Brooklyn, New York City – Police are trying to figure out who replaced two American flags on top of the Brooklyn bridge with white flags Tuesday morning.
By 11:30am both flags had been removed from the bridge’s iconic towers, according to WPIX.
Mystery white flag above Bklyn Bridge. Pic by Rick Bruner. http://t.co/bxlo9dPUef pic.twitter.com/AahZBz2FOG
— Andy Newman (@andylocal) July 22, 2014
The dual U.S. flags are a common sight in the New York skyline, while white flags are typically raised to signify a surrender.
A white flag has appeared atop the Brooklyn Bridge. Did we just surrender to somebody? pic.twitter.com/qHdeAE2Z8x
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) July 22, 2014
#NYPD scaling the Brooklyn Bridge to remove white flag. pic.twitter.com/GhZ1GUyN53
— Janet Upadhye (@jupadhye) July 22, 2014
NOW: White flag atop Brooklyn Bridge just removed by #NYPD; investigation underway into who removed American flag. pic.twitter.com/m8pX6SCw6V
— John Bell (@NewsBell) July 22, 2014
