Lynnfield staff positioned on go away for alleged racist language

A number of Lynnfield city staff have been positioned on go away after they have been allegedly overheard utilizing “inappropriate and racist phrases” throughout a dwell stream of the city’s highschool commencement.

Setup was underway for Lynnfield’s highschool seniors to graduate Friday, and a dwell stream was obtainable for individuals to look at the ceremony. The video and audio feed of the workers’ language was seen and heard by dwell stream viewers, in accordance with City Administrator Robert Dolan and Assistant City Administrator Robert Curtin.

“We, as city leaders, stand collectively in outrage over what has been reported this night and want to state emphatically that racist language and conduct has no place in our city and might be handled instantly,” Dolan and Curtin wrote in a assertion on Fb.

Officers have recognized the workers and positioned them on administrative go away pending an investigation of the video and some other proof, Dolan and Curtin wrote. The city choose board, college superintendent, and police chief have additionally been notified.

“It’s particularly regrettable that this incident occurred on what’s and needs to be an evening to have a good time our unbelievable seniors,” Dolan and Curtin wrote. “Such incidents, nonetheless, should be confronted instantly and overtly and a full investigation and acceptable motion might be taken.”

Jamie Hayman, a member of the Lynnfield College Committee, recommended Dolan and Curtin on their “swift motion” and expressed “private outrage and deep disappointment” over the incident.

“We will’t ignore the truth that this incident occurred at a faculty occasion and college students have been watching,” Hayman wrote on Fb. “By now, a whole bunch of Lynnfield Public Faculties college students have heard these phrases. And simply as importantly, they’re now watching what we do subsequent. If we deal with this solely as a personnel challenge, we miss a crucial alternative, to steer, to develop, and to show.”

Hayman known as on the neighborhood to “present our college students that their neighborhood stands firmly towards hate and discrimination.”

Dolan and Lynnfield police had no extra info obtainable Sunday.