The symbol has been adopted by the conservative Tea Party movement, which organised this show of opposition, the BBC's Ben Wright in Washington reports.

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That is, if politicians are willing: The alleged murderer of 15-year-old Chicago resident Hadiya Pendleton, whose killing has been adopted as a symbol by the Obama administration, turns out to have been arrested three times recently while on probation on a weapons charge.

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About 70m down on the left side, there is water pipe that has been adopted as a shiva linga (a phallic symbol that represents the god Shiva, ubiquitous throughout Hindu South Asia) and is covered with red powder.

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He adopted as his name glyph (personal insignia) a knotted diadem, the symbol of authority itself.

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