GILMER FIRE CHIEF REMOVED FROM BOARD AFTER RACIST POSTS - Wore "All Lives Splatter" T-Shirt

(06/06/2020)

The chief of the Gilmer County Volunteer Fire Department is no longer on the West Virginia State Fire Commission after social media posts the governor called inappropriate and inflammatory. One of the posts sent to Channel 5 News shows Hess wearing a t-shirt with the phrase "All Lives Splatter," picturing a car running over people. "Nobody cares about your protest. Keep your (expletive) out of the road," the rest of the shirt reads. Governor Jim Justice on Thursday issued a letter removing Martin Hess from the commission citing "various" posts by Hess. Hess was appointed by the governor to the State Fire Commission in February 2018. At that point, he had served as the department's chief for five years.

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