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SDG&E Worker Fired Over Alleged Racist Gesture Says He Was Cracking Knuckles
NBC San Diego ^ | 06 15 2020 | Priya Sridhar

Posted on 06/16/2020 11:16:15 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

It all started about two weeks ago near a Black Lives Matter rally in Poway when Emmanuel Cafferty, a San Diego Gas and Electric employee, encountered a stranger on the roadway.

The stranger followed Cafferty and took a picture of him as his arm hung out the window of his company truck.

The picture made the rounds on Twitter accompanied by a claim Cafferty was making a "white power" hand gesture made popular by white supremacists groups.

According to the Anti-Defamation League, the gesture -- made by forming a circle with the thumb and index finger, and extending and separating the other three fingers -- has been used in recent years by white supremacists to form the letters W and P, but has also long been used as a sign signifying "OK" or approval. Therefore it shouldn't be assumed to be a white supremacy symbol unless there is other evidence to support those claims, according to the ADL.

Cafferty claims he was just cracking his knuckles.

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Cafferty is Mexican American and says he comes from a diverse family of all races. He says he's proud of SDG&E for taking any allegations of racism seriously, but he wants his job back.

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(Excerpt) Read more at nbcsandiego.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: chat; emmanuelcafferty; localnews; ok; sdge; whitepower
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To: Colinsky

No, the symbol for third down is tongue between two fingers.


41 posted on 06/16/2020 12:15:47 PM PDT by CARTOUCHE (Quarantine the sick and free the rest of us from this media inspired bondage.)
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To: yesthatjallen

I’ve seen a lot of Black Power hand gestures lately. Must be a black privelege thing.


42 posted on 06/16/2020 12:18:04 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Systemic racism doesn't exist, but systemic stupidity is thriving.)
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To: cloudmountain
He says he's proud of SDG&E for taking any allegations of racism seriously, but he wants his job back.

Sounds like he will sue if he doesn't get his job back. I hope he does that, and I wouldn't mind seeing some of the camera-wielding snowflake SJW types like the one here being forced to pay up. Frankly, we need to start going after these people.

43 posted on 06/16/2020 12:22:00 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason (America has a DemocRat problem.)
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To: Vendome

“Fire a Mexican American for some specious claim of sign throwing?”

If he’d raised a fist in a black power salute he’d be on the fast track to the executive suite.


44 posted on 06/16/2020 12:32:57 PM PDT by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: yesthatjallen

45 posted on 06/16/2020 12:35:04 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) 2028!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Makes me wonder that what I say in private, that gets “listened to” by Siri, can be used against me.


46 posted on 06/16/2020 12:37:27 PM PDT by CodeJockey (Dum Spiro, Pugno)
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To: Bob434
he should sue for being fired over a chan4 HOAX

Good luck finding a judge or jury to rule in his favor.

47 posted on 06/16/2020 12:46:41 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (I did not kill George Floyd.)
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To: CodeJockey

A person would have to be foolish to have one of those spying machines in their home.


48 posted on 06/16/2020 12:50:15 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: joshua c

Why was this stranger following the White Hispanic?/sarc


49 posted on 06/16/2020 1:01:03 PM PDT by Eagles6
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To: yesthatjallen

Funny - when I clicked this post I was cracking my knuckle the same way. I do it alot.

He’ll get his job back - sometimes unions can be a good thing.


50 posted on 06/16/2020 1:10:23 PM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: ClearCase_guy

Oh...I see...

That is true...


51 posted on 06/16/2020 1:15:49 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: JBW1949

Me too.


52 posted on 06/16/2020 1:45:45 PM PDT by Gator113 ( ~~Remember Christopher Newsom and Channon Christian.)
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To: PilotDave

Shhhh, you let that cat out of the bag.
I waiting to see how many will go along with it.
Just to show us they are gullible and easily lead.


53 posted on 06/16/2020 1:57:36 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: Major Matt Mason
Sounds like he will sue if he doesn't get his job back. I hope he does that, and I wouldn't mind seeing some of the camera-wielding snowflake SJW types like the one here being forced to pay up. Frankly, we need to start going after these people.

True enough.

54 posted on 06/16/2020 2:42:19 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: Kickass Conservative
My thought exactly. Why should he have to "explain" himself? Flipping bird to someone might be another thing since it obviously reflects badly on the utility.

If he lost his job because of this, his employer is taking a cheap shot at him and buckling to the lowlifes.

If that is all they have, I would be sitting in front of a lawyer pursuing wrongful termination.

55 posted on 06/16/2020 4:29:59 PM PDT by HotHunt
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To: Keyhopper

Did you see the one they did where they were convincing liberals that the best way to show their solidarity with some group was to pee their pants in public? Those were hilarious!


56 posted on 06/16/2020 4:35:04 PM PDT by gnarledmaw (Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

57 posted on 06/17/2020 8:39:00 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Vote Giant Meteor in 2020)
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