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White supremacy, or innocent gesture? Oregon police say cop accused of racist hand sign was merely checking protester was OK
An Oregon trooper was accused of canine whistling a counter-protester at a Black Lives Matter occasion in Salem, however state police stated it was simply an harmless OK gesture. 4Chan pranksters who began the hand signal confusion might rejoice.
The Oregon State Police (OSP) stated their investigation right into a viral video allegedly displaying a white energy gesture proven by an officer to an opponent of BLM demonstrators has revealed no wrongdoing.
Footage from the anti-racism protest in Salem on Saturday reveals cops on the scene tasked with separating BLM demonstrators from teams of counter-protesters. The video reveals one of many officers approaching a counter-protester and making an ‘OK’ signal. The person responded by patting the trooper on the shoulder.
@ORStatePolice Flashing a "White Energy" Signal at a Proud Boy and hugging him, throughout a Black Lives Matter occasion. #SalemOregon #SalemOR #Oregon #ReclaimThe4th pic.twitter.com/D7EGxNKSS2
— Nat 🌻 (@ToshiiLynn) July 5, 2020
Many individuals on-line noticed the gesture as problematic, because of claims that it stands for “white energy.” That assumption originated as a hoax launched by nameless customers of the 4Chan web site in a bid to persuade left-wing activists that the individuals who use it are secretly racist.
Some say that real white supremacists have now adopted the seemingly innocuous gesture, nevertheless, and truly use it to acknowledge one another. The Anti-Defamation League even added it to its listing of hateful symbols final yr. Simply this week Activision, the writer of the ‘Name of Obligation’ online game sequence, has eliminated the OK signal from its newest multiplayer-focused installments.
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The OSP stated it has probed the allegations in opposition to its trooper and located them to be false. The police pressure launched footage from a number of physique cameras displaying the precise second that began the controversy.
The video reveals that, seconds earlier, the counter-protester had been pushed to the bottom by one of many BLM protesters. The officer then approached the person and requested “You OK?” whereas making the gesture.
“Greatest out there proof signifies the trooper was merely checking on the person’s standing and used the common sign to suggest this inquiry,” the OSP stated.
On this case, white supremacy appears to be within the eye of the beholder, nevertheless, because the launched tapes did little to persuade BLM supporters on social media that the cops weren’t secretly a part of the opposite group.
