NJ Transit Worker Who Burned Koran Gets $25k and Job Back

US News • April 2011 • Views: 1,209

Derek Fenton, who worked for NJ Transit for over 11 years, will be reassigned to his $86,110-a-year job as a conductor and as an assistant train-consist coordinator. He will also get $25,000 for pain and suffering, as well as back pay equal to $331.20 for every day since his firing.

He was fired from the transit agency after burning a koran during a protest against the proposed Cordoba House/Park51 community center/mosque near Ground Zero while off-duty.

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4 comments

What, me worry? Fri, Apr 22, 2011 10:19:21am

Wow first time I heard of it. I'm sure you're more familiar because it's your neck of the woods. The dude didn't have a PR machine like Terry Jones, I guess.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a prominent Muslim group, said they thought Fenton should keep his job: "Our question was always, was his action in any way related to his duties on the job? Apparently it wasn't. What he did, however reprehensible, should not impact on his employment," spokesman Ibrahim Hooper said today.

Ya suppose Geller will send a little love to Ibrahim for that statement?

*turning blue*

lawhawk Fri, Apr 22, 2011 10:29:42am

re: #1 marjoriemoon

Hooper apparently has a better understanding of the 1st Amendment than NJ Transit did - despite Fenton's irresponsible and reprehensible actions using the free speech protections.

RanchTooth Fri, Apr 22, 2011 4:39:07pm

25 Gs in pain and suffering? Because he got fired? I find that tragically hard to believe. Any press related attention he got was because of his action, not because of his dismissal by the state (although one certainly led to the other). I agree with the ACLU, that free speech is one of the cornerstones of our nation, but I also agree with New Jersey Transit. He was fired under their code of ethics for employees. He may not have been working, but as a government employee, we (me included, although I work for the Feds) are held to higher standards than private sector folk.

WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Apr 22, 2011 6:59:21pm

A million Fred Phelps, gaming the system

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