White Flags Mysteriously Appear Atop the Brooklyn Bridge.

[elleng]

A pair of white flags appeared overnight atop the two towers of the Brooklyn Bridge, origins unknown, setting off a flood of mystified and conspiracy-minded posts on social media Tuesday morning as police officers converged on the bridge to investigate.

Online speculation aside, there were few indications of why or how the flags had come to wave atop one of New York City’s most storied landmarks. Photos seemed to show that at least one bore stripes under its coat of white, suggesting it was an American flag that had been whitewashed.

A reporter asked the Police Department’s press office if the police could explain the situation.

“There’s a white flag on the Brooklyn Bridge,” replied the officer on duty, Detective Martin Speechley.

Well, were they investigating?

“ ‘Course, yeah.”

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[hrmjustin]

1. Yes it is scarry that this is happening. I walked over that bridge the other week and saw no cops.

[hrmjustin]

2. White Flags Atop Brooklyn Bridge Do Not Amuse Brooklyn Borough Prez

Ross Barkan

Eric Adams is not surrendering.

The mysterious white flags atop the Brooklyn Bridge have Mr. Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, fuming. Police are investigating how the white flags, which replaced the American flags on both towers today, ended up there and Mr. Adams is not pleased.

“If flying a white flag atop the Brooklyn Bridge is someone’s idea of a joke, I’m not laughing,” Mr. Adams, a retired police captain, said in a statement. “We will not surrender our public safety to anyone, at any time. Political and social expression, whatever its message may be, has a place in our society, but not at the expense of others’ security. I am confident in the NYPD’s ability to investigate this matter.”



Read more at http://observer.com/2014/07/white-flags-atop-brooklyn-bridge-does-not-amuse-brooklyn-borough-prez/#ixzz38DVcfDE9