U.S. Riots: Employees fired after being seen besieged on Capitol Hill

The rioters identified as participants in the violation of the United States Capitol building are being fired by their employers.

From lawyers to real estate agents, companies in the United States have been quick to remove the personnel involved in the siege.

After documenting his experience on Instagram of being gassed outside the Capitol, North Texas attorney Paul Davis found himself out of work. In the pictures, he demanded an election audit, with riot police behind him.

His employer, Goosehead Insurance, announced that Davis was no longer an employee of the company.

Public Facebook posts by realtor Libby Andrews showed her smiling happily on the steps of the Capitol surrounded by other rioters and sipping a glass of champagne earlier that day to celebrate the assault.

Hours later, her employer, @properties, announced on Facebook that she had had a “tremendous amount of disclosure regarding our agent’s actions” and that she had been immediately fired. He added that the company does not “tolerate violence, destruction or illegal activities.”

A man captured on footage with a Navistar company insignia inside the Capitol was identified and fired by the Maryland company.

“While we support the rights of all employees to the peaceful and legal exercise of freedom of expression, any employee who engages in dangerous conduct that endangers the health and safety of others will no longer have a job opportunity with Navistar Direct Marketing “the company said in a statement.

Some protesters saw the writing on the wall and submitted their resignations, such as former Republican state legislator Rick Saccone.

He worked as a professor at Saint Village College in Pennsylvania for more than two decades teaching international relations and global terrorism, but a video he posted on social media showed him wearing a Trump hat, among the crowd gathered in front of the Capitol.

In a now-deleted social media post, he said: “We are storming the Capitol. Our vanguard has broken through the barricades. We will save this nation. Are you with me?”

His employee confirmed that Saccone resigned and criticized what happened in Washington.

“We teach our students the importance of the sanctity of human life, the rule of law, civil discourse, free speech and civil engagement,” Saint Village spokesman Mike Hustava told the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.

“We strongly condemn the extreme actions of those in our nation’s capital who participated in lawless and violent acts against the people, institutions and processes of our democracy.”

He added that the university believes that all people have the right to an opinion, but that there will be tolerance when beliefs and opinions turn into illegal and violent activities.

An online petition with more than 10,000 signatures has called for the resignation of West Virginia lawmaker and Republican Derrick Evans, who was sworn in for his first term last month. He deleted a video broadcast live on his social media that showed him storming the Capitol while wearing a helmet and chanting Trump’s name. Other politicians called for their actions to be investigated and their access to the House of Representatives withdrawn.

Even emergency services personnel have become the center of attention after the protest turned violent.

A firefighter was put on leave and the Sandford Fire Department in Florida launched an investigation after he was accused of being part of the mob, with a photo appearing to show him inside the Capitol, a spokesman said.

“At this time, we are following the investigation process,” a spokesperson told WFTV. “The administrative investigation will examine all aspects of the nature of the photograph and will address any city policy and / or violations of law that may arise during the investigation.”

A Texas jail lieutenant is also under investigation after she posted photos of the Capitol grounds. The woman in the pictures did not commit any illegal activity, but officials are analyzing whether the laws were violated or whether she remained on the ground when the officers were attacked.

“If she stood still while first responders were mugged, it would be more than disturbing, it would be downright infuriating,” Bexar County Texas Sheriff Javier Salazar told the San Antonio Express-News. “It makes you mad … if someone wearing a uniform stays there, look and take pictures.”