Hail Byrd! Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10497060/west-virginia-corrections-officers-nazi-salute/ "Local outlets had previously theorized, according to Huffington Post, that the words honored the late US Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.) — who had been a member of the Ku Klux Klan before later denouncing the hate group." Previously theorized, my ass. This absolutely was an homage to the Exalted Cyclops: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2010/06/robert-byrd-was-an-exalted-cyclops-in-the-ku-klux-klan-what-does-that-mean.html