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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He should be suing over this.
Not sure how you crack knuckles like that but this whole thing is ridiculous.
You are right that not all Hispanics have obviously Spanish names, but you left out a few, like Alberto Fujimara, who was president of Peru, and Bernardo O’Higgens, the liberator of Chile.
I can do every finger like that. But I really prefer cracking knuckles on my head like I a crushing my skull. freaks people out sometimes.
Yep I use it so I can stay connected to the guys I served with otherwise it would be gone.
I do it that way ..take my thumb and press down on each finger.
Stop the insanity!!!
>>He should just say he’s gay and then he can’t be fired
“Do you want to come upstairs?!”
Cant you just give them your cell number?
You use your thumb to push down on the index finger joint. It’s a bad habit I have
It is a rude symbol in some countries. It’s that meaning that I wish for anyone who says it’s white power.
Wasn’t the OK sign as a white power symbol a joke from the 4chan website?
It was supposedly a troll job from 4chan, but then the argument became alt-right/white supremacists ended up coopting it for their own anyway. Thus, another thing to be outraged over.
What Karen turned him in?
>>>“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<<<
Is this like a Liberal being Mugged and having a realization?
SMS text messages are $0.40 each from the Philippines to the US. So no.
“California man fired over alleged white power sign says he was cracking his knuckles..”
It’s out of control. When does the counter revolution start?
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