Proud Boys claim Derek Chauvin trial judge is on their side after he uses 'OK' sign

[riversedge]

I shake my head at the stupidity!!





Proud Boys claim Derek Chauvin trial judge is on their side after he uses ‘OK’ sign
It's more likely Judge Cahill was signaling '3' than white supremacist views.

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/proud-boys-chauvin-judge-ok-sign/




Mar 12, 2021, 2:35 pm*


Judge Peter Cahill is presiding over the closely followed trial of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer accused of murdering George Floyd. Last May, a viral video showing Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds sparked some of the most intense and prolonged civil rights protests in a half-century.............................




..............So does Judge Cahill have any known association with the Proud Boys or any other extremist or racist group? No.

Cahill is a veteran judge with a reputation for fairness, NPR reports. In 2015, he dismissed charges against organizers of a Black Lives Matter protest at the Mall of America. One of those organizers told NPR that the judge was "respectful" and "fair."

Furthermore, this so-called "white power" hand gesture looks more like the judge making the number three than it does an OK symbol, which would also be, well, OK.

According to one Telegram user, when Judge Cahill flashed the symbol, he said, "This is juror number three, right?"

Link to tweet

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[Cracklin Charlie]

1. Their "side"?

The “side” of what, exactly?

And I mean exactly. Murder, white nationalism, law enforcement...what is this side they claim this judge is on?

[Irish_Dem]

2. This is not how Americans make the the number three with their fingers.

Odd way to do it.

Actually I don't think it is even the European way either.

[OnDoutside]

5. You're right. British/Irish would start with the thumb and I think

Mainland Europe would start with the index finger. That looks really suspicious.

[Irish_Dem]

9. US and UK start with index finger, Western Europe starts with thumb.

The Japanese use a method similar to the judge's gesture. But the index finger holds the thumb down against the palm, there is not a perfectly made O like the judge made.

[OnDoutside]

12. Actually you are correct, and I'm Irish lol....I just asked my wife and

even she had to think about it 😂

[Dr. Strange]

11. Some do.

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100211706976

[bottomofthehill]

15. I have umpired and hundreds of baseball games and

That is exactly how I show 3 balls. Started upping little league games when I was 14. It is the easiest 3 to make with your fingers.

[bottomofthehill]

16. These are Umps not Proud Boys

https://i.insider.com/5357c936eab8ea6351b39eff?width=1500&format=jpeg&auto=webp

[Irish_Dem]

17. Right, the judge thought he was umping a baseball game.

PS. Serious question: When you are referring a game, and making a count of three with your fingers, do you hold the index finger close to your palm? Or do you make a round O with your thumb and index finger?

[bottomofthehill]

20. Nope, muscle memory, when you have done it thousands of times...

It just rolls. I started umping baseball games in the early 80s. Long before that was ever thought of as a white power hand sign. It’s actually hard for me to put the last 3 fingers up and not have the thumb and index come together.

In the 40’s and 50’s, long before my time, the Index and middle finger raised was the V for victory, then in the late 60’s into early 70’s the hippie movement took it over until Nixon ruined it for them.

Often times a Hand Gesture does not mean what some want it to mean.

[Irish_Dem]

21. OK thanks. I wonder if the judge referees baseball?

I guess we would have to rule that out or in as an explanation.

[bottomofthehill]

22. Direct answer to your question

I come pretty close to the O. I just tried to pull the index finger down but the middle finger comes with. When I bend the index and hold it with the thumb it does not.

[Irish_Dem]

23. Got it thanks. I guess the O then is a normal way to hold the fingers in ump style three fingers.

So maybe the judge is a baseball fan or coached or umped baseball. Possible.

But if not, it would be unusual for the average American to hold up three fingers that way.

[USALiberal]

32. Lol, I think you are just joking! Nt

[madville]

27. It's how traders on the floor of stock exchanges make the number 3

The last three fingers, just like the OK sign.


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[Irish_Dem]

33. Very interesting, I did not know that. Wonder if the judge has SE experience?

[USALiberal]

29. LOL, so there is an "official" method in the US to show 3 fingers???? Where is that documented? nt

[flying_wahini]

3. How did he think this would not be seen or he just doesn't care if we know?

[Iggo]

4. Not "OK." Not "3." It's a "W" for White Power.

I didn’t watch the video so I don’t know if the judge did it or not.

I just want people to get their gang signs right.

And calling what the white supremacists are throwing “the OK sign” is like calling an attempted coup a “riot.”

[Hekate]

8. Look at the brief clip. He's indicating "3 jurors." nt

[USALiberal]

31. LOL! really silly! nt

[Kid Berwyn]

34. It's the most awkward "3" I've seen.

Well within the limits of plausible deniability.



Still looks like the white power sign.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214981158#post7

[catbyte]

6. I've seen people hold up the last 3 fingers for "3" my whole life.

Maybe it's a northern Michigan, perhaps Wisconsin thing?

On edit, I sure as hell don't do it anymore, thanks to those Nazis, but I've done it, too.

[Hekate]

10. A-OK was a hand gesture used my entire life (I'm old) & my father before me (born 1918)...

Right up until the bleeping traitors started using it as a gang sign.

Dammit — an all-American hand-gesture indicating approval and affirmation has been turned into a gang sign. I am training myself out of ever using it again, like you.

[jimfields33]

13. I haven't used it much, but it's disgusting how we are letting

these freaks take it from us and why we’re allowing it. We should take it back by diluting the use so that have no idea whose using it for what purpose. Eventually they’ll go on to something else and we keep the gesture as always.

[Treefrog]

18. If you watch Oprah's interview with the Markles, you'll see

her use it too. Pretty sure she’s no white supremacist

[madville]

28. Me too

I’ve seen the number 3 made with either the last three finder or the middle three my entire life. This is just twitter trolling to stir the pot, ridiculous if anyone believes he was signaling white power.

[Hekate]

7. "Sargon of Akkek" looks a lot like Pepe the Frog, doesn't he? Keep an eye on that one. nt

[marble falls]

14. That's some desperate search for supporters. They believe their own press too much.

[WarGamer]

19. that's EXACTLY the way the WS's throw the WP sign.

Didn't look like a typical OK or "3" sign.

[USALiberal]

30. FFS, really? He was asking for 3 jurors! nt

[WarGamer]

35. 99% of people would NOT

Make the open "O" shape with the forefinger and thumb.

Natural inclination is to reach up with the thumb to catch the pinky finger, using the other 3 as the 3 symbol.

[madville]

37. This is ridiculous

So many have bought into the conspiracy theory lol

[msfiddlestix]

24. Not how the number is shown with fingers, tweet says Chauvin just found innocent. trolling?

or is it true? that the judge found Derek Chauvin innocent?

[TwilightZone]

25. The idiot is assuming he will be innocent because of the hand gesture.

Wishful thinking based on nothing.

[msfiddlestix]

26. Gotcha. That tweet was confusing. But I wondered if it was wishful thinking or just trolling.. n/t

thanks for clearing that up!

[Thrill]

36. It's a jury trial. No?

[msfiddlestix]

38. I'm totally in the dark on the status

confusing post, apparently you have to speak the language of Q to grock what the effin hell they're yabbering on about.

And I don't speak that language.