News Feb 10, 2011 at 4:00 am

Fired Cop in Campbell Shooting Receives Unemployment

Illustration by Wilder Schmaltz

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I'm fine with being tough on cops, watching the watchers and all, but can we not fuck up peoples' ability to survive the depression with giving the unemployment department static?

If we start giving the UE adjudicators shit, all the bosses and all the conservatives trying to cut poor people off will have leverage.

I know people on unemployment, and the UE workers they've dealt with have been reasonable, efficient, and a total credit to the state. There is no reason to subject them to guilt by association just for approving Frashour's claim.

You should've made clear from the outset the difference in standards between those used in UE adjudication and those used in police arbitration, rather than making it seem like there may be something wrong with the unemployment system. There's not.
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Unemployment Insurance is an important part of the social safety net. We shouldn't get angry because someone who we dislike is in a position where they need to use the services.
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YEA !!!! And no welfare for meanies too !!!!! Brrrrfffff.
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I thought it was pretty goddamned clear that this pig was FIRED & if you're FIRED you cannot collect unemployment. I've known people who lost their jobs & have had a waaay harder time getting u.i. over reasons faaar less than shooting un-armed people in the back! This shit is beyond fucked up! This pig doesn't deserve to make a living!
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I was previously fired, for leaving work an hour early ONCE. Unemployment? Denied. Appeal? Denied.

Maybe if I'd burned down the building and cost my employer a few hundred thou, I might have qualified. Who knows...
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@DamosA
You can collect unemployment even if you are fired, it all depends on if you knew beforehand that what you did was grounds for termination, and that these rules were clearly stated and defined. I speak only from my personal experiences with it, I don't know how it works when you are a cop in a big cop union, shooting unarmed black dudes through the back.
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Frashour doesnt deserve a dam thing as benefits. He should be tar and feathered and publicly humiliated. The portland police union is out of control and protects the corrupt, ill-trained and unprepared. Officers that behave like this are a miscarriage of justice and owe the city of Portland money back for their disservices. I think he should be fined more than the unemployment check is worth, let Frashour get a taste of justice.
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This pig Frashour has already cost the city/county hundreds of thousands in settlements, now he's going to cost thousands more in UI!? Enough is enough already! The son-of-a-bitch should be facing MURDER charges!!!
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The email above is phony.
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I wish i worked for The Dept of Rev and had access to Frashour's UI checks and some anthrax...

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