The Anti-Defamation League has put Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley (R) on notice: Remove the confederate flag from the state trooper uniforms.
In a letter, ADL Southeast Regional Director Mark Moskowitz demanded an executive order be issued by Bentley to remove the Confederate flag from the emblem of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.
“Removing the Confederate flag from the Agency’s emblem would convey a resounding message that your administration is sensitive to the concerns of the African American community and committed to the public safety of all,” according to the letter.
The emblem features two eagles, the British flag and the Confederate flag.
The letter said in light of the “hate crime at Emanuel AME Church allegedly perpetrated by an individual who embraces the Confederate flag as a symbol of his white supremacist beliefs,” it is critical that the major police force in Alabama not feature the flag.
Following the South Carolina massacre of nine parishioners at a historic black church, Bentley removed four Confederate flags from a monument next to the Alabaman capitol building. On Tuesday, an Alabama attorney filed a lawsuit against Bentley over the flag’s removal.
The full letter is below:
Which will be first?
A. Condemantion from Billo
B. Howls of pretend fury from Mr. Potato Head
C. A frivolous lawsuit
how did the Union Pacific logo garner center stage?
did AL believe the heraldry on the top that looks like Plantagenet claims to the throne of France would lend them some blueblood class?
Shouldn’t they remove the British flag as well?
Wow, this movement is REALLY picking up some serious steam. Yep, ditch both flags and add the good old U.S.A. flag.
A no-brainer but hey…it is Alabama! Bwahahaha!
This is a great time to update that clusterfuck of a symbol to be more in line with 'Murican values.
Replace the British flag (wtf?) and the Confederate flag with two more eagles. The fleur-de-lis (srsly wtf?) should also be replaced with an eagle. Whatever that quad-sector thing is with the rooks and Lannister lions - an eagle. Old-timey masted ship at the top definitely should be an eagle.
The central shield thing is vaguely American Flag-ish, so it can stay. But it should have a tiny eagle in the center.
Replace the two slightly Picasso-looking eagles on the right and left with American Fucking Eagles like this:
And finally get rid of that Latin bullshit at the bottom and replace it with
SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED
Boom, done. Y’all can have that idea for free; no royalties.