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Member of Coast Guard's hurricane response team fired after flashing 'white power' symbol during live MSNBC broadcast

During MSNBC's 'Live with Ali Velshi', Captain John Reed was giving an update on Hurricane Florence and response efforts when the member made the offensive hand gesture
UPDATED SEP 16, 2018

The Coast Guard said a member of the hurricane response team has been removed after he appeared to make the 'white power' hand signal during a live broadcast on Friday night. The gesture was made on MSNBC's 'Live with Ali Velshi' while Captain John Reed was giving an update on Tropical Storm Florence and the response efforts in Charleston, South Carolina. 

As Reed talked to the camera, a Coast Guard member sitting at a table behind the captain gave the 'OK' sign, a once-innocuous hand signal that is now widely associated with the alt-right. 



 

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