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Showing Original Post only (View all)Ohio bakery awarded $11 million in libel lawsuit against Oberlin College over alleged racial profili [View all]
Source: CNN
Ohio bakery awarded $11 million in libel lawsuit against Oberlin College over alleged racial profiling
By Holly Yan and Hollie Silverman, CNN
Updated 2047 GMT (0447 HKT) June 9, 2019
(CNN) An Ohio jury has ordered Oberlin College to pay $11 million to a bakery which said it was libeled and wrongfully accused of racially profiling students.
The case stems from the November 2016 arrests of three black Oberlin students at Gibson's Bakery and market near the college's campus in Oberlin, Ohio.
One student, Jonathan Aladin, was accused of attempted robbery for allegedly trying to "steal wine or otherwise illegally obtain wine" from the bakery, according to a defamation lawsuit. He would eventually confess in a written statement to buying alcohol illegally.
Two other suspects, Cecelia Whettston and Endia J. Lawrence, were arrested and accused of misdemeanor assault, court documents state.
After that, Oberlin staff members tried to discredit the family-owned bakery, the lawsuit says.
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By Holly Yan and Hollie Silverman, CNN
Updated 2047 GMT (0447 HKT) June 9, 2019
(CNN) An Ohio jury has ordered Oberlin College to pay $11 million to a bakery which said it was libeled and wrongfully accused of racially profiling students.
The case stems from the November 2016 arrests of three black Oberlin students at Gibson's Bakery and market near the college's campus in Oberlin, Ohio.
One student, Jonathan Aladin, was accused of attempted robbery for allegedly trying to "steal wine or otherwise illegally obtain wine" from the bakery, according to a defamation lawsuit. He would eventually confess in a written statement to buying alcohol illegally.
Two other suspects, Cecelia Whettston and Endia J. Lawrence, were arrested and accused of misdemeanor assault, court documents state.
After that, Oberlin staff members tried to discredit the family-owned bakery, the lawsuit says.
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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/09/us/oberlin-college-bakery-lawsuit/index.html
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Ohio bakery awarded $11 million in libel lawsuit against Oberlin College over alleged racial profili [View all]
Eugene
Jun 2019
OP
Do you have personal knowledge - or are you jumping in without knowing all the facts?
Ms. Toad
Jun 2019
#2
Either that or folks are forgetting what life was like when they were in college...
Blue_Tires
Jun 2019
#16
Apparently the college even demanded that they be notified of shoplifters instead of the police.
Quackers
Jun 2019
#9
According to the complaint, a Facebook post by an Oberlin academic department stated, "Gibson's has
Celerity
Jun 2019
#17
They weren't held liable for the students' actions. I think they were held liable for the acts of
StarfishSaver
Jun 2019
#21