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West Point won’t punish cadets who posed with raised fists
The Washington Times ^ | May 11, 2016 | Andrew Blake

Posted on 05/11/2016 9:15:24 AM PDT by jazusamo

The 16 black West Point cadets who caused a stir after posing for a photograph with raised fists won’t be disciplined over the image, the U.S. Military Academy said Tuesday.

An internal investigation launched after the snapshot surfaced online has ended with authorities deciding not to discipline the cadets, but to offer them additional counseling ahead of their graduation on May 21, West Point’s superintendent, Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen Jr., said in a letter to the academy’s student body this week.

“While the inquiry did not find that these cadets violated a policy or regulation, it did determine that they demonstrated a lapse of awareness in how symbols and gestures can be misinterpreted and cause division,” he wrote on Tuesday to the Corps of Cadets. “The impact of this photo, regardless of its intent, is evident. It is unfortunate that this perception brought attention to our Alma Mater for all the wrong reasons.”

West Point confirmed last week that an investigation was launched amid concerns raised by the photograph, which shows 16 female members of the Military Academy’s Class of 2016 posing in uniform on school property with their fists raised in the air.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blackcadets; blackpower; blacks; blm; cadets; counceling; highereducation; raisedfists; usma; westpoint
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To: dfwgator
No wonder they can’t beat Navy.
LOL I lived in Orange Cty, NY. The local joke is, "ever see Army play football?" "NOPE! And I've been to every game!"
61 posted on 05/11/2016 9:45:08 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: jazusamo

These are to leaders in our military?

Just who is going to follow them?

Why would anyone follow them?

How long did bad louies last in Nam?

More bull$hit from our politically correct pussies in so-called leadership roles. No wonder the enemies of this country laugh at us.


62 posted on 05/11/2016 9:45:13 AM PDT by JayAr36 (At 80 I thought I had seen it all. America is swirling in the toilet now. And daily getting worse.)
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To: Impala64ssa

All right, that’s funny right there...


63 posted on 05/11/2016 9:46:21 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: jazusamo

They might as well have posed for the pic while standing on the American flag. And yet they won’t be punished.


64 posted on 05/11/2016 9:46:59 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: jazusamo

Unfit to be officers in the U.S. Military. They are a disgrace to the army, their gender, and their race.


65 posted on 05/11/2016 9:48:42 AM PDT by Lexington Green (Why isn't Hillary in jail?)
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To: jazusamo

Wow. I’m shocked. Not.


66 posted on 05/11/2016 9:49:16 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Billthedrill
Speaking of which, I'm surprised no one bitched and moaned about the Army BLACK Knights, at least not yet. For that matter, "Knights" can evoke perceptions of the "knights of the kkk". HMMM, maybe I sould keep my big mouth shut and not give any SJW, BLM or some other PC not sees any ideas.
67 posted on 05/11/2016 9:54:15 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: dfwgator

I met him in Vegas some years back just after the OJ trial - I was getting on the elevator, he was getting on....big big guy......


68 posted on 05/11/2016 9:55:13 AM PDT by Revelation 911
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To: Jonty30

Courses? Are you kidding? They will never be proper soldiers. Always with a resentment toward america

This is learned and reinforced in the home. From a young age. Four years at West Point did nothing to root it out


69 posted on 05/11/2016 9:56:41 AM PDT by stanne
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To: PLMerite

Those aren’t troops, they’re going to be officers who will be fragged for trying to order real troops to shoot white people


70 posted on 05/11/2016 9:58:22 AM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: jazusamo

“has ended with authorities deciding not to discipline the cadets, but to offer them additional counseling ahead of their graduation “

And to think someone of supreme character like Robert E. Lee once ran this place.


71 posted on 05/11/2016 10:01:03 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: jazusamo
“While the inquiry did not find that these cadets violated a policy or regulation, it did determine that they demonstrated a lapse of awareness in how symbols and gestures can be misinterpreted and cause division,”

So, the cadets did nothing wrong, but some people might get their panties in a wad over their own interpretation of the event, so...

72 posted on 05/11/2016 10:01:18 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: stanne

Anything that can be learned, can be unlearned with the proper training. If they are unwilling to learn, their career ends at Westpoint.


73 posted on 05/11/2016 10:02:25 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: jazusamo

Counseling? Wow! Now that will really make a difference. NOT.


74 posted on 05/11/2016 10:03:16 AM PDT by apocalypto
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To: rktman

Why would the Army give them something to command?


75 posted on 05/11/2016 10:07:35 AM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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To: jazusamo

Of course they won’t.


76 posted on 05/11/2016 10:11:25 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: jazusamo

At the very least.... they should be marching tours every free hour they have between now and graduation...


77 posted on 05/11/2016 10:13:46 AM PDT by RedEyeJack (What was the basis for the restriction?)
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To: jazusamo

Profiles in Cowardice at the Superintendent level.


78 posted on 05/11/2016 10:16:25 AM PDT by castlebrew (Gun Control means hitting where you're aiming!))
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To: chajin

“...it would not be you”
Only if the CO is more interested in their own career than in doing the right thing or their Oath to the Constitution.

Been there.


79 posted on 05/11/2016 10:19:59 AM PDT by castlebrew (Gun Control means hitting where you're aiming!))
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To: BenLurkin; BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
Even though it is basically the same thing as a clenched fist.

Ben, I have to disagree with you. While I consider it distasteful, the raised fist of the black power salute is miles away from the Heil Hitler salutes.

Those of us who served in the military know that "additional counseling" can be broadly defined. I suspect these young women's last days at the Point will not be as enjoyable as they expected.

Interested in hearing BFAC's thoughts on this subject.

80 posted on 05/11/2016 10:23:00 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi!)
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