a new york high school teacher, damien esteban, was fired earlier this year after he was arrested andharged with showing up to jury duty for a murder trial with 20 bags of heroin. now esteban faced drug possession charges, but he agreed to attend a treatment program, and the charges were dropped. so much for justice in manhattan. but school officials sought his dismissal, and in may, an arbitrator agreed. esteban was immediately fired. he then appealed. now a manhattan judge, manuel mendez, take a look at him, overturned new york city's firing, ruling that there was no evidence that esteban's conduct affected his performance as a teacher, and that he should get his job back. the judge actually ruled suspension without pay was a more appropriate penalty. and in his decision, stated the termination, quote, shocks the conscience and shows a callous indifference to the well-being of our students, that it truly shocked the court's sense of fairness and boggles the mind. are you kidding? the guy who possessed heroin. what planet do you reside on? 20 bags of heroin in a courthouse, where he

a new york high school teacher, damien esteban, was fired earlier this year after he was arrested anded with showing up to jury duty for a murder trial with 20 bags of heroin. now esteban faced drug possession charges, but he agreed to attend a treatment program, and the charges were dropped. so much for justice in manhattan. but school officials sought his dismissal, and in may, an arbitrator agreed. esteban was immediately fired. he then appealed. now a manhattan judge, manuel mendez, take a look at him, overturned new york city's firing, ruling that there was no evidence that esteban's conduct affected his performance as a teacher, and that he should get his job back. the judge actually ruled suspension without pay was a more appropriate penalty. and in his decision, stated the termination, quote, shocks the conscience and shows a callous indifference to the well-being of our students, that it truly shocked the court's sense of fairness and boggles the mind. are you kidding? the guy who possessed heroin. what planet do you reside on? 20 bags of heroin in a courthouse, where he know

a new york high school teacher, damien esteban, was fired earlier this year after he was arrested and to jury duty for a murder trial with 20 bags of heroin. now esteban faced drug possession charges, but he agreed to attend a treatment program, and the charges were dropped. so much for justice in manhattan. but school officials sought his dismissal, and in may, an arbitrator agreed. esteban was immediately fired. he then appealed. now a manhattan judge, manuel mendez, take a look at him, overturned new york city's firing, ruling that there was no evidence that esteban's conduct affected his performance as a teacher, and that he should get his job back. the judge actually ruled suspension without pay was a more appropriate penalty. and in his decision, stated the termination, quote, shocks the conscience and shows a callous indifference to the well-being of our students, that it truly shocked the court's sense of fairness and boggles the mind. are you kidding? the guy who possessed heroin. what planet do you reside on? 20 bags of heroin in a courthouse, where he knows there are cops w