Yes, Anyone Can Be Fired For Taking Part In A Violent Mob

Yes, Anyone Can Be Fired For Taking Part In A Violent Mob
Pro-Trump extremists climb the West wall of the the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.
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UMass Memorial Health Care employee Therese Duke lost her job this week after a viral video appeared to show her assaulting a police officer during last Wednesday’s riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Experts say Duke's case is more clear-cut, since she was an employee at a private company and was caught on camera seemingly engaged in violence. But even public employees who are protected by their First Amendment right to peaceably assemble could be at risk of losing their jobs for so much as taking part in such violent demonstrations, according to labor attorneys who spoke to GBH News.

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