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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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To: snarkytart

He should be suing over this.


21 posted on 06/19/2020 3:30:48 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: snarkytart

Not sure how you crack knuckles like that but this whole thing is ridiculous.


22 posted on 06/19/2020 3:32:17 PM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (In America 2.0, blacks are sacred and can do no wrong.)
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To: snarkytart
Obama thinks his firing is A-OK.
23 posted on 06/19/2020 3:34:40 PM PDT by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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To: forgotten man

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.


24 posted on 06/19/2020 3:34:42 PM PDT by LadyDoc (liberals only love politically correct poor people)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

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.


25 posted on 06/19/2020 3:36:00 PM PDT by CJ Wolf ( #wwg1wga #Godwins)
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To: Starcitizen

Yep I use it so I can stay connected to the guys I served with otherwise it would be gone.


26 posted on 06/19/2020 3:39:45 PM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

I do it that way ..take my thumb and press down on each finger.


27 posted on 06/19/2020 3:44:43 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: snarkytart

Stop the insanity!!!


28 posted on 06/19/2020 3:45:20 PM PDT by ozarkgirl
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To: escapefromboston

>>He should just say he’s gay and then he can’t be fired

“Do you want to come upstairs?!”


29 posted on 06/19/2020 3:45:28 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: Starcitizen

Cant you just give them your cell number?


30 posted on 06/19/2020 3:46:15 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

You use your thumb to push down on the index finger joint. It’s a bad habit I have


31 posted on 06/19/2020 3:47:55 PM PDT by pnut22
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To: snarkytart

It is a rude symbol in some countries. It’s that meaning that I wish for anyone who says it’s white power.


32 posted on 06/19/2020 3:48:25 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Never forget Justine Damond, murdered by a NON-WHITE, NON-CHRISTIAN cop. (Oh, and no riots))
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To: snarkytart

Wasn’t the OK sign as a white power symbol a joke from the 4chan website?


33 posted on 06/19/2020 3:48:38 PM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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To: jughandle

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.


34 posted on 06/19/2020 3:51:06 PM PDT by goodolemr
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To: snarkytart

What Karen turned him in?


35 posted on 06/19/2020 3:54:45 PM PDT by hattend
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To: Blood of Tyrants
I recognize that...he was calling the guy taking his picture a ringpiece.😎


36 posted on 06/19/2020 3:55:17 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: snarkytart

>>>“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?


37 posted on 06/19/2020 4:00:45 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Kill a Commie for your Mommy.)
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To: snarkytart

SMS text messages are $0.40 each from the Philippines to the US. So no.


38 posted on 06/19/2020 4:01:59 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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To: snarkytart

“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?


39 posted on 06/19/2020 4:05:20 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Truth29
White power hand gesture.


40 posted on 06/19/2020 4:11:29 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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