LIVERMORE, CA — Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern has espoused his support for the pro-police “thin blue line” flag that spurred a recent hubbub in Livermore and rally Wednesday.
Livermore’s top brass has reaffirmed its support for law enforcement. Mayor Bob Woerner has apologized for any confusion that resulted after the city’s newly minted Equity and Inclusion Subcommittee — comprised of Woerner, Vice Mayor Trish Munro and 50 residents — discussed the symbolism of “thin blue line” flags among others at a recent meeting of the subcommittee’s working group on culture, which was formed in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
Members of the culture group have been tasked with the project of “look[ing] at the entirety of our city … the community equivalent of an individual looking in the mirror,” Woerner and Munro wrote in a letter to the community. The letter came after Law…
