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H.S. Football Players SUSPENDED from Team After Waving Thin Blue and Red Line Flags on Field on 9-11 Anniversary (VIDEO)
24News ^ | 09-15-2020 | Ron Kersten

Posted on 09/15/2020 8:43:35 AM PDT by montag813

by Ron Kersten

Two Ohio high school football players were suspended from the team after they ran onto the field on 9-11 with thin blue line and thin red line flags in support of the anniversary.

The thin blue line flag represents support for police officers and the thin red line flag represents support for fire fighters.

For the record:
** 50 police officers were killed in New York in the 9-11 attacks.
** 343 fire fighters were lost in the attacks.

The boys were honoring 9-11 victims and their fathers who work as a police officer and a fire fighter.

One player, Brady Williams, whose father is a police officer said he wanted to honor the all the cops who lost their lives on 9-11.

Jarad Bentley, whose father is a firefighter, carried the thin red line on the field and waved it before the game.

Athletic Director Gregory Power kicked the two boys off the team indefinitely!

WATCH:


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: 911; football; gregorypower; nyfd; nypd; postedseveraltimes; sowhatifposted
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1 posted on 09/15/2020 8:43:35 AM PDT by montag813
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Athletic Director Gregory Power needs to lose his job.


2 posted on 09/15/2020 8:45:04 AM PDT by cdcdawg (Biden has dementia.)
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To: montag813

Suspended. A fascist action. HE needs to be fired. For good.


3 posted on 09/15/2020 8:49:04 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Blue Lives Matter. If you support the cops,they will prevent black lives from being taken.)
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To: montag813

The only line Gregory Power should get is the unemployment line.


4 posted on 09/15/2020 8:49:13 AM PDT by McGavin999 (Kamala tosses out race cards as fast as a Las Vegas Blackjack dealer)
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To: montag813

This is not good.


5 posted on 09/15/2020 8:52:25 AM PDT by stanne
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To: montag813

Sue


6 posted on 09/15/2020 8:52:48 AM PDT by Eddie01 (NRA)
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To: montag813

Suspended by a bunch of Commies.


7 posted on 09/15/2020 8:54:51 AM PDT by depressed in 06 (60 in '20. Now, more than ever! (61, I didn't take into account Mittens.))
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To: montag813

Rule one. It is easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.

They should never have asked for permission. They should have just done it.

Their suspension, however, is an abomination. They did nothing wrong. Permission should have been eagerly granted.


8 posted on 09/15/2020 8:56:15 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List)
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The school has issued the usual BS CYA excuse:

“Little Miami Local Schools is saddened to see this story take such a negative turn. While we understand these students’ desire show their support of our first responders, they did not obtain permission from district officials. Administrators must act when students break the rules.

“The Patriot Night program to memorialize the victims of 9/11 was already part of our pre-game ceremonies on Friday and the American flag is the first thing through the tunnel every Friday night. Little Miami enjoys an outstanding relationship with local first police and fire agencies and a Little Miami school resource officer is also a high school football coach.

“Little Miami always has – and always will – support our first responders, our veterans, and all who sacrifice to maintain our freedoms.”

The students did ask for permission. Notably missing from the above statement is the statement of a reason why permission was denied. Anyone want to be that the “Patriot Night program” was something small, crappy and over in ten seconds?


9 posted on 09/15/2020 8:59:54 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: McGavin999

It’s not only the coach.


10 posted on 09/15/2020 9:00:29 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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The district leadership just backed him up.


11 posted on 09/15/2020 9:00:44 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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I lost 3 friends in the towers. Our parish buried 28 people. I watched it closely. Spoke with my cousin, an FDNY firefighter like our grandfather. I know people who ran away from the towers and men who ran towards the towers. They are not in the same group. The ones who ran away were not necessarily not courageous. Many had priorities, responsibilities. But the ones who ran towards the towers were necessarily all courageous

To get suspended for honoring them, whoever is trying to ruin virtue like that for kids... parents better fix this. Now.


12 posted on 09/15/2020 9:01:27 AM PDT by stanne
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Perhaps they need to hear the disapproval over the phone. Be a shame if their incoming voice lines melted down.

Little Miami Local Schools Contact List - including all their board members, state board of ed and all the elected officials in their area: https://www.littlemiamischools.com/media/aboutus/Resources_GovernmentalContacts.pdf

Nice of them to provide all that info in one convenient PDF. Have at them.


13 posted on 09/15/2020 9:05:09 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: cdcdawg

The school system will likely give him some sort of diversity award.


14 posted on 09/15/2020 9:05:41 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: Spktyr

” they did not obtain permission from district officials”

...is this their out? Permission from “district officials” sounds a bit much. The coach, AD or principle should suffice. They weren’t asking to serve beer and wine.


15 posted on 09/15/2020 9:06:19 AM PDT by albie
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Yes, that is *exactly* how they are justifying it.


16 posted on 09/15/2020 9:07:52 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: montag813

They were told not to. They did it anyway. I guess you reap what you sow.


17 posted on 09/15/2020 9:08:01 AM PDT by No_More_Harkin
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To: depressed in 06

Commies assigned to Ohio... Must be killing them to have to live there for their role in the incursion.


18 posted on 09/15/2020 9:09:26 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: albie

And the second paragraph of their statement is basically the “I can’t be a racist, I have black friends” excuse on top of that, only it’s “We can’t be unpatriotic, we had a celebration, we are friends with first responders and even the school cop coaches football!”


19 posted on 09/15/2020 9:10:40 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: montag813
Notice the article doesn't say they were suspended for waving the flags, because they weren't.

They were suspended for directly disobeying the schools directive after they had been warned what would happen.

20 posted on 09/15/2020 9:13:24 AM PDT by semimojo
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