Scott Hayes, of Framingham, Mass., told the Daily Wire that he has been fired from his job a month after he was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in Newton District Court. Hayes, who seemed in recorded footage to shoot an anti-Israel protester who ran across a street and attacked him, was released on $5,000 bond.
The disabled veteran, who served in the U.S. military in Iraq, told the Daily Wire on Monday that his employer, the energy company National Grid, “tried to hold me guilty until proven innocent and kept me out of work for one month because of optics.”
“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,” he added. “As of today, I am jobless.”
Hayes, who isn’t Jewish, takes part often in pro-Israel rallies, per the publication. He has pleaded not guilty, arguing self-defense, for shooting Caleb Gannon.
A judge lifted a curfew and the requirement to wear an ankle monitor, but Hayes still cannot possess a gun, per the Daily Wire.
Massachusetts authorities are trying to charge Gannon as well, The Boston Globe reported.
