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The gesture in question is the “OK” hand signal — three extended fingers with the thumb and index finger touching to form a circle — that is often seen among the Alt-Right’s followers.

For the antigovernment Three Percenter movement this same hand gesture symbolizes their belief in the disputed claim that only three percent of American colonists fought against the British in the American Revolution. The three extended fingers represent this three percent.

It is this Threeper version of the “OK” hand symbol — which predates the 4chan troll campaign — that the III% Security Force was most likely flashing last weekend.

This clarification is not to excuse the group of its ethnic animus. The Georgia state chapter is listed by the SPLC as an anti-Muslim hate group, though it also espouses antigovernment rhetoric.