'Invented in Missouri': Hong Kong protesters using Ferguson 'hands up, don't shoot' gesture?

Hong Kong's protesters are using the "hands up, don't shoot" gesture from Ferguson http://t.co/BgAm8rmXc9 pic.twitter.com/qjGUx2gCdD

— Max Fisher (@Max_Fisher) September 29, 2014

@AG_Conservative I saw that and just wondered. Hong Kong is that concerned with events in Missouri?

— ME5702 (@ME5702) September 29, 2014

.@ME5702 He doesn't even have evidence 1 single protestor in Hong Kong knows about Ferguson, but #VoxJournalism doesn't need proof.

— AG (@AG_Conservative) September 29, 2014

@AG_Conservative it's not like it's an obscure, original, hard-to-do gesture. Also looks like "I'm a surgeon who just scrubbed up."

— ME5702 (@ME5702) September 29, 2014

@keder My thoughts exactly.

— AG (@AG_Conservative) September 29, 2014

@Max_Fisher No, they're using the "I surrrender" gesture from Hong Kong and everywhere else since hands were invented.

— Barking Unicorn (@BarkingUnicorn) September 29, 2014

@Max_Fisher @daveweigel I always thought "hands up" was a universal signal. Today I learned it was invented in Missouri a month ago!

— JB (@jbrnr) September 29, 2014

@jbrnr There’s no limit to American innovation, you know @Max_Fisher @daveweigel

— Mistressnancy (@Mistressnancy) September 29, 2014

.@Max_Fisher Do you just write dumb things and pray everyone else on the Internet doesn't know how to use Google? #VoxJournalism

— AG (@AG_Conservative) September 29, 2014

.@AG_Conservative @Max_Fisher Venezuelan students must've seen #Ferguson coming more than 10 years ago #voxsplaining pic.twitter.com/BG8XDcsLSj

— Carlos (@ticogringopaisa) September 29, 2014

.@NumbersMuncher Spanish protestors in 2011 must have been copying Ferguson. https://t.co/dcEBjNNiCW #VoxJournalism pic.twitter.com/EWkB5m2jgz

— AG (@AG_Conservative) September 29, 2014

Hong Kong protesters flashing Crips gang signs wearing colors. pic.twitter.com/n7hwBCoUc4

— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) September 29, 2014