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PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Portsmouth Sheriff Bill Watson says he is furious after a group of judges told him to take down an American flag display.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Portsmouth Sheriff Bill Watson says he is furious after a group of judges told him to take down an American flag display.

 

Wut?

 

pizza pizza

 

What a douche.

 

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Portsmouth Sheriff Bill Watson says he is furious after a group of judges told him to take down an American flag display.

Sheriff Watson said his agency got the American flag display as a gift from members of the Portsmouth Fire Department a few weeks ago.

It’s made of old fire hoses which a sign beneath it that reads, “A Tribute to Public Safety.”

Watson said he requested to have it mounted on the wall in the lobby of the courthouse but was shocked by what he was told. Watson said he was told, “Not only do we not want it on the wall, we don’t want it in the courthouse.”

Watson said, “I just can’t believe that they don’t want to display the American flag in a courthouse, I mean that’s the most asinine thing I’ve ever heard in my life.”

NewsChannel 3 spoke with a judge who didn’t want to be identified about the issue. The judge told us it was decided that the lobby of the courthouse is not the appropriate place for the display.

He said they don’t want any display or memorial of it’s kind positioned in the lobby when people walk into the courthouse.

The judge said if you allow one type of display, then you will have to allow all types.

The judge said having the display in the lobby sets the wrong precedent. The decision is upsetting Watson and others.

Watson said, “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.”
The judge told News Channel 3 the Sheriff can hang whatever he wants in his office, which is located on the first floor of the building next to the lobby.

Watson says if it comes to it, he will mount the flag in the window of his office and would rather be sent to jail than take it down.

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Courtrooms and courthouses in general tend to try to be a neutral ground , no ?

If you remove the details that this particular display is a representation of the American Flag , and just that the courthouse has a policy against artwork in their lobby , it doesn't read so inflammatory but that takes all the fun out of it .

I'm sure they still have actual American flags in the courthouse , isn't that general practice ?

 

I didn't see any pics of Lars, is that because his was a real girl?

 

jehovah's witnesses stepping up their marketing game with these hynas in my neighborhood:

 

Sad in a way. I can see both sides. But it's kind of like "we don't want to offend the criminals" by showing support for public safety. Like the courts are biased.

Maybe have a group of prisoners make an American flag. And have it say "A Tribute to the Convicted. "

 

I banged a JW virgin.

 

Story please?

 

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Who hasn't?

 

What was his name?

 

No minimum speed limit in Washington, as long as you aren't blocking traffic.

 

Not a valid argument.

 

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Like most over zealous religions who believe in abstinence most JW girls are DTF. Not all but some and most of them are virgins. I was a wolf in sheep's clothes