I wish we had more Colin Bruleys in the world. The 25-year-old Jacksonville, Florida, man was fired from his job earlier this year after he helped a woman who'd been shot.
That's right. Bruley was fired after he responded to the screams of 24-year-old Tonetta Lee. Bruley worked as a leasing agent at the Oaks at Mill Creek apartment complex, but he wasn't on duty when he heard the screams just before 2 a.m. on June 12. Bruley was just a regular guy who heard a woman who needed help. Hearing that she'd been shot, Bruley grabbed his legally- owned shotgun and headed out to help, not knowing if the woman's shooter was still around.
The good news is he wasn't. The bad news is Bruley was fired after the company that owns the apartment complex, Village Green Companies, said Bruley violated the company's "no weapons in the workplace" policy. The employer also said Bruley should have told his bosses immediately about what happened.
Now Bruley's filed a wrongful termination suit. I don't know how it will end up, but I do know this: Making a person choose between helping a fellow human being and keeping their job just seems wrong to me. I guess we'll see if a jury feels the same way.
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