Posted on 07/17/2018 2:04:18 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Four Alabama police officers have been suspended without pay after the city's mayor says they made a hand gesture some associate with white supremacist movements in an official photo.
Local news station ABC 33 reports that four officers in the Jasper Police Department were suspended on Tuesday after a photo appeared in the Daily Mountain Eagle showing the four men making an "OK" gesture with their hands, which some say is meant to look like the letters "WP" for "white power."
"That's contradictory to how we run our city. That's not our mindset. That's not the way we do things and they used poor judgement," Jasper Mayor David O'Mary told ABC, adding that the concern was first raised by citizens.
Others say the symbol is a reference to the child's prank known as the "circle game," which tricks victims into looking down at a circular gesture near the prankster's crotch. Local residents identified that game when shown the photo, according to ABC, and O'Mary says he did not ask what the officers meant by the gesture.
"It's a kid game. Going around and hitting everybody when you see it," one town resident told ABC.
The four officers, part of the city's drug enforcement task force, will be suspended for two weeks without pay. O'Mary defended his decision to the news station by reporting that two senior African-American officers on the city's police force spoke with him after it was made, saying they agreed with the suspensions.
"We talked to two senior African-American law enforcement officers that are on the City of Jasper's payroll and they think it's fair and that's a pretty good sounding board."
The Anti-Defamation League, which tracks hate groups and hate speech, has said that the "OK" gesture is not necessarily linked to white supremacist movements.
Pretty stupid to for cops to make hand signs in a photo like that - whether benign or malicious.
“Racists see race in everything.”
So true.
Likewise, liars think that everyone lies like they do. Cheaters think everyone cheats. Et cetera, et cetera...
Okay... first I heard of it.
1. Make a circle with your hand by pressing the tips of your index finger and thumb together.
2.Place your hand upon your leg, or somewhere below your waist.
3.Get an unsuspected friend to look at it.
4.Once they look at it, you have the right to hit them as hard as you want in the arm.
“Except for the POLICE written across their chests...”
Yeah. What’s with the masks?
Okay then.
Seriously, Alabama?
Absolute nonsense. And in my state of residence. I thought the people in Jasper would not go for this kind of nonsense. Put these cops back on the job immediately, I say. They did nothing wrong.
I head the term “Gear Queer” used once.
It refers to donut munchers and their need for cop gear, accessories, equipment and etc.
The more cop gear they have - the more bad ass they are..
Personally, I don't see much difference between the two.
Well they agreed to the suspension. Didnt try to fight it, right?
Damn, Obummer too? I guess just his white side is the KKK fan?
If cops are going to put down an Antifa thug riot, then fine. Gear up.
In Jasper, Alabama? I’m guessing the most action these cops see is when they pull over a belligerent speeder off the interstate.
Here ya go Nully.
Ever think they might be undercover drug task force and don’t want to be recognized as an officer?
When your specific task involves dealing with drug dealers do you suppose it would preferable to avoid advertising your face, or not?
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