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December 16, 2019

Pentagon Investigates Army and Navy Students over "White Power" Gestures
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Pentagon officials say they're investigating students at the Army's West
Point Academy and the U.S. Naval Academy after they were filmed flashing
"white power" hand gestures at the Army-Navy football game in
Philadelphia on Saturday. Army cadets and Navy midshipmen in the stands
were seen repeatedly making the signs, which resemble an "OK" gesture,
and one such incident was broadcast live by ESPN. Last year the U.S.
Coast Guard reprimanded an officer who used a similar hate symbol during
a TV broadcast.


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