When the Little Miami High School football team took the field Friday, Sept. 11, a couple of players carried alongside the American flag a Thin Blue Line and Thin Red Line flags. “Were you trying to make some kind of a political statement here?” Local 12 asked Brady Williams, a senior cornerback. “No,” he answered quickly. “Not at all. I was just doing it to honor the people that lost their lives 19 years ago.“ Williams was holding the Thin Blue Line flag as he rushed onto the field Friday. His father is a police officer, and he says he wanted to honor all the cops who lost their lives trying to save others on 9/11. Jarad Bentley carried the Thin Red Line flag. “I was all for it,” he said. “Because my dad is a firefighter, and if it had been him killed on 9/11, I would have wanted someone to do it for him.” The problem is, the boys had asked the school permission prior to the game and they were denied and told if they defied the order, there would be consequences. Williams and Bentley heard from the athletic director Monday afternoon and received an indefinite suspension. Local 12 had spoken with the superintendent a few hours earlier.😡

When the fuck did it become controversial to honor first responders? #facepalm