A New York Police Department officer was filmed making a hand gesture that some say is a ‘white power' sign while patrolling during protests in Manhattan on Saturday.

Chad Loder, a Twitter user, posted the video showing a helmeted officer holding what appears to be a baton in one hand while on duty in Union Square, site of a massive protest in the wake of the death of George Floyd.

In the brief, four-second clip, the officer then raises his other hand and gestures by joining his thumb and index finger while stretching out the other three fingers.

The hand symbol, once innocuous and typically meaning 'OK', was initially associated with 'white power' as an online joke, maske cesitleri but has since been adopted by fringe racist figures.


















A New York Police Department officer was filmed making a hand gesture that is considered by some to be a symbol for white power







The officer on the right made the gesture while on duty during demonstrations near Union Square in Manhattan on Saturday







In the brief video clip, the officer is seen laughing with a colleague on Saturday


The officer in the clip lets out a laugh while another officer nearby looks on in approval.

DailyMail.com has reached out to the NYPD asking for comment.