Navy midshipmen salute ahead of an NCAA college football game against Army, Dec. 14, 2019, in Philadelphia.
Navy midshipmen salute ahead of an NCAA college football game against Army, Dec. 14, 2019, in Philadelphia.PHILADELPHIA -- The Army and Navy academies are looking into hand signs flashed by students that can be associated with “white power" and were televised during the Army-Navy football game on Saturday, school officials said.
Cadets at West Point and midshipmen at the Naval Academy in the stands both appeared to display the sign during the broadcast, officials with the two military academies told The Wall Street Journal. The gesture was seen during an ESPN broadcast segment.“We’re looking into it,” Lt. Col. Chris Ophardt, a spokesperson for the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York, told the Journal. “I don’t know what their intention is.
“We are aware and will be looking into it,” said Cmdr. Alana Garas, a spokesperson for the U.S. Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Maryland.The hand sign is similar to the one often used to indicate “OK,” but the Anti-Defamation League says it has lately been used as an extremist meme, in part because of its ambiguity.
U.S. Coast Guard leaders last year reprimanded an officer who used a similar hand sign during a television broadcast.
Have you ever lived under a dictatorship? Once a dictator has established himself, there is no going back. He will change the rule and shut down the media. No dictator has risen to power alone. Media often playing the usual ticking box coverage is builty! Trump is a dictator...
It’s also the OK symbol. Don’t try to make something out of nothing with another fake media attack on our military!!!
I sincerely hope those young men are expelled!! Unacceptable!!
Liberals looking for something to complain about
This is B.S. !!
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Searching for the Person Who Invented 'The Circle Game' - VICE DavidMuir You idiots... it’s an age old game played mostly among college age guys... ugh.
Those are Trump warriors
Fake news!!! It’s part of a game that has been around since the 90’s. It’s not a white supremacy thing. Pushing that narrative is extremely irresponsible.
No
Ok (hand sign) you do that and disrespect our military
The. Circle. Game.
Not this picture shows it yet we salute and liberals calling our salute nazisense, NOT
Where there were many blacks in the stands I didn't see any. Stopping talking and show the uncensored proof
The only reason this is even talked about is trump was there so they had to bring some kind of controversy
Let’s get them all! We don’t know the intent, but mob rules!! Let’s ruin lives!! Let’s roll!
Oh my. Are they serious
Possible? I mean it was clear as day what they did.
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They just did it to upset idiots, and look how well it worked.
Finger motions pointing UP means OK. Pointing down is derogatory.
And how many of them just chose not to publically flash?
Will they also look into why abc covered up for Epstein & BillClinton ⁉️ Disney did2 not MeToo
Is it ok or is it not 👌
POSSIBLE WHITE HATs
When the Cadets publicly condemn white supremacy, I’ll believe them. Till then they’re trolls who deserve to be thrown out of WestPoint_USMA
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Fake news still gonna fake. You guys are a joke and a detriment to to people everywhere in this country.
Also in Social Media outage is 'ok, boomer' maybe it should combined .. shield your eyes my friends it is time to unveil the..... 👌🧨
POSSIBLE MORE LIES TO HARM OUR NATIONS PRIDE
It was a game moron
For God's sake stop it.
.....Good grief.... with all that is going on 'this' Waste of time.
Is the media just trolling us at this point? Were there not at least 300 people at ABC news that were teenage boys from say 1993 - now to explain what these guys were doing?
Give me a break...this is so stupid
leftboomer Disgusting sack them
I have no doubt, although the perps would probably look you right in the eye and bold faced lie to you.
Use the tape to find them
What else would ABC say with Trump at the game getting a resounding ovation! Stick to your narrative guys! Fools!
The media loves to stir this if it was black power it would have been over looked .
It’s just a fucking game..... get over it
I said in a banana republic if you have the military and security forces on your side, then the coup is complete.
The leadership at USArmy and USNavy need to tell the whiny outrage mob to go pound sand.
If these were Black cadets flashing gangs signs I'd bet it wouldn't take this long to 'look into it', and it wouldn't be called some kind of 'kids game' On national television, putting up a KKK neo-nazis white power symbol, 'very fine people' ArmyNavy
I’ve seen African Americans , Asians , Hispanics you name it all doing this , so someone explain to all of us again why any moron considers this a white power sign 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
The they were playing a game excuse is tired. Interesting how they are instantly given a pass for judt having fun and so many other would be damned to hell for not being patriotic and composed. The narrative is always different when it’s whites.
Leave them alone
Truly pathetic from the company that protected above of women you employed while trying to shame our great men and women of the armed forces, OANN is the way to go for real news
Dems are so scared of everything.......BOO!
You try and shame our brave men and women who protect our country 🇺🇸 Yet you don’t cover THIS brutal attack of a 14 YO
These are the brave men and women protecting our country why try and smear them!?!?! I hope they sue the crap out you
What about the kid who was brutally attacked on a school bus, why aren’t you covering THAT?!?!?
That is quite the White Sea in that picture
I’m SO glad ABC had the COURAGE to investigate this explosive story as opposed to their Epstein lead. Way to bring the important issues to the forefront. BTW Malcom Perry, far from a white man, is the quarterback for Navy. But I’m sure Annapolis is basically KKK headquarters 🙄
Hopefully next year they play PEELTHEBANANA
The left just trying to demonize the future of our national security. Sad. Get a life will ya!
Get a life. The media encourage s much of this stuff
Fake news again lol
They just had to make a controversy didnt they
leave it to another Fake News outlet
No don’t be an idiot.
Possibly a big lie
Can be? Your intern misspelled ARE. FactsMatter TruthMatters racism
What are the diverting attention away from with this b.s. article? Sham impeachment USMCA China trade deal Comey lies Straight outta the playbook. Divert and distract with manufactured outrage. I have personally trained many of their classmates - there isn’t any hidden society.
So you think they were trying to get the cameramen to look, so they could run across the field and punch them. Or perhaps the people watching at home. Yeah that’s it. When the shot was live they knew it and deliberately reached the gesture into frame.
Nope, it was a white power symbol.
This is idiotic.
Investigate!!!
What a load of BS.
It all stems from trump
Needle in the haystack. ....Fake news. .
Appalling. Someone needs to look these kids in the eye, put their index finger in the circles, and punch these kids on the arm.
Oh for the love of Jesus really
Shame on you for bearing false witness.
So ridiculous
Uh-ohhhhh......not one Conservative or Republican represented here! BTW, the Dem Party did NOTHING in condemnation of Senator Robert C. Byrd, Ku Klux Klan recruiter, Kleagle and Exalted Cyclops! Oh and look this fact up: the KKK was the horrific creation of Southern Democrats.
Whoever wrote this crazy psychotic article must be trolling 4chan too much. Conspiracy theorist's & their continued freakouts continue on; with the white supremacy night terrors. Lol *chill*
Here you go...
What Hermaphrodites play this 'game' you muthafuckaa have an excuse for everything Go S.A.D.
'White power' by eluding themselves to possess a certain pigmentation. They think that they are superior to other human beings. Actually to be 'White' as this paper on which I write is, is not nice at all. It is horrible. 'Ergo' people who think they are white are........!
Ridiculous
Good...get them
Definitely was!
That’s bullshit. What about Obama, Hillary and the countless celebrities and musicians that put the same symbol over their eyes? Crickets. That doesn’t fit the “OMG they’re racist” divide and conquer agenda.
It’s always a game until someone gets hurt, caught or is protecting the weak minded.
Trolling with the circle game hand sign does its work to send 'chicken littles' into a tizzy. They make it so easy. Well done, boat's crew! USNavy USNaval_Academy Annapolis Navy
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Can we please get to a more relevant and pressing issue. Was Bigfoot riding a unicorn or not? The people want to know!
1. Circle game is holding the gesture below the waist - none of these cadets did that. 2. Find the video. All were doing it behind the black cadet. One even went to the trouble of stretching his arm towards him. 3. When he looked back and caught them they just smirked at him.
'Possible'
This is a deflection from the fact that Trump was cheered and applauded at the game. This is all a staged outrage.
Nothing will be done
Perhaps it's a Russian plot! These kids are trolling the media and the far-left in general. It's never been a white powder symbol and it never will be!
These clowns at the fake news HQ are trying to make this the issue and not how well received Trump was. 🖕
If anything they did it to intentionally trigger weak idiots....if so....it worked brilliantly!!!!
Ahhh the young Republicans those lemmings
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It sure would be nice if we could get back to a military which focused primarily on fighting and winning wars against America's adversaries.
👊👊👊fools👊👊👊you All deserve a shot in the arm!! 😂🤣
Oh stop quit trying to divide this country! I read at the article and looked at the picture you posted, nothing. dobetter makingsomethingouttanothing
Good lord. Knock it off!!!
Are you going to investigate divers and football refs too? Have you determined who the knucklehead was who started this unnecessary drama? Investgative reporting is dead!
A game my ass this was bullshit they knew they shouldn't do period.
This is not right. The hand signal is and has always meant “OK”. Good job. The nut case left always trying to stir things up
They do that every year. It’s the dumb circle game they play. It’s only recently being turned into White Power. People can’t take back the power they are trying to do and make it a game again like it’s been for a long time.
This PC crap needs to stop. Such a disgrace to try and use PC labeling on a freakin OK hand sign to call it something ridiculous. Stoopid media that's why no one likes the media right now.
ABC News no fact checking just proving the calible of sensationalism propaganda you are pushing. Really people use your brains!
You all just looked an deserve a punch in the shoulder
Disingenuous news reporting why go look for things to sensationalise on. Gosh it is so stupid it's laughable and your gullible sheep audience will lap this up and run with it. Your news agency has no credibility.
The Epstein story that you spiked had more basis than this story. You guys suck.
ABC News is officially 🐖‘s in 💩
You mean like these?
At least they didn’t have swastikas on their arms!
So we let fringe groups appropriate the ok symbol. What’s next the high five?
Racism! Racism everywhere!
' ...that can be associated with...' That's a neat way of saying 'the association with 'white power' started as a hoax to dupe the media but we keep pretending we don't know this'
Stop making excuses that this is the circle game. This just gives cover to people who hate other races and want to normalize this behavior. Unacceptable.
How difficult should that be? 😬
Okay then👌
I will retire to Bedlam!
Liberals will find any excuse to be 'tolerant'. It's a freaking game ffs.
Why cuz they didn't take a knee during the national anthem because they didn't turn around and stick their fists up in the air during the national anthem always looking for something that's not there
That salute looks strangely familiar to those alive during WW 2.
Get these racist too!!
Even worse... now steph curry is in on it! Please make it stop!!! 🤯
Please stop this madness !!!!!!
Then there is this.
What they were doing was wrong. The ok sign is not down
It’s all bullshit..they weren’t flashing gang signs or white supremacy signs...it’s all FakeNews garbage ... Leave our sailors and soldiers alone clowns!
These cadets need to be expelled!
Hey abc - did you hear about the 14 year old that was beat so badly he went to a hospital bc he had a trump hat?
I hope the academies protect these boys from false accusations and the sue ABC.
We must invoke Sharia law and cut off the hands of everyone making this racist gesture.
Boot em out.
How are people this freaking dumb this is getting insane
We live in idiocracy.
Ridiculous
Trump will just pardon them.
Haters gonna hate, knuckleheads are gonna screw up a great American past time! Just another regular day in the U.S.A!
Covington 2.0
Ok 👌🏻
Possible? There’s no ‘possible.’ They did. I saw them.
Most ridiculous thing ever.
ABC=Disney, if you don’t like what they say, boycot Disney!
Why bother? Trump will just pardon them.
Everyone believing this...
Seems like it’s still called circle game to me. Or maybe amazon is promoting racism too. 🤦🏽♀️ come on people!
Seriously. GFY.
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WestPoint_USMA USNavy ...it is the circle game NOT the WhitePower BS the crazy woke losers who would never pick up a gun and protect this country, are teying to push...DontBeIdiots
Possible? Looking into? It was clear as day!
Oh please. Only ABC can come up with some story like this. That’s disgusting!!
YOur reporting is horrible!!!!!
FightFakeNews4 Why TF do they have to look into it? It was seen by millions.
Is he playing the finger game too?
I have to say every time someone plays the circle game it really gives the stupidest people among us their moment to shine and rage.
I definitely grew up playing the circle game. It’s unfortunate that members in our society have taken what was once a fun game, and now are using it to spread their ignorant views. People like the Proud Boys and Richard Spencer happily now flash it to benefit them.
Oh stop spreading Racism when there wasn't any. YOU SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM FROM THIS EARTH FOR ALL YOUR LYING FAKE NEW.... AND SUED.....LIARS...
Oh Please 🙄
When did this become a 'white power' hand sign When I was growing up, this hand sign was used to refer to someone as a flying a**hole. 🤪
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never met any racists in a fox hole
Yawn. It's an innocent game of bored soldiers. If I do something to make you stare, I get to punch you in the arm. Here it serves as a national-class troll, well worth a couple of demerits.
Now do FSU...
I guess if it's ok for Sir Paul and Obama and Reagan it's ok for the navy. Nothing will happen to the people, How come you hate our military by pushing the lies,
I can’t believe what I just saw! That was spoken by the great late Jack Buck! Unfortunately what I saw watching college pre game is at the other end of that sayings spectrum. As a society have we moved into a dark part of our Republics history? Racists, white supremacy, klan, OMG
So, where does it end? Does white power trash get handshakes, high-fives, and fist bumps next?
Boomers...
Shameful
Leave it to to assume it's racist. No wonder nobody trusts you anymore.
Hiw about that uniform that smacks of colonialist patriarchy and oppressive dominance?
The media must literally have nothing better to do.
Cancel culture of woke, twitter, SJW’s.
I just caught Dak Prescott!!
So they never heard of the circle game either? 🙄
ABC news is gaslighting garbage. They know it's the circle game. But they need to make up bogus white supremacy bullsh*t for ratings.
Are you kidding! There have been multiple post what that was about. Lighten up for Christ sake.
This level of mental gymnastics must be exhausting
So sad and disgraceful!
It stands for West Point stop pushing your narrative.
Because liberals hate the military and will find anything to call them racist. It’s the circle game for Pete’s sake.
Or college kids goofing off playing the circle game. Can we stop the stupid please.
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It’s a game and a way to own the idiots in the media. Well done ABC.
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This is ridiculous. Seriously. 🙄
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WTF!? you people are worse than Alex Jones! This is a LeftWingBat conspiracy theory
How stupid can left-media get? Are you serious?!
I can't believe for a second that these cadets weren't briefed to not do anything 'controversial', if that being the case and still they did...throw the book at them.
I’m not buying that they were playing some simple child’s game. B. S. Why would they try so hard to show the “OK” sign on camera? Sounds fishy
Omg it’s a game.
Possible? Really?
That was awful...shame
Good! It is no place for racists! It’s a disgrace!
Nonsense the Army did nothing when 19 black female West Point cadets in full uniform posed for a photo giving the black power salute. Just another major incident of black and Gender privilege.
Throw them in prison
For all of you saying “it’s just a game,” as former Navy I will say the actions of those Army cadets were unbecoming of future officers/leaders. It wasn’t funny, it wasn’t a game. It was childish. They are held to higher standards for a reason, bc when they get out to their ....
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It seems that our military academies are raising cowards. They secretively give 'white power' signs and then deny that's what they were doing when they're caught. Does anyone want to serve in battle with a coward?!
...is a circle game? Never heard of it. Is it because I lived 5 mins from downtown Detroit?
If it's the circle game was anyone punched? I thought not. And how old are these children? That's right, they are adults not children. It's a game alright, a dirty racist game.
Didn’t Buckwheat from little rascals throw up that sign all the time? If he only knew what it meant..
How long does it take to decide if that this is not OK? Take a knee not acceptable....Jaysus the epitome of double standard
Ridiculous
The MAGA cult members are everywhere.
Stop it Ya dig ✌🏿
Get to hit you in the balls for looking! Suckers.
Thanks ABC for trying to spread racism
Snag?
It would have been okay if they 'flipped the bird'?
“Looking into”? We ALL SAW IT.
possible it says, that's terrible reporting, do we need a quantum computer to figure it out? Who does it help if people are second guessing? We should explicitly know if like political figures are using it. That just seems like good reporting and journalistic integrity
Exhausting 🤦🏼♀️
The Nazis don’t get to decide what our hand gestures mean, we do. Stop letting these internet trolls manipulate our society.
Would anyone be surprised if they found it did happen tho?😐
Nuria2407
And the dumbest “news” article goes to FakeNewsABC
More liberal media nonsense.... fakenews
Wait for all the racist enablers to explain how it means “ok” or 3 points and reference Steph Curry 🙄
UCMJ action!
Oh my God... give up. You’re fakenews.
Been around forever!!!
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Slow day in the office?
This gets attention but the white boy beaten to a pulp and hospitalized, crickets. It’s the OK 👌🏻 sign , good greif, just stop!!!
Ridiculous
If they were doing the “circle game,” what would be the point because the person seeing the circle would be a TV viewer who could not be punched in the arm. circlejerks
Remove any cadet caught from our military. But watch out Trump may reinstate them. Cause he's a White Supremist.ALSO!
F0 you gd lunatics
Are you kidding?
Does anyone remember seeing that behavior before the white nationalist commander in chief and the white supremist showed up. The military use to be highly disci in our governmemt. I worked with them and my husband was one of them. We are black
Fake news
Such 💩.
Racists in Trumps Military ? Hmmm imagine that .. RacistMilitary
It’s not white power, it’s a joke and it’s on Mr. Currys baseball hats. Grow up people
It’s called the circle game idiots! 🙄 Google it. Msm and those on the left pushing their racist narrative again. Just stop!
Good - an investigation is warranted
Bull Shit
Can be? Come on !
Black Hebrew Israelites shot up Jersey City in the name of racism & this is your racism story? I’ll just cling to my guns & religion til you figure it out!!!
I suppose the black power fist is good though? Get a life! Obamatrons are done!!!
It’s not a WP sign. It’s a joke kids do today.
Liberal media be saying, “Get the hound dogs and find em!”
GIVE IT A REST
Possible? It’s all over the place.
I was the circle game you damn sheep.
ABC fake news gonna fake. Why don't you show all the violence against Trump supporters by Antifa. How about the 14yo kid who was brutally beaten by black kids for supporting his president on a school bus. America knows your fake ,soon you will have CNN kinda ratings , poor.
Are all white men are racist and if you are not a white man it’s impossible to be racist ?
slow news day?
I swear to god if these people were playing the finger game and that’s what this outrage is about
It’s called the circle game. Stop trying to find racism in everything, it’s getting tiresome.
No possible about it. It is. What other sign is like that? None.
😡😡😡 uugghh
It’s an ok sign. People need to stop being stupid 👌
What(?) I’s been WHITE ALL MY LIFE, and have NEVER HEARD OF A ‘WHITE POWER HAND SIGN’!(?)
Possible? C’mon just speak plainly as we all know what those hand signs mean. Look at Kavanaugh appearing before the senate and you will see the same sign. It’s Nazisism folks and it is here in Anerica now.
It doesn’t take this long to get answers.
ABC = fake news...Sad really
BS
I like how the article basically admits that it's only the 'ok'-sign which some people are now making fun of because the ADL claimed it was linked to white supremacy.
You guys are seriously going to take a,” no looksee’s” game and turn it into Nazi propaganda!! 🙄🙄🙄
Ohhhhhh myyyyyyyy godddddddd. You do know an actual racist violent attack happened and it's on video. Report that. Not the gotcha sign sign.
It's called the circle game, boomers.
fake news
This is absolutely the dumbest thing. Gawd. 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
Lol. No it wasn’t.
GreatToSee action being taken serously by those in authority.GoodCall That's what it takes to ease racial tensions moreProtectiveAction
Please, tell me no one is surprised!
Possible?
Is it a white power hand sign? Yes. Is it also hand sign used for several other things including a childish 'punch your arm game? Also yes. Let's determine context before demanding a lynching.
I don't see anything wrong with that.
More outrage over something that doesn’t have anything to do with white power...
Media insanity - deaths in Jersey assailants were?
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They know its a white power sign. They are in uniform. Was this their way of getting the attention of the RacistInChief ? He may have a slot opening up on the cabinet.
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