Oberlin College and Conservatory in Ohio will pay a $36.59 million judgement to a bakery in a defamation lawsuit over accusations of racism after three Black students were arrested. WKYC’s Lindsay Buckingham reports.
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#NBCNews #OberlinCollege #Defamation
Hopefully Duke University will face the same consequences as Oberlin.
Shoplifting is bad for the community. It is a honor code violation.
I know which school is raising their tuition next year.
Thank god!!!!!!!
More fake racism!! I see more fake racism than real.
What a great story. Nice to see a small business stick it to the wealthy liberal elitists who run that “college.” They, like others, manipulate the minds of these young people who lack life experience. If only these people and the media could be held similarly accountable for all the violence and destruction they encouraged during the 2020 Summer of Love. It’s not like these liberals do not believe it is possible. Just look at all the Jan 6th committee is doing. What goes around always comes around.
Oberlin is a disgrace and apparently populated by thieves and those making excuses for them.
its a wonder you guys aren’t crying that your fellow liberals didn’t go down in flames
When some AA’s use color to anti-racism Whites, they bring shame to all of us.
When we see you in the streets, you best know we’ll get you colors: black, blue, and all shades of red.
Oh no a black person being accused of stealing, we can’t admit that some black people steal so the protesters would rather yell racist at the business.
BLM IS THE DOWNFALL OF CIVILIZATION
I’ve shopped at Gibson’s before, and will gladly do so again the next time I’m in Oberlin.
How good is their chocolate chip cookies?
@@Jaxvidstar Never got them; I just got their pastries, which are excellent.
When the demand for racism exceeds the supply.
Liberalism is a mental disorder.
“we hope we can move past the community we destroyed”
okay, neat.
Sad story. It should never have come to this. Odd that colleges give so much power to and kiss up to young adults who aren’t very smart, fair minded, or mature. If the students hadn’t lost their minds I doubt the college would have done anything. But yet again people who should know better wanted to cater to 19 year olds who have nothing to lose in this.
Exactly, Because colleges are ripping off their students with insane tuition and are teaching them racist leftist garbage so are stuck when their ignorant students go off on fantasy incidents.
Is this another example of Go Woke, Go Broke or is this another totally different scenario?
Stupid College….Love watching the left fail
So the college supports crime? Specifically by a certain race. That seems to also be racism.
Half their endowment and not able to raise tuition for five years would be better.
I’m confused how did the college even get involved
Legal Insurrection blog has really good coverage. But basically, the college assisted in the campaign against the bakery.
Not 1 person the the comments has a college education, prove me wrong.
Oberlin college needs to pay more because that college doesn’t teach education but propaganda.
When the demand for racism far exceeds the supply…
If you want to support Gibsons bakery, go to their website and you can buy stuff like hats and T-shirts, etc.
When you WOKE , you pay . can’t fix stupid .
Finally some justice showing that there are POS’s out there screaming racism at every thing
An employee didn’t accuse a black student of shoplifting! An employee caught a black student shop lifting!! The black student admitted to as much before the story got twisted into lies!!
I mean, if they got $36 million dollars, seems like things worked out better than expected. “But what about my apology!”
And two of the owners died during the process of clearing their name. 36 million isn’t enough
Pride comes before the fall
Nice
Ahahahahahahahahaha serves them right.
Being leftist means you never get to say “I’m sorry”.
Thanks a bunch.
The way you say it started doesnt help nbc.
The black student was caught stealing and confronted about it, not “accused”, that makes it seem like it might be made up, which it wasnt.
Dont help the urban population that points to racism to explain everything, help the law abiding people trying to maintain a civil society.
If HBU’s were better funded they could just handle their own problems
This college is despicable.. Truly deplorable what they did to the people that owned this bakery.
In my opinion, this payout wasn’t nearly enough for the damage done by these cultists.
That bakery was not even worth a million dollars, they got 30 times that. I think the payout was plenty.
Would like to see the University burnt to the ground.
@@patstar5 Okay if you’re an anarchist then I forgive you lol. Based
I think they got more than enough. If it was a much larger store, that made a lot more money then I could agree with you.
Oberlin college has a but load of money, they can pay it. The owner died before the payout was made.
The faculty manipulated the naive youth at the school.
You know who also manipulate(d) the naive?
Jim Jones, Sociopaths and Chomos.
But these tactics are the same old tactics used in all marxist countries.
In Cuba, when many citizens petitioned the Castro regime to be allowed to leave and then they did, they regime would tell the admins at the parents schools, the admins would then have the teachers, “adults” put the kids in front of the class to be chastised as “traitors the revolution”…
The kids?
These leftists are psychopaths. Sick people that eventually eat each other.
Jussie Smollette University
Have all of this nation’s institutions of higher learning turned to Marxist buffoonery?
woke liberalism kills everything.
Good! F that piece of trash college
A woke institution has to pay millions because of their racist anti-White actions?
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
YES!!. Now charge any school student and staff three times the price for their wares and half price for the non woke crowd.
No apology. No accepting what they did was wrong. No course correction for the future or lesson learned whatsoever. What a pathetic ‘school.’
Liberals never apologize. Joe Biden has never apologized for ONE thing he has done wrong
STOP BREAKING THE LAW A-HOLES -Jim Carrey
Imagine what would have happened if the students were not found guilty, then the shop would have lost everything? I got accused of shoplifting once. Wasn’t guilty. They found out and let me go. End of story. I didn’t accuse the store of racism or racial profiling. That’s what is awful about the whole thing.
It’s not just shoplifting, the business owners said some vile things on Facebook.
Evidence? you have none boss.@@tonybelfast1389
More woke idiots!!!!!
In your FACE NBC 🙂
What does this mean
@@tonybelfast1389
It’s in English. Why do you ask?
@@timholstpetersen79 I know it’s in English, I’m asking you how you think this is somehow “owning” NBC
@@timholstpetersen79 Why would a company be leftist or socialist? The left certainly does not like big media corporations.
You have to remember this happened the day after President Trumps was elected and the bosses at the college had a hissy fit Gibsons will need a lot of money to survive as the country and it’s students make up the majority of residents and are still boycotting Gibsons
I think $38 million should cover that
Because most colleges are institutions of liberal indoctrination. So they brainwash the students to wanting to participate in rallies and boycotts even when no injustice occurred. Half of those students out there probably didn’t even know the full story at the time it was just sheep following sheep.
Sad, such a cool town though. Before leftists got out of control. like this and other lawsuits like the sandy hook thing, i still don’t see how they come up with that crazy amount of money for their troubles. I understand several million maybe even 10. No one person needs 40 million for defamation. that is just greed at that point
You just can’t have enough cameras in your retail business.
Every single staff member involved in this should have been sacked at a minimum, but preferably jailed. Filthy scum.
congratulations GIBSON’S BAKERY!!!
This is what happens when you falsely accuse someone of racism without any facts. It’s sad to see the hivemind mentality at work and now the school owes for it’s foolishness.
How come theres no black ppl there protesting?😆 always funny watching white saviors getting offended on behalf of black ppl and speaking for them lol
If people believe everything they hear on the internet that just makes you stupid the truth hurts doesn’t it. Think for yourself don’t let others think for you Use your own words not someone else’s . Be your own person don’t let anyone control your life unless you love being a sheep.
Justice is served but college student and faculty members need a ego adjustment. They are worst than the black thief
Why not boycott this school.
Maybe Oberlin grads should be boycotted by employers as well.
This is what colleges do. They use college students to protest what they want them to and then try to use deniability to not get introuble. This is what should happen to teachers to do the same thing ( for a grade ).
If the store owners were indeed lying and racist, the students should be mad like they were. The fault is the college backed them WITHOUT EVIDENCE! Dumb.
This is the most rational comment here. I’m losing hope in humanity reading the comments written by 80-year olds who can’t figure out how to use their phone.
Why are we so willing to let businesses off the hook? Students protesting a business they believe has poor values is completely fair and the right thing to do.
What about the “risk” that business owners say they take? Why do they get bailed out when their “risk” ends up failing?
People don’t like Gibson’s Bakery, they protest it and cause it to fail. That’s how the free market works. Now the government is forcing the college to hand over 30 million dollars because the owner’s feelings were hurt. I thought liberals were supposed to be the crybaby snowflakes, not the business owners.
Effin racist bundle of sticks at OBERLIN….
Every single one of those student protestors are vermin and a waste of carbon molecules.
Hope this sorry excuse for a higher education institution goes under. Based on their current financial situation its highly likely they will.
Nothing compared to what sandman got
+The public is disappointed in the college. They got what they deserved and the legal system got it right.
Gibson’s was a cultural icon of Oberlin and a part of college life since 1886. Oberlin College was the FIRST private college in the nation to have black students (we are talking in the 1830’s). This is very very liberal and diverse college and town and Gibson’s was always part of that milieu. The slander and libel was cruel, shocking and above all untrue. If you believe that black people need to be given ‘a pass’ for committing thefts etc. because they are ‘not as moral’ as white people. Now THAT is RACISM.
The monetary judgments from the Summer of Love, the BLM scam, and all the woke BS that cost people’s livelihoods and careers are starting to roll in. Get your checkbooks out, haters and race baiters
Giggabees costing the College a bunch of money.
Hopefully playing the race card comes to an end. We are all human. We are all Americans. Not African American, Spanish American or even European American. Get my drift ? We are all Americans. We all have equal rights. Today’s racism is exaggerated and used as a political tool or even as a wild card for the liberal democratic party.
A degree from Oberlin College apparently isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on.
Someone said he worked cleaning houses with a guy that had a oberlin degree
Cancel culture got canceled
Not only has Oberlin tried destroyed the bakery. Oberlin has also destroyed the alumni and the college degree of other hard working students and alumni. Their degree is worthless due the stigma associated with Oberlin’s faculty and staff involvement acting with malice. Oberlin is lucky that it only has to pay out $40 million to the bakery. The entire faculty and administration should all be fired and the students and alumni should file a case action lawsuit, cause their Oberlin degree is now tarnished. The Bakery is not the only people that suffered from Oberlin’s stupidity.
This is a simple modern day example of anti whiteism
Apparently when the police arrived they caught the three students kicking and beating up the owner’s son who was the person who caught them trying to steal wine
Black lives will only matter when black lives matter to black people.
Time to pay up! Lol!
Enjoy your 33 million gibsons!
We did it! we did it joe!
This issue has been painful for everyone……The college turned a simple shoplifting into pain for the entire community. The truly sad part is seeing all the students fall for the schools Marxist socialism being pushed on them. All done under the guise of racial and social justice.
The shop owner and his 60 something old son who was beaten by the shoplifters (3 black students) died during the case. How heartbroken must’ve they been. Years of running business by the school, building great memories with students and faculty, only to be physically assaulted, shoplifed, and being called ‘racists’ by the school
Far Left logic, being disappointed by the courts decision. Oberlin probably believes they are the victim
I’m glad that the college was forced to pay the bakery. The reason why the college had to pay such a high amount is because the college’s employees had a direct role in organizing this protest and condemned this business without looking into the facts. The students who shoplifted did the responsible thing and admitted what they did was wrong and that the bakery had no racist intent. Good for them. However, the college still won’t admit their mistake unfortunately. I’m a progressive kind of guy myself but this is disgusting. Shame on the students at the protest and most of all, shame on the university.
Going WOKE. Really makes you broke!!
Go woke go broke. Hahaha woketard. Still had to pay up!🤣🤣🤡🤡
Their endowment took a small hit when this happened, but it has soared 61% since this incident occurred.
I will be taking a trip thru OH very soon and will be sure to stop at Gibson’s Food Mart & Bakery. Anyone who stands their ground against a liberal arts college who falsely accuses them of racism is worthy of my business and praise. The college had an opportunity to teach the rest of the student body that shoplifting is unacceptable. Instead, they sided with the shoplifters and tried to run the family owned business into the ground. The college spent millions on litigation and lost. Money is no object to this college. They have an endless supply of it. It’s morals, common sense and decency that Oberlin College, their staff, faculty and many students have in short supply.
I’m looking forward to enjoying some delicious treats at Gibson’s Food Mart & Bakery
Good this destructive claims need to prosecuted to stop the lies
Sounds like current conditions in Portland, Oregon.
Apparently, if you are a person of a particular skin color, you are above criticism and Beyond reproach and if you face opposition in any way shape or form, you could automatically pull the race card and your opposite will be tarred , feathered and shamed for life. Thank God we have this thing called video evidence LOL
Racism and favoritism in college is an ongoing problem that needs to be addressed. For example, many colleges have entrance tests that students must pass in order to be accepted. Unfortunately, some students are unfairly failed by prejudice supervisors, thus preventing them from getting into college. This can be particularly damaging for students of color, students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds and student they dont like. Many students fear speaking out due to retaliation. Furthermore, some colleges have passive administrations that do not take the necessary steps to combat prejudice and actively support marginalized students. This can lead to an environment where students of color and from low-socioeconomic backgrounds are not given the same opportunities to pursue a college degree as their white and more privileged peers. As a result, racism in college remains a systemic problem that needs to be addressed in order for true equity to be achieved. Collages are bad because they think education should only be given to white middleclass students and white students are more intelligent and trustworthy. Its very cruel thinking and need to end. A futher problem are professors who make their courses hard and fail students, they dont offer support. Collages need to be responsible and kind towards students and make education flexible. 😅
This is what happens when society foolishly makes so little as appearing to be a victim profitable.
It’s almost as if the world has never heard of the word “scam” before.
I hope these woke colleges and corporations go broke. The kid shoplifted and the woke mob chose to believe the criminal over a business owner trying to make a living in the town. The kid even admitted to shoplifting, theres nothing racist about punishing criminals.
Now they’re sueing insurance companies for reimbursement. I hope the insurance companies win.
Shame on the college. Their conduct was atrocious. The insurance companies should not have to fork over money for the college’s stupidity.
I think stewie griffin said it best Brian, it’s 2022–there’s no such thing as a boy anymore. Or a girl. Just a vast sea of chubby ‘theys’ and ‘thems,’ so coddled by their sanctimonious woke parents who think activism is virtue-signaling on Instagram. If Martin Luther King could come back, and see what they were doing in his name, he’d never stop throwing up.”
The number of times they have played the racecard, they should have paid out a lot more than that.
Black at it again
All this because people wanted to defend somebody who guessed what actually did end up stealing from them But there are races for calling them out. Yeah , okay , bud whatever helps you sleep at night
This is how liberals think. This is what makes sense to them. You’re a racist if you don’t allow black people to steal from you.
Heartwarming story. It gets even better now that Oberlin thought their insurance would cover defamation.