I have sent my little letter of concern to the follow people:
The members of the New Albany City Council
Freedom Of Speech
The Joe Elliot Show on WHAS-84
THE FOLLOWING WAS ALSO SENT OUT TO WAVE3 TELEVISION WHO REPORTED ON THIS STORY AS WELL AS THE COURIER-JOURNAL AND THE McDONALDS CORPORATE OFFICE IN ILLINOIS. I THINK IT WOULD BE PROPER TO STAND UP FOR THIS INDIVIDUAL AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT EVEN IF YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME.
The story regarding the attempted robbery of a McDonalds Resturant in New Albany, Indiana points out the misplaced actions of corporate America in todays society. You have an employee who witnesses an armed robbery taking place and a fellow employee being held at gun point and takes action to prevent not only the robbery but the potential murder of an innocent person. Does the McDonalds corporation thank this employee who placed his own life in danger or at least acknowledge his good judgement in trying to prevent this crime? No. They suspend him and today we discover he has been fired over the incident. If he had committed a crime the local police would have arrested him on the spot. They didn't. He was within the law taking the action he did. Would McDonalds have been better served to have let the armed robber shoot and kill one of their own employees while the other sat by and watched? Decide for yourself.
I'll be the first to say that I am against standing in the middle of a parking lot in a downtown area with people present and suddenly drawing a weapon and start shooting. But, in this instance, you would have to put yourself in that guy's situation. If you were standing there, minding your own business, and saw a robber armed with a handgun walk up to one of your fellow employees, put a pistol to the back of their head, and demand money at the drive thru window, what would be your instant reaction if you happened to be armed? It would be a difficult decision you would have to make and hope later that it was the correct decision. That is just what he did. And now he is paying the price by being black listed and fired from his lowly paid job at the fast food giant. He also had a legal permit to carry a handgun. He was within his rights as both an American and a citizen of New Albany, Indiana to protect himself and his fellow co-workers from being shot and killed.
Sincerely,
Robert Zoeller
Thank You Mr. Zoeller for bring this to Freedom of Speech.
Citizens of New Albany is this called Justice?
What would you have done?
And the truly shocking part about all of this is the response Mr. Zoeller received from one of our own (current) New Albany City Council Members. Which Freedom of Speech will "release" a certain Council Members response tomorrow for all to read.
