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California man fired over alleged white power sign says he was cracking his knuckles
The Hill ^ | 06/16/20 01:59 PM EDT | Morgan Gstalter

Posted on 06/19/2020 3:00:45 PM PDT by snarkytart

A California man who was fired from his job earlier this month over a picture of his hand said he was cracking his knuckles and was not intending to form an alleged white power gesture, NBC 7 San Diego reported.

Emmanuel Cafferty was fired from his position at San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) after a fellow driver on the road took a picture of his arm hanging out of one of the company’s trucks.

The Twitter user wrote in a now-deleted post that the SDG&E employee, later identified as Cafferty, was using a white power symbol near a Black Lives Matter rally in Poway, Calif.

Cafferty, who is Mexican American, told the outlet that he was just cracking his knuckles outside of the window and had no idea that the gesture could have a racist intent.

“It’s scary that you can be charged, tried and convicted on social media, without your permission, with no corroborating evidence, of any type,” Cafferty said

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1 posted on 06/19/2020 3:00:45 PM PDT by snarkytart
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2 posted on 06/19/2020 3:00:58 PM PDT by snarkytart
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Coulda been thumping a booger off his finger.


3 posted on 06/19/2020 3:01:57 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Where do you find the word "except" in the 2nd Amendment?)
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To sum it up, a man was followed by someone when they spotted his hand out of his truck making a so-called white power sign with his fingers, and posted it to twitter and it got him fired. Turns out he was just cracking his knuckles.


4 posted on 06/19/2020 3:02:45 PM PDT by snarkytart
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Sue the bastards

All of them


5 posted on 06/19/2020 3:03:11 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (See St George's Rap Sheet . . . TAG PedoJoe with "DEFUND the POLICE")
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ahh nothing like having a company screw you for stupid reasons so you can sue the pants off them!


6 posted on 06/19/2020 3:05:13 PM PDT by gdc61 (LOL not.)
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This sort of thing is exactly what monster lawsuits are for. These people are beyond asinine.


7 posted on 06/19/2020 3:05:25 PM PDT by TalBlack
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And it isn’t even the alleged White power sign which is the same as the old okay sign.


8 posted on 06/19/2020 3:08:29 PM PDT by Truth29
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No matter what he was doing, he shouldn’t have been fired.


9 posted on 06/19/2020 3:14:29 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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but we see every day black power signs and nothing is said!!! This country needs to be sorted out on their hypocrisy


10 posted on 06/19/2020 3:14:31 PM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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especially since the black power sign is held up by even black elected officials.


11 posted on 06/19/2020 3:15:25 PM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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denny hamlin got accused of it and all he was doing was signalling this was his third win this season...and I think he won all three stages of the race


12 posted on 06/19/2020 3:15:38 PM PDT by RummyChick (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYXYfdsaHxg)
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“Cafferty, who is Mexican American”

The polls must show that Mexican Americans are not reliably Democrat. That is unforgivable.


13 posted on 06/19/2020 3:17:00 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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Emmanuel’s lawyer will enable him and the lawyer to have a great retirement on San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E)!

The snake, who turned him in, will get to know Karma very well.


14 posted on 06/19/2020 3:17:01 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Can I trust that you and I will get out and vote for Trump, this November!)
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I just tried to do a signal of three with my hand. Much easier to do to it with the last three fingers...and it is a struggle for me to do it quickly with my hand i dont write with for the pinkie and thumb grab


15 posted on 06/19/2020 3:17:36 PM PDT by RummyChick (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYXYfdsaHxg)
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Think I’ll just stick with the middle finger salute.


16 posted on 06/19/2020 3:19:34 PM PDT by dblshot (I am John Galt.)
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Can’t avoid it on FascistBook, which I’m forced to use to stay in touch with relatives.


17 posted on 06/19/2020 3:19:53 PM PDT by Starcitizen (Communist China needs to be treated like the pariah country it is. Send it back to 1971)
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"And it isn’t even the alleged White power sign which is the same as the old okay sign."

Well, how about a Thumbs up" sign.?? Is that OK..? A wave of the hand.? Or is it just the whiteness of the hand itself they find so offensive..?

18 posted on 06/19/2020 3:21:39 PM PDT by unread (A REPUBLIC..! if you can keep it....)
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Not all Mexican and Mexican American people have Spanish last names. Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Plunkett and former Mexican president Vicente Fox are two examples.


19 posted on 06/19/2020 3:24:25 PM PDT by forgotten man
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He should just say he’s gay and then he can’t be fired


20 posted on 06/19/2020 3:26:51 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Assange)
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