![]() Segal pointed to the suspected white supremacist in Christchurch, New Zealand, accused of killing 51 worshippers at two mosques in March, who flashed the "OK" hand gesture during an initial court appearance. ![]() Segal said that while many of those images were misconstrued by users on the online message boards, the number of people espousing hate while using the gesture has grown so widespread that it can no longer be considered a prank. Commenters on the message board appropriated images of people posing in the White House and other locations making the hand symbol as proof that it was catching on. "More people than not will use the OK symbol as just 'OK.' But in those cases where there's more underlining meaning, I think it's important for people to understand that it could be used, and is being used, for hate as well."Īccording to the website Know Your Meme, as a prank, 4chan users in 2017 launched a campaign to flood social media with posts linking the "OK" hand gesture to the white power movement. Given the number of white supremacists who have adopted it, he said it can now carry a nefarious message. Oren Segal, director of the ADL's Center on Extremism, told NPR that for years on fringe online message boards such as 4chan and 8chan, the "OK" sign has been deployed in memes and other images promoting hate. ![]() On Thursday, the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish civil rights organization, added 36 symbols to its "Hate on Display" database including the index finger-to-thumb sign that in some corners of the Internet has become associated with white supremacy and the far right. The "OK" hand gesture, commonly seen as a way of indicating that all is well, has now been classified as something else: a symbol of hate. The legislature has never intended to create in an offender a vested right with respect to whether a prior conviction is excluded when calculating an offender score or with respect to how a prior conviction is counted in the offender score for a current offense.The "OK" hand gesture is among 36 new entries in the Anti-Defamation League's "Hate on Display" database. See In re Personal Restraint Petition of Williams, 111 Wn.2d 353, (1988). Additionally, the Washington state supreme court has repeatedly held in the past that the provisions of the sentencing reform act act upon and punish only current conduct the sentencing reform act does not act upon or alter the punishment for prior convictions. ![]() As noted in the minority opinions in Cruz and Smith, such application of the law does not involve retroactive application or violate ex postfacto prohibitions. ![]() For purposes of this subsection: (A) "Home-based instruction" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 28A.225.010 and (B) "teacher, counselor, volunteer, or other person in authority" does not include the parent or legal guardian of the victim.Īlthough certain prior convictions previously were not counted in the offender score or included in the criminal history pursuant to former versions of RCW 9.94A.525, or RCW 9.94A.030, those prior convictions need not be "revived" because they were never vacated. For purposes of this subsection, "school" does not include home-based instruction as defined in RCW 28A.225.010 (ii) a coach, trainer, volunteer, or other person in authority in any recreational activity and the victim was a participant in the activity under his or her authority or supervision (iii) a pastor, elder, volunteer, or other person in authority in any church or religious organization, and the victim was a member or participant of the organization under his or her authority or (iv) a teacher, counselor, volunteer, or other person in authority providing home-based instruction and the victim was a student receiving home-based instruction while under his or her authority or supervision. (38) "Predatory" means: (a) The perpetrator of the crime was a stranger to the victim, as defined in this section (b) the perpetrator established or promoted a relationship with the victim prior to the offense and the victimization of the victim was a significant reason the perpetrator established or promoted the relationship or (c) the perpetrator was: (i) A teacher, counselor, volunteer, or other person in authority in any public or private school and the victim was a student of the school under his or her authority or supervision. ![]()
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