The council claims that 'flag-related activity' has inflamed tensions and worsened 'community cohesion'
Patriotic Britons in Birmingham could be banned from flying English and British flags if their council heeds the demands of left-wing activists.
Campaigners from "Brummies United Against Racism" are demanding the council seeks an injunction against the grassroots Raise the Colours group.
"We've been lobbying the council continuously to remove the flags and they've been really dragging their heels about it," one told The Guardian.
She said people had been "intimidated and threatened" by the group, and has presented Birmingham City Council and the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner with "evidence".
The activist claimed the council was now just "weeks away from getting an injunction" but "for us, it's a little too late".
Green councillor Duncan Ali claimed there was a "huge amount of evidence of the aggressive, intimidating, violent behaviour of Raise the Colours and that is being used to request an injunction against that organisation".
"As Green Party councillors, I'm not going to sit back and let this continue. It will be stopped. It may take time, and it may cost money, but it will be stopped."
In February, more than 150 people in Birmingham gathered to tear down Union Jacks in what organisers called a "de-flagging celebration".
London-born Carol Williams, who participated in the flag removal, claimed the Union Jacks had become "symbols of division".
The call for legal action in Birmingham looks to emulate a similar injunction in Oxfordshire.
The county council there secured a High Court injunction to ban the "unauthorised hanging" of English and British flags on or near public highways.
Tory councillor Liam Walker warned how the authority was "clearly offended by our flag" and told GB News how it would now have to spend as much as £45 per flag to send crews out "under the cover of darkness" to remove the banners.
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Raise the Colours founder Ryan Bridge and three more people were named in the injunction in Oxfordshire.
Since then, he has agreed to stop raising the nation's flag and encouraging others to do it too.
Mr Bridge has previously told the BBC the group is "family-orientated" and "brings communities together"
"I don't know anyone would suggest that putting a flag up in your own country, of your own country is anything far right," he said.
"When we go to your Stirchleys and your Moseleys, they don't seem to approve - the white, middle class liberal areas don't really like it," he added.
West Midlands PCC Simon Foster said: "I have consistently and repeatedly encouraged Birmingham City Council and West Midlands Police to take proactive and robust action to prevent and tackle any and all harassment, alarm, distress or other criminal behaviour associated with the illegal erection of flags and that includes an application for a civil injunction.
"I trust that proactive and robust action will be taken to resolve this matter at the earliest possible opportunity."
A Birmingham City Council spokesman said attaching "unauthorised" items, such as flags, to public infrastructure was "not permitted, and any such items will be removed".
They added: "We are aware that recent flag related activity has contributed to increased tensions in some areas, and we encourage all residents to act responsibly and respectfully to help maintain calm, reduce the risk of intimidation, and support community cohesion during this period."
