Alabama officers suspended for making a "white power" hand gesture allegedly photographed

Four members of an Alabama police department were suspended after making a hand gesture in a post-arrest photo that some claim to be a hate symbol meaning "white power."

Four officers, whose names were not made public, were suspended and docked a week's salary after the photo was published in the Jasper Daily Mountain Eagle on July 12.

with their hands. O 'Mary, who was also in the photo, said that some have claimed that the gesture is intended to express "white power".

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Other residents of Jasper told ABC 33/40 News that the gesture is part of the "game of the circle", which is popular with children.

»A resident told ABC 33/40

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The mayor said that he arranged the photo to recognize the narcotics team following a drug bust. He said that he had not asked the police what they meant by the gesture, but said that they were showing "poor judgment."

"We spoke to two senior African-American police officers who are on Jasper's payroll, I think it's fair and it's a good sounding board," he said. said O. Mary

Associated Press contributed to this report