USC Professor Refuses to Remove ‘Thin Blue Line’ Flag From Office Door Despite Student Complaint

USC Professor Refuses to Remove ‘Thin Blue Line’ Flag From Office Door Despite Student Complaint
The University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, Calif. on March 11, 2020. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
Bill Pan
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Despite student outrage, an engineering professor at the University of Southern California (USC) is refusing to take down a pro-police flag from his office.

James Moore, who directs the USC’s transportation engineering program, has been displaying a “Thin Blue Line” flag outside of his office door since August when the fall semester began, but has faced a complaint only recently from students who took issue with the flag’s alleged “racist origin,” according to student newspaper Daily Trojan.
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