<Li> In Chicago, in November 2016, counterprotesters carried the black and white US flag symbol to show support for police after a police shooting of Joshua Beal . The counterprotesters carried the symbol in confrontations with another group of protesters who felt the shooting was unjust and racially motivated . </Li> <Li> The black and white US version of the flag with the Thin Blue Line is seen by many as a desecration of the official US flag but proponents argue that it's a completely different flag . </Li> <Li> In Warwick, New York, the painting of a blue line down a roadway was protested by some citizens as being in opposition to the Black Lives Matter movement . The town has since painted the line red white and blue, the colors of the US flag . </Li> <Li> In Riviera Beach, Florida, a group of police officers flew the thin blue line flags on their personal vehicles . They were ordered by their captain to remove the flags . </Li>

When was the thin blue line flag made