BOSTON (VINnews) — The man who allegedly shot an anti-Israel attacker who charged through traffic and tackled him in Newton, Massachusetts, says that he has lost his job as a result of the incident. Scott Hayes was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and released on bail on September 13 after he shot Caleb Gannon in self-defense.
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According to Kassy Akiva of Daily Wire, Hayes, a disabled Iraq War veteran, was employed by a company that is contracted with National Grid, however he was informed that the energy giant refuses to work with him due to the shooting.
BREAKING: Anti-Israel man shot in stomach after charging through traffic to tackle a man at a pro-Israel demonstration outside Boston in Newton, Massachusetts.
Footage obtained exclusively by @KassyAkiva: pic.twitter.com/nsGN3MQVAO
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) September 13, 2024
“National Grid tried to hold me guilty until proven innocent and kept me out of work for one month because of optics,” Hayes told The Daily Wire. “Then, at about the 30-day mark, while I was honoring the hostages, I got a phone call telling me that I should go collect unemployment.”
Hayes, who is not Jewish, told Daily Wire: “If my life has to be ruined for trying to help the Jewish people to survive, then that’s the price. It’s a much bigger issue than me. What happened to me brought a lot of local Jewish people together and got them out and active because of the reality of what’s happening.”
Soon after the incident, former Harvard Professor and defense attorney Alan Dershowitz raised serious questions about the police’s conduct. He argued that the person who initiated the assault should have been arrested first, as video footage clearly shows the attack. He questioned the fairness of the process, noting that the investigation into whether the shooting was in self-defense should be thorough and based on all available evidence.
“The fact that the attacker hasn’t been arrested raises serious questions,” Dershowitz said.
A Jewish company should offer him employment.
I donated to his gofundme
Its Bosten!
Jews have to stay far away from these places
Someone please hire him. Will be the kiddush hashem ha dor.
sad that he should be fired for self defense.
America is nuts.
While I am on his side, it is not so simple. Massachusetts is not a “stand your ground” state, like Florida, but a “duty to retreat” state, and that could be the reason why he was arrested, and not the garbage that attacked him.