Herald newspaper website - News report from Chardon, Ohio on
2020-09-04:
https://www.news-herald.com/news/blue-lives-matter-supporters-rally-in-chardon/article_97b65666-eed8-11ea-a625-2fe60ed55d8c.html
[6] Alamy photo archive - Photo from Washington, DC on 2020-10-03:
https://www.alamy.com/washington-usa-03rd-oct-2020-a-protester-carries-a-police-lives-matter-flag-near-the-washington-monument-as-part-of-the-unsilent-march-in-washington-dc-on-october-3-2020-amid-the-coronavirus-pandemic-the-day-after-president-donald-trumps-admittance-to-walter-reed-national-military-medical-center-after-contracting-covid-19-hundreds-marched-in-support-of-the-walk-away-movement-and-shared-stories-of-leaving-the-democratic-party-graeme-sloansipa-usa-credit-sipa-usaalamy-live-news-image379207732.html
[7] Alamy photo archive - Photo from Los Angeles on 2020-10-17:
https://www.alamy.com/los-angeles-united-states-17th-oct-2020-a-protester-holds-a-placard-that-says-lapd-back-the-blue-while-the-another-woman-holds-a-flag-written-on-police-lives-matter-during-the-demonstrationsupporters-of-the-los-angeles-police-department-lapd-gathered-at-elysian-park-in-los-angeles-california-to-show-their-support-for-the-los-angeles-police-department-though-the-event-was-mostly-quiet-with-bbq-and-live-music-blm-protesters-arrived-at-the-end-of-the-event-and-protested-the-los-angeles-police-department-credit-sopa-images-limitedalamy-live-news-image382730402.html
Tomislav Todorovic, 24 January 2021