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blue wall of silence

informal rule among police officers not to report on a colleague's errors, misconducts, or crimes, including police brutality
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blue wall of silence

Summary

blue wall of silence is a rule[1]. It draws 207 Wikipedia views per month (rule category, ranking #21 of 87).[2]

Key Facts

  • blue wall of silence's instance of is recorded as rule[3].
  • blue wall of silence's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06h8v4[4].
  • blue wall of silence's facet of is recorded as police brutality[5].
  • blue wall of silence's facet of is recorded as whistleblower[6].
  • blue wall of silence's facet of is recorded as police corruption[7].
  • blue wall of silence's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Black Lives Matter[8].

Why It Matters

blue wall of silence draws 207 Wikipedia views per month (rule category, ranking #21 of 87).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). blue wall of silence. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/blue-wall-of-silence
MLA “blue wall of silence.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/blue-wall-of-silence.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_blue-wall-of-silence_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{blue wall of silence}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/blue-wall-of-silence}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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