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No Stars and Stripes for San Francisco Police  Email this storyApr 2, 9:08 am ET SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Police in San Francisco, a city long known for its politics of dissent, have been barred from wearing U.S. flag bandannas or patriotic clothing on duty, the department said on Tuesday. The city's police force, which has arrested more anti-war protesters in recent days than anywhere else in America, has detained more than 2,000 demonstrators in the past two weeks. Some police members patrolling the demonstrations have worn flag bandannas or other objects displaying the stars and stripes, but Acting Police Chief Alex Fagan said he was barring such actions in the future, a spokeswoman said. "I think it's inappropriate," Fagan said in remarks quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle on Tuesday and later confirmed by the police press office. "Here we are at war -- I just don't like it. The point is, we have a uniform. Even more troubling to me was that it is the flag. It offended not only the protesters, it offended the pro- war group." Protests have slowed in recent days in San Francisco but large anti-war rallies are planned for Saturday and next Monday. |
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