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TheCoolerKing

TheCoolerKing

NEWSWIRE

Los Angeles, CA

JUN 19, 2007 05:00 PM



I suppose he should've filled out the proper paperwork before deciding to help someone.

When a neighbor screamed she'd been shot, Colin Bruley grabbed his shotgun, found the victim and began treating her bloodied right leg.

Tonnetta Lee survived Tuesday's pre-dawn shooting at her Jacksonville apartment, and her sister and a neighbor praised Bruley's actions. But his employers, the same people who own the Arlington complex where Bruley lives, reacted differently. They fired him.


A shotgun? Why that's something that could've proved useful had the attacker still been nearby. Couldn't he have picked something safer for everyone involved? Like a banana or perhaps some sort of cuddly teddy bear.

Bruley, a leasing agent at the Oaks at Mill Creek, said he lost his job after being told that brandishing the weapon was a workplace violation, as was failing to notify supervisors after the incident occurred. He'd worked at the Monument Road complex since December and for the owner, Village Green Cos., since 2005.


Ahh yes, the workplace. Also known as "that place he lives."

Bruley said he was too shaken to call his supervisor immediately after the incident, which occurred just before 2 a.m., but planned to eventually do so. He also said he was acting as a citizen, not an employee, and shouldn't have been punished for trying to protect himself and others. He never fired the shotgun.

A complaint Bruley said was given to him by his supervisor Tuesday said he violated several company policies found in an employee handbook. Those procedures were also explained in a recent meeting and an e-mail, the complaint said. One policy prohibits any type of weapons being used in the workplace. The complaint cited him for "gross misconduct."


I think any decent person, upon hearing the screams of a woman who's been shot, would choose to brush up on their employee manual before offering help of any kind. I know I'd feel better if that were a situation I was in. "Precious seconds to act," be damned, do it by the book. The "Oaks at Mill Creek Employee Handbook," that is.

"Colin demonstrated extremely poor judgment in responding to this situation," the complaint said. "Colin's failure to immediately report this incident ... could have serious ramifications to the property, its associates and residents."


"Failure to immediatelly report this incident." Why, I can think of dozens of catastrophic ramifications that would have ensued, had his misconduct been allowed to continue.

A police report said the shooting followed a domestic quarrel involving Lee, 24, and her boyfriend. Bruley said he was dozing off in his apartment when he heard Lee's screams. He said he then grabbed a 12-gauge shotgun he uses for protection and hunting.

Bruley said he found the woman bleeding heavily. He handed the shotgun to a neighbor, tied a tourniquet around her right leg and waited for police and rescue to arrive.


Hmm, they let it slip, so I will too. However, for future reference, before applying a tourniquet, you'll need to fill out two forms, show valid ID, register and await your certificate by mail, get verbal and written permission from the victim (wake them if blood loss has caused them to lapse into unconsciousness) and then proceed with the tourniquet.

After emergency officials took Lee to the hospital, Bruley returned to his apartment and tried to settle down, eventually falling asleep. He said he could have called his supervisor but didn't think she could do anything at the time. He said he was called into the office about 9:30 a.m., gave his account and then left. He said he was called back that afternoon and told he was fired.


I can't believe he didn't immediatelly inform the douchebag in charge of showing off and renting the new apartments, what had gone down...

Erica Jenkins, Lee's sister, said Bruley should still have a job. Lee couldn't be reached to comment despite several messages left with her sister and mother.

"If it wasn't for him ... she could have lost her leg or died," said Jenkins, 19. "He put his life in jeopardy for someone else."

"If I'd lose my job again for helping some girl's life ... I'd do it over and over," Bruley said.


Don't worry, Colin, I'm sure in no time at all there will be a series of laws, rules, regulations and mandates that will not only ensure you won't be able to do anything like this ever again, but will make it so you regret having done so in the first place.

Motega

Motega

Virginia Beach, VA
October 2006

JUN 19, 2007 08:09 PM

Congrats to him and it sucks that he lost his job...what a bunch of fuckers. mad

WADO

WADO

Brooklyn, NY
March 2006

JUN 19, 2007 08:17 PM

The first lesson in gun safety to have the requisite forms, releases, and a notary handy in case of any and all incidents, events, happenings, and occurrences. The fact that he did not have a proper license to eat cereal within 75 yards of or to sleep within 200 feet of the shotgun made him more than deserving of his termination. That fucker.

Vestril

Vestril

Coronado, CA
February 2003

JUN 19, 2007 08:18 PM

Hahaha, what a pack of assholes.

SnakePlissken

SnakePlissken

Corvallis, OR
December 2002

JUN 19, 2007 08:23 PM

You're damned if you do, you're damned if you don't.

shapeshifter23

shapeshifter23

San Francisco, CA
September 2005

JUN 19, 2007 08:23 PM

I'd have you know that such rules 'n regulations not to mention policies, codes of conduct, official protocol & legal stipulations are there for a reason. Without such laws there'd be COMPLETE ANARCHY!



And that'd be Un-American!

Thalan

Thalan

Orlando, FL
June 2007

JUN 19, 2007 08:26 PM

What really sucks is that Florida law makes his actions completely legal and the crown of douchebaggery rests solely on the employer. Also it sounds like he wasn't even on the clock when this happened.

Skywisdom

Skywisdom

Portland, OR
December 2005

JUN 19, 2007 08:40 PM

shapeshifter23 said:
I'd have you know that such rules 'n regulations not to mention policies, codes of conduct, official protocol & legal stipulations are there for a reason. Without such laws there'd be COMPLETE ANARCHY!



And that'd be Un-American!



Hilarious!

aldoushuxley

aldoushuxley

USA
November 2005

JUN 19, 2007 08:43 PM

Once again heroic people are getting corned in the ass for, good god no, saving some ones life. This shit pisses me off, fucking Florida and its back hills laws. mad

Davidle1

Davidle1

Hammond, IN
October 2005

JUN 19, 2007 08:56 PM

Sue the fuckers! thats what i say nothing like a classic law suit for wrongful termination..it will bring all kinds of attention to the company! fuck em sue them!

even if you dont get your job back I would still sue them. I would go first thing in the am to the court house and not just sue but sue big....100 million or something like that

who knows he may need some help for emotional distress caused by the unjust

firing. They would go what the fuck were being sued! and the asshole that fired him

might just get fired himself.

TheCoolerKing

TheCoolerKing

NEWSWIRE

Los Angeles, CA

JUN 19, 2007 09:03 PM

shapeshifter23 said:
I'd have you know that such rules 'n regulations not to mention policies, codes of conduct, official protocol & legal stipulations are there for a reason. Without such laws there'd be COMPLETE ANARCHY!



And that'd be Un-American!



Is that Robert Downey Jr?

Damn, I knew they'd fuck up Iron Man!

BDeyeD

BDeyeD

Toronto, ON
January 2007

JUN 19, 2007 09:07 PM

And some people wonder why people don't help each other anymore. Lawsuits, ma'am. Lawsuits, and termination of employment.whatever

montestruc

montestruc

Houston, TX
June 2004

JUN 19, 2007 09:41 PM

TheCoolerKing said:
I suppose he should've filled out the proper paperwork before deciding to help someone.

When a neighbor screamed she'd been shot, Colin Bruley grabbed his shotgun, found the victim and began treating her bloodied right leg.

Tonnetta Lee survived Tuesday's pre-dawn shooting at her Jacksonville apartment, and her sister and a neighbor praised Bruley's actions. But his employers, the same people who own the Arlington complex where Bruley lives, reacted differently. They fired him.



A shotgun? Why that's something that could've proved useful had the attacker still been nearby. Couldn't he have picked something safer for everyone involved? Like a banana or perhaps some sort of cuddly teddy bear.

Bruley, a leasing agent at the Oaks at Mill Creek, said he lost his job after being told that brandishing the weapon was a workplace violation, as was failing to notify supervisors after the incident occurred. He'd worked at the Monument Road complex since December and for the owner, Village Green Cos., since 2005.



You can call Village Green Companies at the number they give on their website and ask them about it. FYI they are based out of Michigan

http://www.villagegreen.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=home


By the way it really seems weird to me that machine guns are illegal, but shotguns are not, and yet the USMC and many other professional military organizations think that shotguns are just peachy keen as infantry close assault weapons, and issue them often in preference to submachine guns or assault rifles.

Maybe gun control laws are not sanity checked.

ZPO

ZPO

Roy, WA
July 2004

JUN 19, 2007 09:58 PM

I would say the complex management's main concern was liability. It would be interesting to see a court/jury's take on "workplace" vs. "residence".

DCruz

DCruz

Montreal-nord, QC
November 2006

JUN 19, 2007 10:12 PM

That totally sucks. I guess next time someone screams for help I'll just keep on sleeping, like just in case whatever

elpuffy

elpuffy

Wagoner, OK
January 2006

JUN 19, 2007 10:14 PM

So if he lives where he works, does that mean he's currently homeless, as well? That'll teach him to go saving lives the no good bastard.

emperorreagan

emperorreagan

Baltimore, MD
January 2004

JUN 19, 2007 10:29 PM

That really sucks.

My little brother got officially reprimanded while working as an RA for subduing a student who was physically attacking people. He called the police, then restrained the kid from attacking anyone else. Funny that the police and EMTs told him he did the right thing, but the school was angry about it...

I guess if you hear or see someone in trouble, you should go cower in your closet instead of offering assistance. I mean, the potential economic ramifications clearly outweigh anyone's healthy, safety, or even continued life.

son_of_desidia

son_of_desidia

Reunion
August 2002

JUN 19, 2007 10:31 PM

just to offer a counter argument, I'm completely willing to accept that despite doing the right thing and defending/saving someone that this guy is in fact a total creep and his employers were going to let him go ASAP and recieving information that said total creep was carrying around a shotgun...

well I've known messed up people and serious creeps at work that have been fired and deserved to be. I would hope and expect these weirdos to save another persons life given the chance. I would not give them a free ride because of it.

Although I'd sure as Hell give them another chance and at least a few weeks...

attn_ho

attn_ho

Brooklyn, NY
February 2004

JUN 19, 2007 10:45 PM

ahh, a twenty seven bee stroke six form!

Heathen_Dave

Heathen_Dave

Birmingham, AL
July 2005

JUN 19, 2007 11:22 PM

Remember folks, never do the right thing, always do the thing least likely to incur liability.

claudewildman

claudewildman

Decatur, GA
June 2006

JUN 19, 2007 11:39 PM

This wont surprise anyone who has ever dealt with appartment complex managment. Probably some of the most incompetent people I've ever spoken to.

mingol

mingol

Singapore
July 2005

JUN 20, 2007 12:07 AM

He's probably better off not working for such a gang of craven idiots.

Blue_Pearl

Blue_Pearl

Boulder, CO
June 2006

JUN 20, 2007 12:11 AM

Meanwhile in France, he would have been arrested if he hadn't rushed to her aid. From Disability Nation:

And finally, British and French news services reported that a 19-year-old Paris woman and her father have filed complaints under France's Good Samaritan law after she was trapped for three days in a broken elevator suspended between floors at her housing project.

The unnamed father said he started worrying about his daughter, who has a mental disability and "suffers from confusion", on December 19 when she did not return from a trip to the market.

He called the police to report her missing, and also told the building's maintenance staff that he suspected she might be stuck in the elevator. The building's concierge and an elevator repairman said they believed the elevator was empty, because no emergency alarm was sounded and there were no noises coming from the shaft.

On December 22, the repairman discovered the woman in the elevator, shivering and dehydrated.

France's Good Samaritan law makes it a crime to fail to help any person in danger.

JunkyardAngel

JunkyardAngel

San Gabriel, CA
February 2006

JUN 20, 2007 12:21 AM

So, like, if a person DIES on their property, that's cool--but brandishing a weapon, in case the attackers are still at large, is right out?

Wow. Those must be GUBMINT reg-u-lay-shuns.

Helly

Helly

Australia
December 2004

JUN 20, 2007 12:54 AM

This is plain ridiculous, I bet he thinks twice about helping people in the future. I hope his employers get shafted.

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