Do you believe that these West Point first classman are violating the UCMJ by making a political statement while in uniform?

Here is my 2 cents they are wrong and should be immediately counseled and reprimanded. They are there to defend the lives of all Americans. Not just Black lives or White lives or Native Americans But all Americans. While in uniform they should not be distinguishing between races but seeing soldiers. This kind of thing damages their credibility with their soldiers. When they assume their positions in their units you know they will have soldiers of different races under them and this will only cause tension with those soldiers feeling their super visor doesn't have their back because they aren't Black. Which will cause poor ratings and lack of communication when soldiers don't trust their leaders. Officers or not this kind of action is not acceptable and I really find it hard to believe that any good officer would be trying to find ways to condone it. If they want to send a message it should be ALL lives matter and not to divide the Races further but to do things to end the divide and to show solidarity in the ranks. This is coming from a soldier that when he was in they wouldn't have put up with this mess it would have already have been dealt with no questions Black, White doesn't matter.

Jane Fonda's leftist salute. Its a different context but the fist makes one or them look bad. Jane Fonda is a Socialist that wishes the USA was communist back in 1972. It does not help the BLM movement since perception is reality.

Wow , everyone is avoiding this like the plague . Call it what it is " black lives matter supporters " in uniform . You can support what ever you want but not in uniform. All lives matter and that's what people fail to realize. I bet if it was a different ethnic group it would be fround upon .

Give them the UCMJ, they know what they're doing. Clearly they don't care about their careers, why should we?!

If this is acceptable, then doesn't it allow a bunch of white cadets the right to do a Nazi salute.

I don't see how that's any better than throwin up gang signs. If whites were in a picture giving a KKK sign, all hell would break loose, so why is the BLM hate group allowed to do so? I'd hope that they get repercussions for this, and if not, they just set a whole new army standard loophole. Sickening that group of "LTs" are going to lead one day. Just wait until a soldier finds them in this pic at a unit.

People saying that these are kids and kids dumb stuff. yes, but these are supposed to be different kids after four years at the academy. This is someone's new PL who just a few months prior was flashing this stuff. What if their PSG is white, will they get a fair shake? Maybe, maybe not.

Eric Holder is so proud of his followers....

According to the dictionary, this is the meaning of racism (racism).
The belief that some races are inherently superior (physically, intellectually, or culturally) to others and therefore have a right to dominate them. In the United States, racism, particularly by whites against blacks, has created profound racial tension and conflict in virtually all aspects of American society. Until the breakthroughs achieved by the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s, white domination over blacks was institutionalized and supported in all branches and levels of government, by denying blacks their civil rights and opportunities to participate in political, economic, and social communities (p.1). I believe we have tried to down play racism and dilute what racism really is to fit people's on perspective of racism. Racism can't be diluted, we will call it what it is, and leave it at that. The cadets are not displaying racism point, blank, and period. To equate symbolism of the clinched fist with the Neo Nazi or KKK is mind boggling and quite a long reach. A long reach, probably the distance from the sun to the earth, which is 92.95 million miles. That's a very far reach to equate these cadets to other hate groups. To conclude, I would refer back to the definition of racism and let's just keep it at that. The cadet's are not displaying racism at all, because the clearly do not have a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination.

Reference
racism. (n.d.). The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Retrieved May 08, 2016 from Dictionary.com website http://www.dictionary.com/browse/racism

Until they are commissioned chew their a$$es out and take appropriate action per the school. Do not ruin a career over college foolishness...