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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No, the symbol for third down is tongue between two fingers.
I’ve seen a lot of Black Power hand gestures lately. Must be a black privelege thing.
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.
“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.
Makes me wonder that what I say in private, that gets “listened to” by Siri, can be used against me.
Good luck finding a judge or jury to rule in his favor.
A person would have to be foolish to have one of those spying machines in their home.
Why was this stranger following the White Hispanic?/sarc
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.
Oh...I see...
That is true...
Me too.
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.
True enough.
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.
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!
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