Original sentence: The thin blue line is a colloquial term for police forces
Edited sentence: Amongst officers it is used as a gang symbol and often used in conjunction with the   punisher skull   (support for brutality and violence) and other white supremacist tattoos such as the swastika.Black Lives Matter  becomes blue lives matter or the American flag is altered with a blue line to represent white supremacist groups and oppression of minorities by right wing forces within society.Is the unspoken agreement that police officers have to protect each other when faced with charges of racism and corruption.The Thin Blue Line.The symbol has been used to alter already established ideas and logos by race hate groups.The thin blue line flag is an illegal alteration to the flag that corrupt police officers and their supporters use to represent certain elements of society being above the law and untouchable.The thin blue line is a colloquial term for police forces but in recent years is more well known as a hate symbol and is used to instill fear into black Americans.Under the united states flag code it is illegal to make changes to the flag