Vancouver police officer is directed to remove Star of David patch from uniform

While I agree it shouldn't be a big deal to have a star of David on your person. as an atheist if you wanna support your faith on your clothes, go nuts, it's not hurting anyone. But this was already his employers policy and it's a work uniform so for that reason alone it should be taken off.

This is the patch
- Wow. Also, the obsession of morons with Punisher is just baffling. It's not a very complicated story at all, and yet all these idiots just completely misunderstand it and proudly wear this mark because Frank Castle is cool and kills people...
  Screw the star of david, having a Punisher skull symbol anywere on or close to your damn uniform should be a fireable offense.
- This looks like some 4chan shit lmao
- Ha, wow. Did not picture this ‘Star of David’ patch when I read the headline.
- Are you fucking kidding me? Wooooow.
- The truth is that they want him to remove it because it's extremely cringey.
- Bruh
Take off every sihks turban then?
- A patch is not a religious obligation. If it were a kippah it'd be different.
  People should be allowed their religious freedom, but that doesn't mean decorating their uniform however they want.
- What are you talking about, sikh cops are allowed to wear their turbans

An image of the officer wearing the black patch that includes the star and white bars, similar to the Israeli flag, was posted on social media on Thursday.

This clickbait headline didn't specify that it's not the Magen David, but rather a representation of the Israeli flag, which is not the same thing.

Also, Canada has "thin blue line" flags? What do they look like? The Canadian flag only has two thick stripes, so unless they're using the version based on the US flag (which makes no fucking sense - they're Canadian), I don't see it.

For reference, here's the image of the patch (downloaded from another article that actually included it:

Canada has “thin blue line” flags
- Ew, just as gross as ours. Thanks for the education!

Lol, it's not a star of David patch, it's an Israeli flag/punsher insignia patch. Fuck this guy.

I completely agree. On their own time as civilians they should wear whatever crazy political or religious thing that they want. When they are on the clock representing the government charged with upholding the law and protecting the public they should not be endorsing anything else. Yes I would say exactly the same thing for any other flag/emblem including a pride flag.

Looks like Vancouver PD has been infiltrated by foreign agents to me.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Vancouver police say an officer has been told to remove from his uniform a patch that shows the Star of David.

An image of the officer wearing the black patch that includes the star and white bars, similar to the Israeli flag, was posted on social media on Thursday.

The Vancouver Police Department replied to the posting on the social media platform X on Friday.

It says the patch is not an approved part of the VPD uniform and the officer has been directed to take it off.

A report to the board said the thin blue line patch was worn to express solidarity among officers but its use had generated “controversy and concern” among the community, including Indigenous advisers who perceived it as a “dividing line.”

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A member of the police cannot wear a symbol of genocide as part of their uniform.

It’d be like wearing a KKK patch in the American south.

The star of David is a Jewish symbol. The Jewish religion is separate from the Israeli government. The government may be committing genocide in the name of the religion, but that doesn't mean the entire religion is genocidal.
- Upon viewing the patch, it’s pretty clear it’s a monotone flag of the state of Israel, not just a Star of David
- While this is entirely true, it’s also true that Israel is using the Star of David as a hate symbol, for example spraying it on desecrated Palestinian buildings. It’s like the swastika, originally used peacefully in religious contexts but now adopted by fascists as a hate symbol, and it’s unfortunate for everyone who used that symbol legitimately.
- Cool.
  So you’d be OK with a cop wearing a Hamas patch when interacting with Jewish members of the public?
The thin blue line flag is an overtly fascist neo-nazi symbol and cops all over America wear those patches, so I see what you're trying to say, but your second sentence is pretty... interesting.
Then why do they wear a Canadian flag on their uniform? I'm of native blood so I'd love it if we applied your rules across the board
- How do you think this is a gotcha? Canadian flag is there just because its their country, but if we could dismantle the shitty white supremacists colonial states and get rid of their flag that would be based too!