The US Navy and Army’s service academies has finally finished their investigation and concluded that students accused of flashing a “white power” hand signal during the Army-Navy football game last week were simply playing an “immature” game.
“We investigated this matter thoroughly,” Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams, 60th superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy, said in a news release. “Last Saturday we had reason to believe these actions were an innocent game and not linked to extremism, but we must take allegations such as these very seriously. We are disappointed by the immature behavior of the cadets.”
The Naval Academy similarly concluded the midshipmen were “participating in a sophomoric game.”
That incident happened during ESPN’s telecast of “College GameDay,” where ESPN reporter Rece Davis was doing a live segment from the sidelines and several cadets behind him could be seen flashing the “OK” hand gesture in the background.
The symbol has basically been adopted by white supremacists as a means to convey the sentiment “white power,” due to the fingers forming the general shape of the letters “w” and “p,” according to an explanation by the Anti-Defamation League.
Navy won the game 31-7.
