And so it goes in rapidly crumbling post-America

UC Irvine may have reversed course in its American flag ban, but another one arises immediately afterward:

Bill Watson has been the sheriff in Portsmouth, Virginia, for close to ten years. What he was just told by a group of judges, says the outspoken lawman, was “the most asinine thing I’ve ever heard in my life.”

According to a report by WTKR-TV, Sheriff Watson was told by the judges that a unique American flag display his department was given by local firefighters could not be mounted on the wall in the lobby of the courthouse. In fact, the outraged sheriff claims, the judges told him they don’t want it to be shown anywhere in the public building…except in the sheriff’s own office.

The image of the flag in the framed display is made of old fire hoses. A sign beneath it reads, “A Tribute to Public Safety.”

On the TV news report, Sheriff Watson says:

“They expect my deputies to put their life on the line for a judge. If somebody was going to come into a courtroom with a gun, the deputy is supposed to stand in front of the judge and take a bullet, but yet they won’t let us have our flag, saluting public safety? To me, that’s a slap in the face.”

How recently would this have been unthinkable?  Last year? Two years ago?  Five?

As information becomes available about the judges involved, LITD will post it.