Curios: So What Would You Call This?

So What Would You Call This?

Jan. 21, 2025

• "A hand gesture" - The New York Times
• "straight-arm gesture" - Associated Press
• "one-armed gesture" - BBC
• "a certain stunning arm gesture" - New York Magazine

Ed. Note — 

• "If you play it [the Rodney King video] backward, you see us help King up and send him on his way." (courtesy of Bill Hicks)