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West Virginia police officers give the nazi salute
[West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety]
WEST Virginia Governor Jim Justice called on Thursday for the “termination of all those involved” in a sick police training photo which shows officers giving nazi salutes.
The billionaire coal magnate, who won office as a Democrat but then switched to the Republican Party, said such behaviour “will not be tolerated on my watch.”
The picture shows over 30 participants in a basic training class run by the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety giving the salute under the caption “Hail Byrd!”, a reference to their instructor.
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