lol. Really?
Bon Appétit!
lol. Really?
Bon Appétit!
The short version of this story is that the day after the 2016 election victory by Donald Trump, a black male Oberlin College student was stopped for shoplifting wine at Gibson’s Bakery and Market in downtown Oberlin, OH. Gibson’s had been in existence since 1885, was frequented by students, and also provided baked goods to the college dining halls. A scuffle ensued that was joined by two black female Oberlin College students accompanying the male shoplifter and apparently acting in concert with him. All three eventually would plead guilty to shoplifting and aggravated trespassing, and would avow that Gibson’s was not engaged in racial profiling.
But before those guilty pleas, students at the college immediately declared that Gibson’s was guilty of racial profiling, and large protests were organized outside the bakery. Flyers were passed out claiming Gibson’s was “racist” and had “a long account of racial profiling and discrimination.”
The Oberlin College Dean of Students Meredith Raimondo allegedly participated in handing out the flyers in front of the bakery. The Oberlin College Student Senate also passed a resolution claiming Gibson’s “has a long history of racial profiling and discriminatory treatment of students and residents alike.”
The college administration allegedly helped spread this student senate resolution. Students started a boycott of the bakery, initially joined in by the college. The college eventually resumed business with the bakery, but then terminated that business after the lawsuit was filed. Gibson’s and its owners sued the college and Raimondo for libel, tortious interference with business relationships and contracts, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and trespass. Gibson’s alleged long-term damage to its business and reputation for the allegedly defamatory accusations and other torts. The plaintiffs in closing argument asked the jury to award $12.8 million in compensatory damages.
This article is a cat bath for Oberlin.
It does not mention the hateful emails from Oberlin staff against the bakery, which figured into the punative award, and minimizes the attack on the shopkeeper by the shoplifter’s pals.
Oberlin tuition is >$80K/year; the average salary in the Oberlin OH area is $55K/year.
More details at these links:
Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College – Trial Day 6 – What’s a bakery worth?
American Thinker: Oberlin's cultural rot went far beyond SJW politics into a 'culture of theft'
Free Republic thread: Oberlin’s cultural rot went far beyond SJW politics into a ‘culture of theft’
The action was so egregious that civilized societies demand that a message be sent to prevent this type of action in the future. Therefore the law should be set aside on the wise jury's ruling!
That dimwitted school administrator could have saved himself and the school a lot of trouble by doing the RIGHT THING and telling these dumb kids, don’t you know that stealing will get you in trouble. Go back, apologize and pay for what you have stolen, most likely case closed. But no, being an ignorant and dumb liberal that thought probably never crossed his mind and instead turning it in to some contrived racial discrimination affair. Luckily, at least the judge had enough wherewithal and saw things for what they really are, bless his heart.
"Compelled"? Oh, brother. No, they weren't compelled. They did it in exchange for the plea bargain. They didn't have to, it was their part of the deal.
The student was guilty as hell. The dean was inciting a riot. The school was attempting to ruin the business through their vendor. The president considers theft a "rite of passage", not a crime. The entire affair is one giant, unapologetic demonstration of arrogance, entitlement, and boorish bullying on the part of an academic elite that considers itself morally and intellectually superior to the citizens who nurture the school. In fact, it is neither.
a lengthy and complex legal process
Not exactly sure how an impoverished school could afford this.
I always love long dramas with a happy ending. This script had everything...a thief, his lovers, the underdog rising from the ashes like a Phoenix, and the take down of a vile institution. This really needs to be put on film.
In my initial post I assumed it was a male running this institution of supposedly “Higher learning” After checking the article a little more thorough and verifying who the administrator was the answer was pretty well self explanatory and not surprising. Of course I do not want to sound judgmental or racially biased and realize that many of her gender or race would have come up with the RIGHT or proper solution, in this instance she failed the test, and sadly enough continuous to do so. As I believe even now an apology and admitting to be wrong may go a long way to perhaps settle this issue in an amicable and less expensive manner.
Couldn’t happen to a more deserving group of Commies. This has always been a commie school, and you can see it certainly remains one. It is a useless place, and I hope I live to see it destroyed completely. By whatever means necessary.
Dean Meredith Raimondo...cue the Austin Powers gif...😳