McDonalds I was threatened by work-release coworker and I got disciplined for calling police. Spokane Washington

I work for the 3rd and Howard McDonalds in downtown Spokane.

On July 3rd of 2008, I called the local jail to ask if work release people could leave company premises on breaks. They said only if the client calls in and reports their destination and asked who I was referring to. I told them that I was just looking for information regarding the accountability of the program for my wife and my safety. I can't understand why if someone is incarcerated why they would be allowed to gallavant around town while on break from work in someone's car.

Well, needless to say, it came back to bite me the next night at work. A person whom is in the program came up to me and started telling me in short that this was not cool that I made a call and that he would mess me up bad if I ever did it again. I looked for my manager as I was terrified. She was outside on her cell phone smoking a cigarette. Here it is midnight, I'm being threatened, and my manager is outside. Well, I told her about it and she said to calm down. She did nothing about the matter, and the man starting getting more and more irritated over the next hour. After threatening me again, I called my spouse and my spouse called the house and told them what was going on.

We received a call from the house asking to speak to my co-worker. He got real mad. My manager witnessed this event first hand. A few minutes later, I got a call on my phone from the police asking what was going on there and said they were sending someone over. I testified to the police what was happening and they were very rude and said that my manager claimed they never saw any of it and furthermore that it never happened.

Immediately following, I was escorted from my job site by the police and told to go home for my own safety. I went home and my spouse called the store supervisor to explain what happened. He got really angry and said that this was not true and by calling the police without reasonable evidence was trying to cause problems for the store. Furthermore, he proceeded to threaten prosecution to my spouse and I for involving a 3rd party.

This happened on camera both times, but I am still being intimidated on the job and don't know what to do. I am a homeowner, and can't lose my job in such an unstable economy but don't have money for a lawyer either and am now very scared. My managers have told me that the supervisor has given specific instructions not to talk to me regarding this matter.

I am so confused. I was just trying to protect myself. A very similar situation happened last year at a McD in Virginia with a work release worker assaulting a man with cerebral palsy.

I have Asperger's Syndrome, which is a form of high-functioning autism and my supervisor(mentioned above) said not to tell him that I am disabled, I work just fine. I have a psychiatrist report filed and am a rehire at this store. Please just be careful when taking your kids to a McD or when going into a bathroom there or going there after dark. Almost everybody at this store is currently in the work release program or was hired while in the program. It is NOT a corporate store. It IS a franchise.

Does anybody have any ideas for how I could fight this?
I am using an alias for my first name for personal protection only.

Pat
Spokane, Washington
U.S.A.