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Hate sign or silly game? Military academies probe hand signs

By MARY ESCH
Associated Press
When is OK not okay?
Some West Point cadets
and U.S. Naval Academy
midshipmen flashed what
looked like a sideways OK
finger gesture during a
live television broadcast
over the weekend at the
Army-Navy football game.
Now military officials are
probing their intentions.
Was it an affirmation? An
innocent made-you-look
“circle game?” Or a sinister
white supremacy signal?
Screenshots and clips of
the hand gestures cap-
tured by cameras at Sat-
urday’s game in Philadel-
phia went viral on social
media. Some Twitter users
condemned the gesture
as a “white power” sign. Navy midshipmen celebrate a Navy touchdown during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019,
in Philadelphia. Navy won 31-7.
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