The superintendent of the Little Miami school district says he and the school board stand behind their decision to punish two Little Miami High School football players who carried thin blue line and thin red line flags through the entrance tunnel in honor of police and firefighters on the 19th anniversary of 9/11. In a video released Thursday, a visibly angry Greg Power says the district has received hateful and threatening messages as a result of publicity from the event. The district eventually lifted the player's suspension from athletics, but maintains they were right to punish the boys because of their "insubordination."
Brady Williams and Jarad Bently say they only wanted to pay tribute to first responders on the anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Power is demanding an end to the threats and hateful messages being sent to the district.