Military officials said they are looking into what appeared to be white supremacist hand signs

[Sancho]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/military-investigates-possible-white-supremacist-gestures-students-during-army-navy-n1102366?fbclid=IwAR2eIHuMsabNiucssYD7bfV_ht-Oib00H2Wkl0lE0IbTri9Xti-aWTjmzyU

Military officials said they are looking into what appeared to be white supremacist hand signs made by students before the Army-Navy football game on Saturday.

Pregame festivities aired by ESPN showed cadets on both sides of the rivalry — two West Point cadets and one Naval Academy midshipman — making gestures as a camera focused on a sideline report from journalist Rece Davis.

At least one of the gestures resembled a white supremacist symbol described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as "the thumb and forefinger joined together in a circle, the remaining three fingers splayed out behind."

"West Point is looking into it and we do not know the intent of the cadets," said Lt. Col. Christopher Ophardt, director of public affairs, in an email.

[pandr32]

1. "gestures resembled...we do not know the intent"

Come on! A gesture is deliberate.

[muntrv]

2. Forget it was behind the African American cadet,

we don't know if it was white supremacist!

[ThoughtCriminal]

3. What are the odds?

That three cadets from two different academies would make the same gesture "accidentally" on camera?

[lpbk2713]

4. Somebody's world is about to turn to shit.

It is not a good experience for a cadet to be under a magnifying glass.

[Blima]

5. Their names and photos would be made public

So their neighbors can beware of them.

[Baked Potato]

6. If they make it through and get commissioned

and make it to a Unit, it won’t be nice for them. Who wants a racist prick in charge? Nobody. They should be removed, immediately.

[blueinredohio]

7. Neither Army or Navy is going to do anything about the white power signs

If they are going to let Trump change the rules that have been in place for decades that once graduated you serve at least 4 years in the military.

[UTUSN]

8. K&R