Ohio High School Football Players Suspended for Carrying Pro-Police Flag Onto the Field

Ohio High School Football Players Suspended for Carrying Pro-Police Flag Onto the Field
A demonstrator holds a "Thin Blue Line" flag at a protest on June 27, 2020 in St Paul, Minnesota. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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Two high school football players in Morrow, Ohio, have been briefly suspended from their team for carrying “Thin Blue Line” and “Thin Red Line” flags onto the field in support of fallen police officers and firefighters.

Little Miami High School football players Brady Williams and Jarad Bentley, both seniors, led their team onto the field while carrying the flags before their game on Friday, which marked the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The two were denied permission from school officials to run with the flags but did it anyway, according to a statement obtained by The Cincinnati Enquirer from Little Miami Board of Education.