John Burk, a former soldier turned motivational coach and fitness guru accused the 16 cadets of aligning themselves with the "Black Lives Matter" movement, claiming the seniors have been anonymously standing up for themselves on Yik Yak.
The students below in the picture have been making their voices heard more and more behind closed doors to senior ranking officers, until now. This overt display of the black lives matter movement is not, in itself wrong, but to do so while in uniform is completely unprofessional and not in keeping with what the USMA stands for, and as well as violating the DOD directive 1344.10.
The raised clenched fist is clearly a black lives matter or black power salute.
