Hamilton County sheriff’s deputies hoisted a “thin blue line” flag Sunday outside the Hamilton County Justice Center, replacing a United States flag that Sheriff Jim Neil said had been stolen by protesters.

In a tweet posted hours after the photo went viral on Twitter and Reddit, Neil wrote that deputies raised the flag in honor of a Cincinnati police officer whose ballistic helmet had been struck by a bullet early Sunday morning.

“The flag has been removed and we will replace it with the American Flag in the morning,” he wrote.

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