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In response to the NFL’s national anthem protests, one sheriff in Virginia has spent his own money to erect a roadside sign that makes it clear to the world how he and his fellow law enforcement agents feel about America and its flag.

“Law enforcement stands & places hand over heart for national anthem!” reads the sign put up by Bedford County Sheriff Mike Brown. “We kneel when we pray!”

Right on.

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Take a look at the sign below:

Speaking this week with Lynchburg station WSET, Brown revealed that, like many other Americans, he used to love the NFL up until its players starting acting like pig-headed buffoons.

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“I’ve always been a Redskins fan  … (but) I quit watching,” he said, adding that the team’s decision to kneel during the anthem last month was unacceptable. “I applaud demonstrating for social justice, that’s great, but do it some other way than disrespecting our great country, and this flag.

“It’s the greatest country in the world, it’s been that way because of our military, and our law enforcement,” he added.

But Brown wasn’t done yet. He’s also purchased similarly designed bumper stickers that he plans to place on his department’s vehicles and will give to any police chief or sheriff who asks, as long as supplies last, according to WSET.

Save for a few knuckleheads, his community has been very receptive to his ideas, but particularly the sign.

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“It definitely shows the law enforcement is behind the community,” Sherri Stayton, a Bedford County resident, told WSET. “I’m proud of it absolutely.”

“It shows respect for our country and the freedoms that we have, everything is related to that flag,” added fellow resident Jeff Scott.

There’s no denying that people like the spoiled and crime-prone ingrates in the NFL have the right to act like boneheads. But thanks to the U.S. Constitution, men like Sheriff Brown have the equally valid right to let the world know how much they love America.

H/T TheBlaze

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