I would had a hearing. My attorney would have gathered every photo of the okay sign by known people. On the stand, I would have testified to knowing each by sight, and identifying each giving the okay sign. I would have continued until the other side admitted the okay sign. Review of suspensions by co-workers. Indeed.
I love your plan.
We all may have to give up on any innocent hand gestures.
Instead, fold all fingers together with the thumb enclosing them into a clenching, tensed circular design and test it out by driving it toward the bad guy’s face in a muscular forward motion from the shoulder area outward.