What I was most interested in and could not find in the discussion, the original article, nor the Wikipedia article (where half of the history of Oberlin College in the 21st century is about this story) is an explanation of how this got ramped up to $11 million. Talk about extreme escalation. It started with a couple of kids trying to get some booze. I think there probably was some profiling going on, but more likely for youngsters who had no legal business gathering in the alcohol section.

I also have some linking thoughts and related personal reminisces, but... Just doesn't seem to be a suitable venue. This discussion seems to be dead. Is it worth the effort to attempt to revive it? Or might it be more productive to ask my question in a new thread?