In this Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 photo a woman pushes a shopping cart away from the entrance of a Walmart store in North Kingstown, R.I.
A man who was fired by a Wal-Mart store in Michigan after intervening in an assault he saw taking place in the parking lot said he will turn down the company’s offer to return to work.
“I believe the only reason I was offered my job back in the first place was that I was on TV,” Kristopher Oswald told the Associated Press.
Oswald was on his break at the store northwest of Detroit around 2:30 a.m. on Oct. 13 when he heard a woman screaming for help and a man grabbing her. When he intervened in the assault, the assailant attacked and threatened to kill him. Two more people allegedly attacked Oswald before the police arrived.
Buchanan said the local store’s decision to fire Oswald was in keeping with the chain’s corporate policy, but that company officials reversed the decision after reviewing surveillance footage and police reports.
[AP]