Posted on 06/16/2020 11:16:15 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
It all started about two weeks ago near a Black Lives Matter rally in Poway when Emmanuel Cafferty, a San Diego Gas and Electric employee, encountered a stranger on the roadway.
The stranger followed Cafferty and took a picture of him as his arm hung out the window of his company truck.
The picture made the rounds on Twitter accompanied by a claim Cafferty was making a "white power" hand gesture made popular by white supremacists groups.
According to the Anti-Defamation League, the gesture -- made by forming a circle with the thumb and index finger, and extending and separating the other three fingers -- has been used in recent years by white supremacists to form the letters W and P, but has also long been used as a sign signifying "OK" or approval. Therefore it shouldn't be assumed to be a white supremacy symbol unless there is other evidence to support those claims, according to the ADL.
Cafferty claims he was just cracking his knuckles.
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Cafferty is Mexican American and says he comes from a diverse family of all races. He says he's proud of SDG&E for taking any allegations of racism seriously, but he wants his job back.
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Yes, he can have his job back but he MUST promise not to crack his knuckles in public.
Probably playing with a booger. Didn’t 4Chan start this hoax?
he should sue for being fired over a chan4 HOAX
It looks like he was flicking a booger.
The pandemic of mental illness is what is going to kill us not some virus.
We didn't fire this other guy for a possibly undesirable hand sign, so why go after this guy for something less obvious?
If he can find the right lawyer and court venue he will own SDG&E. I hope he does and gets lots of publicity.
He's doing it wrong - that's not his index finger.
The trolls at 4 chan made up this crap, and liberals are so stupid they swallowed this con hook line and sinker.
4 Chan trolls are trying to do this same crap with other things. A week ago I read they were going to try to see if they could get liberals to freak out by leaving white pieces of paper all over a University campus and telling them the papers represent "White Power."
I lay even odds that idiot liberals will fall for this con too.
OFFS! Looks like booger flickin’ to me. So, has anyone seen the list proven unacceptable hand signs? Is it included in the vast list of racial comments PDJT has made that further divide the country?
He shouldn’t have to “claim” anything.
What the hell is wrong with this Country?
LOL! Posted #11 before I saw your post. Great minds and all.
I thought it meant “third down.”
Notice how Libertarians have been very silent lately?
I am so glad I’m an old man and retired....
The stranger followed Cafferty
I think the disturbing part of the story is this little nazi wannabe. His parents better watch out, they are next.
In California if you sue a former employer for wrongful discharge you need to win your case and you need to win a big award. When you file a lawsuit it is a public record that will turn up in a background check and make it hard to get another good job. I hope this guy wins enough to retire comfortably.
Good Lord....some snowflake a$$hole probably just driving around looking for shit to video. Then make it out to be something it's not.....so irritating...
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