A New York high school football team saw some backlash for its 9/11 memorial service a month after the fact.
The Irvington High School team took the field Sept. 11, the 21st anniversary of the terrorist attack in their state, while waving a regular American flag and a black-and-white version with a blue stripe, meant to symbolize the Blue Lives Matter movement. Players also sported American flag stickers on their helmets.
On Wednesday, a letter obtained by the New York Post from the Irvington Union Free School District's Superintendent Kristopher Harrison brought attention to the gesture yet again, claiming the presence of the Blue Lives Matter flag “caused concern and harm to some members of our community.”“Controversial, politicized messages are not representative of the inclusive, welcoming community that we seek to be,” the letter read.
Harrison was referring to the white nationalist rally that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2019. One woman died at the rally as a result of being hit by a car driven by a man who would go on to plead guilty to 29 federal charges against him.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER