State seeks to remove Thin Blue Line flag placed on Interstate 90 under memorial for fallen

State seeks to remove Thin Blue Line flag placed on Interstate 90 under memorial for fallen Cleveland police officer


CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Transportation will ask a family to remove a controversial flag placed on a sign honoring a Cleveland police officer who died on Interstate 90.

The issue of the Thin-Blue Line flag comes months after the family of David Fahey removed a larger, wooden sign placed at a memorial post honoring Fahey, the Cleveland police officer who was struck and killed on the interstate in 2017.

A state spokesman said the agency was unaware that the sign had been replaced by the flag.

“We don’t approve of any permits to attach anything to our own property,” said an agency spokesman, Isaac Hunt.

Read more: https://www.cleveland.com/news/2022/05/state-seeks-to-remove-thin-blue-line-flag-placed-on-interstate-90-under-memorial-for-fallen-cleveland-police-officer.html