Mass. town orders thin blue line flags removed from fire trucks

DANVERS, Mass. — Town Manager Steve Bartha has ordered Thin Blue Line flags be removed from all Danvers Fire Department apparatus. "As local government officials and public servants, our responsibility is to work in support of all residents of and visitors to Danvers regardless of their belief systems or lived experiences," Bartha said in a statement. "When we as public servants, through speech, actions, or the symbols we display, have intentionally or unintentionally undermined the confidence of marginalized members of our community, we are obligated to act."