He deserves at least that much for the blatant disregard of his constitutional rights that were exercised while off duty. Other people in metro government have been awarded almost as much in punitive damages, whose constitutional rights were not trampled on. It really has nothing to do with abortion / anti-abortion or whatever, a citizen was treated differently by his employer just for exercising his First Ammendment rights while he was off duty.
He deserves at least that much for the blatant disregard of his constitutional rights that were exercised while off duty. Other people in metro government have been awarded almost as much in punitive damages, whose constitutional rights were not trampled on. It really has nothing to do with abortion / anti-abortion or whatever, a citizen was treated differently by his employer just for exercising his First Ammendment rights while he was off duty.