blue wall
Cops protecting cops
Blue wall refers to the perceived tendency of police officers to protect one another by refusing to report misconduct or testify against colleagues—a code of silence within law enforcement.
The full phrase is usually blue wall of silence.
Blue comes from the traditional color of police uniforms.
In American electoral politics, blue wall describes states that reliably vote Democratic: The 2016 election cracked the blue wall in the Midwest.
Tacit agreement against disclosure
- cover-upHiding wrongdoing from public
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
misconduct · whistleblower · department · badge · uniform · protect · secrecy · corruption
Something blocking the way
- barricadeObstacle blocking a path
- blockadeSealing off a place
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
divider · enclosure · fence · rampart · bulwark · palisade · boundary · perimeter
Electorally competitive region
- voting blocAligned electoral faction
- Rust BeltPost-industrial American heartland
- MidwestNorth-central American region
- PennsylvaniaNortheastern founding colony state
Michigan · Wisconsin · election · electoral college · working class · union · flip · battleground
code of silence
Tacit agreement against disclosure
- cover-upHiding wrongdoing from public
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- brotherhoodKinship among men
loyalty · misconduct · whistleblower · department · badge · uniform · protect · secrecy · corruption · officer
obstacle
Something blocking the way
fortification · divider · enclosure · fence · rampart · bulwark · palisade · boundary · perimeter · shield
swing state
Electorally competitive region
- voting blocAligned electoral faction
- Rust BeltPost-industrial American heartland
- MidwestNorth-central American region
Pennsylvania · Michigan · Wisconsin · election · electoral college · working class · union · flip · battleground · voter turnout
- policingpatrol, police powers, arrests, police officer, arrest
- secrecysecrecy, secret, secrets, confidential, classified
- ToriesConservative Party, Tory, Toryism, Thatcherism, Thatcherites
- Blue StatesCalifornia, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii
- Midwest politicsIowa caucus, swing states, rust belt, Cleveland, Milwaukee
- police misconductpolice brutality, excessive force, brutality, misconduct, abuse of power
blue walltransparency
State of being see-through
police accountability · whistleblowing · disclosure · accountability · speaking out
blue wallred wall
Wall painted vermillion
red states · Sun Belt · Trump country · swing states · battleground states
blue, wall, blueprint, walled, wallpaper, blueberry, walling, blueness, bluebell