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-Im-A-Little-Teapot_ t1_ixejll5 wrote

Reply to comment by SpindriftRascal in Thoughts on the Protect and Serve vanity plate? by shanghainese88

It's actually illegal to display an MPA sticker on your vehicle unless you're a union member. IIRC, they're numbered and the people responsible for handing them out are cautious about whom they give them to.

It has nothing to do with impersonating a police officer. Its about protecting the union seal. And yes, there are cops that are anal about it and will have you remove it and/or write you up for it.

Section 69. Whoever, not being a member of a society, association or labor union, for the purpose of representing that he is a member thereof, wilfully wears or uses the insignia, ribbon, badge, rosette, button or emblem thereof, if it has been registered in the office of the state secretary, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month, or both.

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>The thin blue line stickers are for racists.

That's the stupidest, most ignorant comment I've read all day <eye roll>

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SpindriftRascal t1_ixem634 wrote

About the thin blue line sticker? You may disagree, but there’s nothing ignorant about my statement or my position. I spent decades in law enforcement. I know what the line is. I’ve lost friends.

The symbol used to stand as a mark of respect for fallen officers, as an expression of support for our brethren, as a way of recognizing the critical role police officers play in keeping the forces of evil at bay. But not anymore it doesn’t.

After the Black Lives Matter protests, the blue line sticker became an anti-BLM sticker. It has been utterly co-opted by people who would like to say black lives don’t matter, but use this symbol instead. Yes, I know cops who still have the stickers. But I also know cops who’ve taken them off.

The thin blue line sticker has been completely taken over by white supremacists. No one sees it and thinks they should support police. They see it and think the driver is a racist.

Feel free to disagree, but I stand by what I wrote. And it doesn’t come from a position of ignorance.

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-Im-A-Little-Teapot_ t1_ixeowo4 wrote

So, in your opinion, anyone that displays a thin blue line sticker on their vehicle is automatically a racist?

Family members, friends, people who wrongfully think it will help get them out of a ticket?

I know cops that wouldn't display any of that stuff on their vehicles either because they couldn't be bothered with it, or out of concern of calling too much attention to themselves and/or become targets.

A position of ignorance? If not that, its at least a very fucked up, narrow minded way of thinking.

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SpindriftRascal t1_ixetn2c wrote

I don’t think so. It’s very hard to be unaware of what that sticker now means today. Sure, there are always exceptions. As I started out my first comment, “In general….”

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