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You have never been to Oberlin if you think this will change them.

There's a good chance that Oberlin's insurance won't cover this verdict and associated costs:

https://www.americanthinker.com/blo...over_the_huge_verdict_against_them_.html

Fantastic news!!!

And that leaves me on a friday am with coffee and a big smile on my face.

The court system spanked their ass!!

Hanco, It bothers me that you would even know where to find that picture! (grin)

Not a chance. This is who they've become and this is who they will remain, short of a bullet to the head.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oberli...verdict-gibsons-bakery-44-million-libel/

This month, a jury awarded Gibson's Bakery a $44 million verdict, including $33.2 million in punitive damages, against Oberlin College in Ohio. Oberlin College lost a defamation lawsuit brought by local bakery Gibson's who said they were libelously accused of racism.

The jury found Oberlin College supported the allegations of racism from its students, as members of Oberlin's student senate published a resolution saying Gibson's had "a history of racial profiling and discriminatory treatment," while students also used a campus printer to distribute a flyer that accused Gibson's of being a "racist establishment."

Oberlin College — a private liberal arts college of over 3,000 students and faculty located 15 miles off the shores of Lake Erie in Oberlin, Ohio — found itself at the center of a controversy that encompassed small business rights, free speech, racism and political correctness. Oberlin College president Carmen Twillie Ambar spoke with CBSN on Wednesday about the verdict. She wasn't in the post when the incident unfolded years ago.

"I think this decision is really about whether a college should be held liable for the speech of students," Ambar told CBSN's Tanya Rivero. "The college didn't construct the flyer, the college didn't condone the flyer, it didn't write the Student Senate resolution. The judge held at the time that the speech the students were making at the protest was protected speech."

In this Nov. 22, 2017, photo, pedestrians pass the storefront of Gibson's Food Mart & Bakery in Oberlin, Ohio.
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It all began in November 2016, the day after Donald Trump's election. An African American Oberlin College student was caught shoplifting a bottle of wine from Gibson's Bakery, a family-owned establishment located in the small college town. As store owner Allyn D. Gibson engaged with a physical struggle with the student, two other African American students joined in to escalate the confrontation.

The three students were eventually arrested and pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges, acknowledging in court that Allyn D. Gibson was within his right to detain the shoplifter and that his actions were not racially motivated, according to the Chronicle-Telegram. But instead of fading away, the shoplifting incident sparked a wave of fierce protests led by Oberlin College students who claimed that Gibson's Bakery engaged in racial profiling and that the family who owned the store were racists.

And it didn't end with protests. According to local station WKYC-TV, Gibson's Bakery employees had their tires slashed and experienced verbal abuse. Flyers were passed out around campus accusing the store of racism and boycotts were promised. Oberlin College's vice president and dean of students Meredith Raimondo joined in calling the bakery a "racist establishment." Soon after, the college ended all business purchases with the bakery, which had been serving students since 1885.

In November 2017, the Gibsons sued Oberlin and Raimondo for slander, accusing faculty members of encouraging the protests against the bakery by suspending classes, distributing flyers, and supplying protesters with free food and drink. Ambar told CBSN that Raimondo's role in the protest was mischaracterized.

"There was one administrator there who was representing the institution, and the student handbook requires her to be there, the dean of students," Ambar said Wednesday. "She was there to ensure that the protest was lawful and was safe, and was saying to students 'you can't stand there, you can't stand there.'"

"Some people have perceived that as being part of the protest," Ambar added. "But that's the work that colleges do to de-escalate a protest and to ensure students do it in a safe and lawful way."

I used to stop in a Gibsons on a regular basis. Always a great cup of morning coffee and two bagels with butter and cream cheese. Always great people.

We knew that the jury verdict would be reduced to comply with Ohio laws capping damages. That judgement came down today. The $44 million was reduced to "only" $25 million. Well, that, plus the issue of attorney's fees is yet to be decided. Some estimate that will come to another $10 million.

25 Mill, would you close up shop or keep on doing what your family has done for over a century?

Of course old Mr. Gibson is not going anywhere. He always loved that place and he will die there. He's around 92 years old.