The report found that the Nazi salute originated with a cadet who encouraged classmates to use it ‘as a sign of respect for Byrd,’ a reference to instructor Karrie Byrd
Most graduation photos capture candidates on the cusp of a promising future, but for one class of cadets at West Virginia’s state corrections academy captured performing a Nazi salute, their final class picture marks the end of their careers.
“As I said from the beginning, I condemn the photo of Basic Training Class 18 in the strongest possible terms,” Justice said in a statement announcing his acceptance of DMAPS Secretary Jeff Sandy’s recommendations. “I also said that this act needed to result in real consequences — terminations and dismissals. This kind of behaviour will not be tolerated on my watch in any agency of State government.
“We welcome the firing of these individuals and hope it sends the strong message that anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry and hate will not be tolerated in West Virginia or any other state,” CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper said in a statement Monday.
Daniels-Watts told investigators that she found the photo “horrible” and that it called to mind incidents of college students making the gesture in viral photos that were later criticized as anti-Semitic. Nonetheless, she did not remove the photo, which by then had been printed into copies to be stuffed into graduation packets, the report said.
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