A Texas security guard quit his job while he was in the middle of doing an interview with Fox News about being the victim of assault.
Fox 7 Austin reports that Percy Payne—a guard at a parking lot in Austin—was verbally reprimanded by his manager while he was chatting with a reporter, saying he broke company policy. Payne says he had been involved in a physical altercation at his job on Monday night, claiming two men attacked him at the parking garage in an attempt to steal his car.
Payne and his manager argued, and at that point, he turned in his uniform and quit his job. According to the outlet, Payne asked his supervisor if she thought the assault was his fault, to which she responded, "I would say yes. Every bit of it."
He later told the outlet, "The fact that my supervisor basically told me it was my fault, that I got assaulted. That let me know all that I needed to know.”
Surveillance footage appears to show him being attacked at the parking garage. In the video, two men on electric scooters come to the garage and fight him. He later called the police; the attack has now been classific as an aggravated assault case.
