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West Point won’t punish cadets who posed with raised fists
The Washington Times ^ | May 11, 2016 | Andrew Blake

Posted on 05/11/2016 9:15:24 AM PDT by jazusamo

The 16 black West Point cadets who caused a stir after posing for a photograph with raised fists won’t be disciplined over the image, the U.S. Military Academy said Tuesday.

An internal investigation launched after the snapshot surfaced online has ended with authorities deciding not to discipline the cadets, but to offer them additional counseling ahead of their graduation on May 21, West Point’s superintendent, Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen Jr., said in a letter to the academy’s student body this week.

“While the inquiry did not find that these cadets violated a policy or regulation, it did determine that they demonstrated a lapse of awareness in how symbols and gestures can be misinterpreted and cause division,” he wrote on Tuesday to the Corps of Cadets. “The impact of this photo, regardless of its intent, is evident. It is unfortunate that this perception brought attention to our Alma Mater for all the wrong reasons.”

West Point confirmed last week that an investigation was launched amid concerns raised by the photograph, which shows 16 female members of the Military Academy’s Class of 2016 posing in uniform on school property with their fists raised in the air.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blackcadets; blackpower; blacks; blm; cadets; counceling; highereducation; raisedfists; usma; westpoint
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To: jazusamo
West Point won’t punish cadets who posed with raised fists

This is so typical of the new pc military.

21 posted on 05/11/2016 9:23:55 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: jazusamo

Of course not...but let a group of “white folk” strike the same pose and see what happens. Can anyone guess?


22 posted on 05/11/2016 9:23:56 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: jazusamo

The CiC basically told them they’d better not even think about it.


23 posted on 05/11/2016 9:24:31 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: exit82

I absolutely agree.


24 posted on 05/11/2016 9:24:42 AM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: jazusamo

I guess not now that the White House has “congratulated” them for their ‘accomplishment.’

Parents. One day your Army soldier son or daughter may come under the command of a West Point Grad - under fire, duress and in great danger.

Pray your child isn’t commanded by one of these “achievers.”


25 posted on 05/11/2016 9:25:05 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: PGR88

Should have picked our own damned cotton.


26 posted on 05/11/2016 9:25:14 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: stocksthatgoup

“A group of whites cadets to strike same pose.

PERFECT


27 posted on 05/11/2016 9:25:33 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: rktman
How’d you like to be under their command?

Most importantly, how would you like to be the CO of one or more of them? You know who would be in charge in that situation, and it would not be you.

28 posted on 05/11/2016 9:25:51 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: exit82

Obama will make sure to fast-track them before he’s out of office.


29 posted on 05/11/2016 9:25:59 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: jazusamo

When they want troops who will fire on U.S. civilians, where do you think they’re gonna look first?


30 posted on 05/11/2016 9:26:01 AM PDT by PLMerite (Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: exit82

“These are NOT stupid college kids.

These are the best of the best, and they survived the rigors of West Point for four years, graduating in ten days as commissioned officers in the US Army.”

____________________________________________

That is hilarious.

They are def NOT the best of the best. These are quota-filling affirmative action appointees who were admitted at reduced standards then coddled and shuffled from year one to graduation.


31 posted on 05/11/2016 9:26:13 AM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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To: jazusamo

Why are these cadets separating themselves by race and gender in the first place?

That right there should be actionable as being detrimental to disciplines and morale.


32 posted on 05/11/2016 9:26:13 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: PLMerite
When they want troops who will fire on U.S. civilians, where do you think they’re gonna look first?

That's a Bingo!

33 posted on 05/11/2016 9:26:18 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: jazusamo

Wrong. Civil war coming.


34 posted on 05/11/2016 9:26:22 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so that others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: exit82

Or they were AFRAID of a phone call from the WH.


35 posted on 05/11/2016 9:27:21 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Gaffer
Five decades ago this would cost you your Gold Medal.


36 posted on 05/11/2016 9:27:54 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: jazusamo

West Point will next provide cadets with designated safe spaces.


37 posted on 05/11/2016 9:28:03 AM PDT by jimmygrace
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To: jazusamo

Guess they got Obama’s memo.


38 posted on 05/11/2016 9:28:40 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: jazusamo

The official line is that this was just a gesture of their joy at their accomplishments. Uh huh, look at how happy their expressions are. Oh, wait...


39 posted on 05/11/2016 9:30:12 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (ui)
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To: Jonty30

‘zackly !


40 posted on 05/11/2016 9:32:04 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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