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This should piss off those who think we should toss the salad of terrorists and extremists.
This is not the defense of some anti-Muslim bigot, this is the defense of free speech and not once have I spoke out against the ground zero mosque. I figured I had better bring that up before some retard suggest that this is a defense of a anti-Muslim bigot.
Derek Fenton, Koran-burning transit worker fired from his job after Ground Zero protest, re-hired
Derek Fenton, Koran-burning transit worker fired from his job after Ground Zero protest, re-hired
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 deal additionally pays Fenton $25,000 for pain and suffering and restores his pension credits.
"I feel relieved I have a job," Fenton told the Daily News yesterday from his Bloomingdale, N.J. home.
Earlier, the 11-year NJ Transit employee released a defiant statement.
"Our government cannot pick and choose whose free speech rights are protected, based on whether or not they approve of the context of our statements or actions," Fenton said.
"This is the very essence of the First Amendment."
Fenton, a train conductor, will return to work next week if he completes a physical and a drug test on Monday, said Deborah Jacobs, New Jersey executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Read more: Derek Fenton, Koran-burning transit worker fired from his job after Ground Zero protest, re-hired
This is not the defense of some anti-Muslim bigot, this is the defense of free speech and not once have I spoke out against the ground zero mosque. I figured I had better bring that up before some retard suggest that this is a defense of a anti-Muslim bigot.
Derek Fenton, Koran-burning transit worker fired from his job after Ground Zero protest, re-hired
Derek Fenton, Koran-burning transit worker fired from his job after Ground Zero protest, re-hired
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 deal additionally pays Fenton $25,000 for pain and suffering and restores his pension credits.
"I feel relieved I have a job," Fenton told the Daily News yesterday from his Bloomingdale, N.J. home.
Earlier, the 11-year NJ Transit employee released a defiant statement.
"Our government cannot pick and choose whose free speech rights are protected, based on whether or not they approve of the context of our statements or actions," Fenton said.
"This is the very essence of the First Amendment."
Fenton, a train conductor, will return to work next week if he completes a physical and a drug test on Monday, said Deborah Jacobs, New Jersey executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Read more: Derek Fenton, Koran-burning transit worker fired from his job after Ground Zero protest, re-hired
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