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White Flags Replace American Flags on Brooklyn Bridge
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| 7/22/14
Posted on 07/22/2014 8:27:53 AM PDT by cocomac
MANHATTAN American flags were removed from atop the Brooklyn Bridge's two towers Tuesday morning and replaced by white flags, sources said.
Police, including the NYPD's counter terrorism and intelligence divisions, were checking surveillance footage from the bridge after images of the white flags hit social media about 7 a.m., sources said.
"Why are there white flags on top of the Brooklyn Bridge?" City Council member Mark Weprin tweeted at 9:34 a.m.
It was not immediately clear how the white flags, which are usually a military symbol for surrender, got there.
Witnesses reported seeing NYPD counter terrorism officers heading up the stairs to the bridge about 9:30 a.m.
But people were still allowed to walk across the bridge even as the police presence increased.
The Department of Transportation, which oversees the bridge, referred press inquiries to the NYPD, which did not have additional information.
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KEYWORDS: 3rdthread; alreadyposted; america; brooklyn; france; newyork; searchisyourfriend; terrorism; whiteflag; whiteflags
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posted on
07/22/2014 8:27:53 AM PDT
by
cocomac
To: cocomac
Ha! That’s about it... America gave up!
2
posted on
07/22/2014 8:28:52 AM PDT
by
SMARTY
("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
To: cocomac
Obama’s people wanted HAMAS and ISIS to know......
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posted on
07/22/2014 8:28:55 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill ...)
To: cocomac
The white flags are actually quite symbolic of Obama’s immigration and foreign policies.
To: cocomac
To: SMARTY
Obamas people were considering using the obama logo,..... as seen here.....but chose instead the more tradtional WHite....
artists redndering
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posted on
07/22/2014 8:32:03 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill ...)
To: cocomac
They were actually French flags, but the easily-detachable red & blue strips just came off
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posted on
07/22/2014 8:34:01 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Tuesday BUMP)
To: cocomac
You always deck on the other Countries flag when the French Ambassador comes for a visit.
Le Burn!
8
posted on
07/22/2014 8:34:14 AM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
To: cocomac
That’s ridiculous. I hope someone from FDNY or NYPD takes care of business, Mayor De Blahzio, nonwithstanding.
9
posted on
07/22/2014 8:35:41 AM PDT
by
ntnychik
To: SMARTY
Ha! Thats about it... America gave up!"... or New York.
To: cocomac
No Black Flags? That’s racist!
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posted on
07/22/2014 8:37:32 AM PDT
by
SolidRedState
(I used to think bizarro world was a fiction.)
To: mikrofon
Of course it is now difficult to determine who the cheese eating surrender monkeys actually are. France or America?
12
posted on
07/22/2014 8:38:25 AM PDT
by
buckalfa
(Long time caller --- first time listener.)
To: cocomac
Sure are a lot of white flags today.
(Third thread in less than an hour....)
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posted on
07/22/2014 8:38:29 AM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
To: cocomac
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posted on
07/22/2014 8:39:24 AM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: mikrofon
“They were actually French flags, but the easily-detachable red & blue strips just came off
”
Today’s America is in the process of making the French look like the world’s bad a$$e$.
We no longer have room to poke fun at the French.
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posted on
07/22/2014 8:42:32 AM PDT
by
brownsfan
(Behold, the power of government cheese.)
To: cocomac
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posted on
07/22/2014 8:43:08 AM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: cocomac
Not only a surrender flag, but also the plain white flag of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, used 19961997.
Just Saying.
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posted on
07/22/2014 8:43:45 AM PDT
by
wbarmy
(I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
To: cocomac
Seems to be an appropriate symbol to me. This country is being bled white by the left.
I wonder who and how did it? I’m impressed.
To: cocomac
They are also flying a huge one at the Spite House!
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posted on
07/22/2014 8:47:17 AM PDT
by
Dick Bachert
(Ignorance is NOT BLISS. It is the ROAD TO SERFDOM! We're on a ROAD TRIP!!)
To: cocomac
So much for NYC “bridge security”.
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posted on
07/22/2014 8:48:27 AM PDT
by
bunkerhill7
("The Second Amendment has no limits n firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")
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