Confederate Flag-Vest-Wearing Ohio Police Chief Won’t Apologize

The Root ^ | Aug. 28 2015 | BREANNA EDWARDS

[nickcarraway]

Port Clinton, Ohio, Police Chief Robert Hickman was seen in photos wearing a Confederate flag vest while on vacation in South Dakota.

An Ohio police chief isn’t really addressing the controversy that has unfolded since he was seen in photos wearing a Confederate flag vest while vacationing in South Dakota, WKYC reports.

Port Clinton Police Chief Robert Hickman said that he doesn’t “look at the Confederate flag as a racist symbol,” with some residents defending him, saying he doesn’t have a “racist bone” in his body.

“I think he was just wearing a shirt,” Port Clinton resident Bryan Meek told the news station. “Out having a good time one day, and that is basically it.”

“I have known Rob since before kindergarten, basically my whole life,” he added. “And I could tell you, that there is not a racist bone in his body.”

However, some aren’t very impressed. Sandusky, Ohio, NAACP President Jim Jackson told the Sandusky Register that the attire was inappropriate in light of the controversy surrounding the flag, particularly since the Charleston, S.C., church shooting.nued.

[celmak]

ø resents the Confederate Battle Flag. That’s good enough for me. Raise her high and let her fly!!!

Yeppers, just be sure to tell anyone against it that DemoRATS flew it most of the time since 1861.

[celmak]

PS: That’s what I say when I wear it and a lib says something about it.

[kearnyirish2]

I was just in Ocean City Maryland; they have Confederate flag bikinis for sale all over the boardwalk...

[duffee]

I flew my Confederate Battle Flag today, August 28, 1862 the first day of the Second Manassas. My gg grandfather was in the Georgia 21st Infantry. They had a real bad day, lost 76% of their effectives that afternoon and made a list in a history book, but held their ground and position. They served under General Thomas Jackson.