The US Army and Navy academies are looking into hand signs flashed by students during the Army-Navy football game, amid claims from critics that the gestures resemble 'white power' signals.
The US 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.
Cadets at West Point and midshipmen at the Naval Academy in the stands both appeared to display the sign during the broadcast on Saturday, officials with the two military academies told The Wall Street Journal. The gesture was seen during an ESPN broadcast segment.READ MORE"We're looking into it," Lieutenant Colonle Chris Ophardt, a spokesman for the US 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 Commander Alana Garas, a spokeswoman for the US Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Maryland. US President Donald Trump joins Naval Academy cadets during the the Army v. Navy American Football game in Philadelphia.The hand sign is similar to the one often used to indicate"okay", but the Anti-Defamation League says it has lately been used as an extremist meme, in part because of its ambiguity.US Coast Guard leaders last year reprimanded an officer who used a similar hand sign during a television broadcast.
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