Massachusetts town says it can't fire officer who kept Hitler photo in locker for decades

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Massachusetts town says it can't fire officer who kept Hitler photo in locker for decades
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The Berkshire Eagle reported that officials from both the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the Berkshire County branch of the NAACP called for Eichhammer to be fired in July.

The letter continued,"Under the terms of our town charter and prevailing law, the Select Board does not have" the authority to terminate the officer.

According to the letter, the former Williamstown town manager and current interim town manager, as well as the former police chief and current interim police chief, have all reviewed the facts of the case and have"decided that termination is not an appropriate response."reported that officials from both the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the Berkshire County branch of the NAACP called for Eichhammer to be fired in July.

On July 30, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law sent a letter to the town's Select Board comparing the officer's decision to display the picture of Hitler to what"neo-Nazis and other hate groups" do. Similarly, the Legal Redress and Race Relations committees of the Berkshire County branch of the NAACP said in a letter on August 9 that Eichhammer's"behavior is abhorrent and reprehensible," the"Any public servant who engages in such behavior does not deserve employment with a public agency," the letter added, according to the, in 2020, Eichhammer issued a statement on the photo, saying,"I stuck the photograph on the locker wall just as one would of possibly...

A Massachusetts town ruled that they do not have the authority to fire a police officer that kept a picture of Adolf Hitler in his locker. Above, a police officer looks on before a game between the Boston Red Sox and the. Minnesota Twins at Fenway Park on August 24, in Boston.

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