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Derek Fenton, Koran-burning transit worker fired from his job after Ground Zero protest, re-hired
New York Daily News ^ | Friday, April 22nd 2011 | Larry Mcshane

Posted on 04/22/2011 10:02:49 AM PDT by rogue yam

A Koran-burning New Jersey Transit worker, fired for his protest near Ground Zero last Sept. 11, is getting his job back - along with an extra $25,000 for his troubles.

Derek Fenton, 40, will also collect back pay since his Sept. 13, 2010, dismissal for torching pages of the Muslim holy book on the site of a proposed lower Manhattan Islamic center, the Newark Star-Ledger reported.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fenton; koran
Good news on the freedom-of-speech front.

NJ Gov. Christie was wrong and quite a jerk regarding this case. I hope he learns something here.

1 posted on 04/22/2011 10:02:54 AM PDT by rogue yam
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To: rogue yam

Good to hear that the taxpayers of NJ have to pay for his extended vacation with a $25k bonus.


2 posted on 04/22/2011 10:07:33 AM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: CaptainK

Free speech is grand, 25 grand to be exact.


3 posted on 04/22/2011 10:12:15 AM PDT by katana
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To: CaptainK

As always it is the taxpayers who get hosed but still it is better that than to have evil leftists dictating to us what we are allowed to say in public.


4 posted on 04/22/2011 10:13:29 AM PDT by rogue yam
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To: rogue yam
As in ALL the cases of wrongful termination, I believe THE INDIVIDUAL who did the firing should pay the damages OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKET. This scam of fleecing taxpayers/consumers from the Deep Pockets' target will never end.

He should not have been fired at all, exercising his Free Speech, but somehow the Taxpayer gives the guy $25K AND his job, because a higher-up wrongfully fired him....let the guy who fired him PAY.

5 posted on 04/22/2011 10:15:02 AM PDT by traditional1 ("Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
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To: rogue yam
I doubt it, based upon his other decisions, re: Islam

Good to hear the 1st Amendment kicked Mohammed's butt though.

I think they need to commemorate this moment with autotune.

Dude, You Have No Koran!

6 posted on 04/22/2011 10:18:58 AM PDT by OddLane
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To: rogue yam

Maybe the guy had a good union rep.


7 posted on 04/22/2011 10:21:22 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: BenLurkin

Have you seen any indication that Mr. Fenton received assistance from a union in this case?

I haven’t.


8 posted on 04/22/2011 10:26:49 AM PDT by rogue yam
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To: rogue yam

No the ACLU helped him (they got $25,000 also)


9 posted on 04/22/2011 10:50:50 AM PDT by Ratman83
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To: rogue yam
I hope he learns something here.

I doubt it - His voters are learning who/what he really is. Sept will be ten years - we may now see more burning.
10 posted on 04/22/2011 10:52:56 AM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: presently no screen name

I have heard tell that Sept. 11, 2011 is Worldwide Burn a Koran Day.


11 posted on 04/22/2011 10:54:40 AM PDT by rogue yam
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To: rogue yam

This was a no brainer, and I’m stunned by Christie’s position. The government can’t punish you because they don’t like your speech. I remember, years ago, when President Reagan was shot, some civilian employee at a city police department said she was glad it happened. The police department fired her, but the courts overturned it for the same reason. Unpopular speech and loathsome speech have to be protected, or we’ll turn into Canada- where a human rights commission fined a comedian for insulting a lesbian at a comedy show.


12 posted on 04/22/2011 11:11:01 AM PDT by Krankor (And he's oh, so good, And he's oh, so fine, And he's oh, so healthy, In his body and his mind)
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To: traditional1

I think the transit authority calculated this “forgive and forget all” to be cheaper than the cost of a full blown lawsuit before a local jury that probably would be sympathetic to the Koran burner, specially since it looks like the burning was done off the job.


13 posted on 04/22/2011 11:57:24 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
"I think the transit authority calculated this “forgive and forget all” to be cheaper than the cost of a full blown lawsuit"

That's fine, but it remains that the PERSON WHO DECIDED TO DO THE UN-LAWFUL TERMINATION SHOULD BE FORCED TO PAY THE RESTITUTION, NOT the TAXPAYERS.

14 posted on 04/22/2011 12:17:51 PM PDT by traditional1 ("Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
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To: rogue yam

Here’s how this needs to be done whenever someone feels the need to back off a muzzie. While I’m not a book burner it does indeed seem to be an effective way of letting camel jockies from the Arab 22 know how you feel. And everyone should have a copy of the Koran for the same reasons you need Mein Kampf and a Bible-—so you know what’s in ‘em.
You do not want to enrich a bookmaker just to insult a Muzzie so make up some color copies of just the cover of your Koran. Then hit a few garage sales and buy up a basket full of old Danielle Steele or Zane Grey paperbacks. Paste the Koran covers on the paperbacks then you really do have something worth burning. Put a big photo of your favorite dumba$$-of-the-day behind it. Set the thing on a pile of bacon and light it off. Send the video to your local TV station and maybe even Al Jazeera.

Putting all of Asia Minor on notice that some of us don’t much like their cheap krap can’t be all bad. You can thank me later.


15 posted on 04/22/2011 3:00:07 PM PDT by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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To: cherokee1

I burned it to a CD ROM, then burned it in my fireplace. I posted pics here, but all I got was crap from FReepers upset that a soldier may get shot at because of it.


16 posted on 04/22/2011 3:11:13 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Oh, well, any excuse to buy a new gun is good enough for me.)
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