You may remember Scott Hayes, the pro-Israel Massachusetts man who was viciously attacked and tackled by an anti-Israel agitator, and during the ensuing fight on the ground Hayes shot that attacker.
The Newton, MA, police immediately arrested and charged Hayes. It tooks several days for charges to be brought against the attacker.
Andrew Branca covered some of the legal issues in the case for us, and I wrote that the case put the Right Of Israel Supporters To Defend Themselves On Trial:
Now it turns out that Hayes lost his job with National Grid, reports Kassy Akiva at The Daily Wire:
Scott Hayes, 47, says he lost his job because he defended himself by shooting an anti-Israel attacker who charged through traffic and tackled him in Newton, Massachusetts.Hayes was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and released on a $5,000 bail on September 13 after he shot Caleb Gannon, 31, in the stomach the day before. Hayes pleaded not guilty and is arguing that he acted in self defense.The disabled Iraq War veteran was contracted to provide natural gas leak detection, leak surveys, and inspections for a company that contracts with National Grid, one of the largest utility provider companies in Massachusetts.National Grid refused to allow Hayes to work on their account after the incident. As a result, his company informed him on Sunday — a month after the attack — that there was no work available, and advised Hayes to file for unemployment.“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.”“As of today, I am jobless,” he added….A judge ordered Hayes’s GPS ankle monitor removed last Monday — on the anniversary of Hamas’s October 7 attack — after granting his lawyer’s petition. The judge also lifted Hayes’s curfew and restrictions on being in Newton on the same day. Hayes’s lawyer noted in his motion that the GPS monitor incorrectly activated several times when Hayes used the Massachusetts Turnpike and Route 128, which go through Newton.Hayes is still forbidden from possessing firearms, though his firearm was lawful at the time of the shooting. Hayes’s next court date is November 7.
Hayes told me he had nothing to add to The Daily Wire story. National Grid did not respond to a request for comment.
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