This is sooooo delicious. Better than a creme-filled donut. Could be the start of the take-down of left-wing universities. There was no ‘education’ component to it, just propaganda for the most subversive, radical movements in American society. Universities across the country are creating and unleashing armies of thugs, goons and idiots. Finally, push-back from the ‘Joe American’ from left-elite destroyers.
Kudos to William Jacobson for this extraordinary coverage of this trial:
VERDICT: Jury awards Gibson’s Bakery $11 million against Oberlin College
BY: William A. Jacobson, Legal Insurrection, Friday, June 7, 2019 at 3:11pmPunitive damage phase to start next Tuesday, which could increase the damages to $33 million.
The Jury in the Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College case has reached a verdict.
Story continues below advertisementAccording to our reporter in the Courtroom, the jury awarded $11 million. Here are the details: Allyn W. Gibson was awarded $3 million, David Gibson $5.8 million, Gibson Bros. $2,274,500. Next Tuesday there will be a separate punitive damages hearing which could be a double award (meaning tripling the $11 million to $33 million).(clarification) Meredith Raimondo was held liable on the libel and interference with business relations, but not intentional infliction of emotional distress. By stipulation, the college is responsible for any amounts awarded against her, so she will not pay anything out of pocket.We followed this case from the start of the protests, through the lawsuit process, and now trial. Here’s my statement:
The verdict sends a strong message that colleges and universities cannot simply wind up and set loose student social justice warriors and then wash their hands of the consequences. In this case, a wholly innocent 5th-generation bakery was falsely accused of being racist and having a history racial profiling after stopping three black Oberlin College students from shoplifting. The students eventually pleaded guilty, but not before large protests and boycotts intended to destroy the bakery and defame the owners. The jury appears to have accepted that Oberlin College facilitated the wrongful conduct against the bakery.
We will have interviews and video later. We will update this post as more information becomes available.
UPDATES
Video of David Gibson reacting:
More complete statements by attorneys Lee Plakas, Owen Rarric, and plaintiff David Gibson:
As previously posted, I was amazed at the tone-deaf and demeaning approach of Oberlin College to this family business. Oberlin College claimed the Bakery was worth only $35k, less than one semester at Oberlin College:
I’m still shaking my head at the tone-deafness of the defense in belittling this family business which has sustained five generations of Gibsons, and at the time of the protests sustained three generations: 90-year-old Allyn W. Gibson, his son David Gibson, and his grandson Allyn D. Gibson. There also were almost a dozen employees. After the protests, the Gibsons stopped taking salaries and most of the employees have been laid off. This is real life to these people. To say that the business was worth only $35,000 erases the lives of these people. Maybe it’s just the plaintiff’s lawyer in me coming out, but I’d cross examine this defense expert and college president, and show in closing argument, the tuition, room and board charges at Oberlin College. This business, which has been an important feature of the community since 1885, is worth less than one semester at Oberlin College?This case is bigger than just this case, and reflects reflects Higher Ed disconnect from the lives of most Americans:
First, from the start of this case I have questioned the aggressive and demeaning attacks on the Gibsons as a defense strategy. There is no evidence that the Gibsons did anything wrong, unless you consider stopping people from stealing something wrong. That lawful act of protecting one’s property nonetheless has devastated a 5-generation business because of Oberlin College racial politics. Gibson’s Bakery survived two World Wars, the Depression, the turmoil of the 1960s, and the so-called Great Recession, but it may not survive Oberlin College’s social justice warriors and their faculty and administrative enablers. If the jury understands this, the other pieces of the case fall into line, factually and legally.
Second, I never cease to be amazed at the arrogance of the college community as reflected in the defense that Gibson’s Bakery was close to worthless. It’s the arrogance of the credentialed. A business that is in its 5th generation, and that currently supports three of those generations, is something of value. A business that employed almost a dozen local employees prior to this incident is something to value. Ultimately the jury will have to put a monetary value on the dramatic drop in business, and the loss of reputation of the individuals, but to demean the business the way was done is maddening.
Scott Wargo, spokesman for Oberlin College, provided the following comment in response to my inquiry: “The College does not have a comment.”
Oberlin just sent this blast email:
Dear Members of the Oberlin Community:
I am writing to update you on the lawsuit that Gibson Bros., Inc. filed against Oberlin College and Vice President and Dean of Students Meredith Raimondo in the Lorain County Court of Common Pleas in November 2017.
Following a trial that spanned almost a full month, the jury found for the plaintiffs earlier today.
We are disappointed with the verdict and regret that the jury did not agree with the clear evidence our team presented.
Neither Oberlin College nor Dean Meredith Raimondo defamed a local business or its owners, and they never endorsed statements made by others. Rather, the College and Dr. Raimondo worked to ensure that students’ freedom of speech was protected and that the student demonstrations were safe and lawful, and they attempted to help the plaintiffs repair any harm caused by the student protests.
As we have stated, colleges cannot be held liable for the independent actions of their students. Institutions of higher education are obligated to protect freedom of speech on their campuses and respect their students’ decision to peacefully exercise their First Amendment rights. Oberlin College acted in accordance with these obligations.
While we are disappointed with the outcome, Oberlin College wishes to thank the members of the jury for their attention and dedication during this lengthy trial. They contributed a great deal of time and effort to this case, and we appreciate their commitment.
Our team will review the jury’s verdict and determine how to move forward.
Donica Thomas Varner
Vice President, General Counsel & SecretaryI wonder if this statement can be used against the college in the punitive damage phase. They have learned nothing, and still are blaming the Gibsons for this.
Dan McGraw, who was in the courtroom, reports:
When the verdict was read by the judge, four generations of the Gibson family — from 11-year-old Cashlyn to 90-year old Allyn W. “Grandpa” Gibson — hugged each other behind their plaintiff’s courtroom table. They are a hardy bunch, and did not cry or show too much emotion — no wailing or crying by this family — but as one who has watched them for over a month now, you could see a burden had been lifted from their shoulders.
It was the culmination of their life being blown up and their state of living being pushed upside down ever since three students from Oberlin College shoplifted at their store on Nov. 9, 2016.
Their reward for calling the police on the shoplifters was being tagged as racist by the Oberlin College students who protested their actions. And for Oberlin College to support those actions of defamation. Two-and-a-half years later they feel somewhat vindicated, as an Ohio jury saw what Oberlin College did to them was wrong and slapping them with an $11 million judgement for doing so.
“I am at a loss for words,” 64-year-old David Gibson told Legal Insurrection in an exclusive interview. “Two-and-a-half years of putting up with this has been very difficult and overwhelming. I just want to let people know across the country that this can happen to anyone else, but we stayed and worked together as a family and fought against this. In many ways, what we wanted from Oberlin College the jury gave to us. They said we were not racists and that the college should have said so when all this started.”
“I thank the jury for seeing what we have seen from the beginning of this,” he said
Owen Rarric, one of the lead attorneys for the Gibson’s, also pointed out that this case has national implications in this time of cultural debate.
“The jury saw that Oberlin College went out of their way to harm a good family and longtime business in their community for no real reason, and the jury said we aren’t going to tolerate that in our community any more,” Rarric said. “The college kept saying we don’t control our students. But the jury told them that we can tolerate some of this from time to time, but not what you did this time.”
Lee Plakas, who handled much of the month-long trial and who gave the closing argument, said this case “is a national tipping point.”
“What the jury saw is that teaching students and having them learn how to be upstanding members of the community is what colleges are supposed to do, not appease some students who they are afraid of,” Plakas said. “People around the country should learn from this, that you can use the legal system to right the wrongs, even if the one doing the wrong is some huge institution who thinks they can do anything they want.”
Roger Copeland, a retired Oberlin College professor of theater and dance, was in the courtroom and seemed ecstatic after the jury came back with their verdict. Prof. Copeland is somewhat famous in the courtroom for getting this response on a Raimondo text to co-workers after a letter-to-the editor he wrote was critical of the school for their handling of the Gibson’ affair. “Fuck him,” Raimondo responded in a text message about Copeland. “I’d say unleash the students if I wasn’t convinced this needs to be put behind us.”
“I’m exhilarated by this verdict,” Copeland said, whose wife Michele worked at the school in food service and testified she was under orders by the school to cut the business off from the cafeteria bagels and pastries they provided because of the student unrest.
“What is most amazing about this trial is that the public was able to see what the process really was in how the school goes about its business,” Copeland said. “It’s almost like the mask has been ripped off the face and we can now see what the face really looks like.”
BACKGROUND
For background on the case, see here.
The plaintiffs are Gibson Bros. Inc. (the Bakery), 90-year-0ld Allyn W. Gibson, and his son, David B. Gibson. The defendants are Oberlin College and its Dean of Students, Meredith Raimondo.
Here are the counts that went to the jury:
Count 1: Libel
Count 3: Tortious Interference with Business Relationships
Count 4: Tortious Interference with Contracts
Count 6: Intentional Infliction of Emotional DistressThese are the jury interrogatories the jury had to follow to reach a verdict:
Gibson Bros Inc. Jury Interrogatories
Allyn W. Gibson Jury Interrogatories
David R. Gibson Jury Interrogatories
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.
Here are our some of our posts when the protests against Gibson’s started, along with the early litigation history:
- Bakery targeted by Oberlin College #BlackLivesMatter fights back
- Oberlin College halted purchases from Gibson’s Bakery targeted by #BlackLivesMatter, but may reconsider
- Gibson’s Bakery sues Oberlin College over racial profiling accusations, Oberlin cuts business ties
- Oberlin College lashes out at Gibson’s Bakery, portrays itself as victim
- Court: Gibson’s Bakery lawsuit against Oberlin College can continue in full
- Oberlin College: We can’t get a fair trial in our home county
- Judge rejects Oberlin College request to move town-gown lawsuit to another county
- Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College — Trump 2016 win stoked student protests over shoplifting incident day after election
- Putting Social Justice Warfare on trial: Gibson’s Bakery lawsuit against Oberlin College heading to trial.
Here are our trial posts:
- Juror perceptions of reputation and social media emerge in questioning
- Opening Statements: Claims of War and Peace
- Trial Day 1 – “It was a mob mentality out there”
- Trial Day 2 – “I don’t know” may come back to haunt the defense
- Trial Day 3 – To “unleash the students” or not, that was the question
- Trial Day 4 – As protests grew, Mrs. Gibson was “very nervous and afraid”
- Trial Day 5 – 90-year-old Allyn W. Gibson testifies “some threats made to us”
- Trial Day 6 – What’s a bakery worth?
- Trial Day 7 — Damages Expert says Show Gibson’s The Money!
- Trial Day 8 — “my dad was going to pass away labeled as a racist”
- Trial Day 9 – “the business never came back”
- Defense motion for directed verdict DENIED, case going to the jury
- Alumni Weekend – Oblivious alums in for a shock if college loses
- Trial Day 10 – It depends upon what the meaning of the word “support” is
- Trial Day 11 – Don’t let them eat Gibson’s cake
- Trial Day 12 – Defense says Bakery worth only $35k, less than one semester at Oberlin College
- Trial Day 13 — Defense expert declares Gibson family 5-generation bakery history “irrelevant”
- Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College trial reflects Higher Ed disconnect from the lives of most Americans
- Judge keeps out politics, but Town v. Gown frames the case
- Verdict this week?
- Closing Argument: “When a powerful institution says you are racist, you are doomed”
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HALLELUJAH! Conservatives and Christians MUST fight these left-wing liberal communists where they stand!
NO MORE HIDING.
NO MORE BEING COMPLACENT.
NO MORE BEING AFRAID.
NO MORE BEING SILENT ABOUT INJUSTICE AND UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.
NO MORE POLITICAL CORRECT SPEECH.
NO MORE HANGING OUR HEADS OUT OF FEAR OF REPRISAL.
NO MORE.
NO MORE!
We ARE making America GREAT AGAIN!
This truly is delicious.
But the sub-moronic Oberlin social justice students will make it a point to not go to Gibsons anymore. They will disinherit themselves.
Though this was a civil trial, I see much more meaning in this verdict, a verdict that I believe captures what the true feelings of reasonable and right thinking people are about what is going on now in this country as it involves incivility and divisiveness, and the constant false accusations that whatever troubles others is somehow based on bias, racism and white supremacy. The comments by the plaintiffs attorneys, from my perspective, are right on. I do hope that the meaning of this verdict will somehow lay the foundation in either criminal prosecution or civil action against those obscene speakers out there who bad mouth groups, spewing their hate, with a finding that they either intend violence to result or that their commentary should have been seen as expected to result in violence, which is not permitted free speech. If our elected AG’s, DA’s and civil lawyers can recognize that they can take action, I would hope that people that spew anti-Semitic commentary that is so freely done today, when faced with potential legal action, something I have been calling for for years, will reconsider their rhetoric and accept tolerance and civility instead.
Smart Jury! Trump 2020!
Agree. Unless you organise and fightback demonrats/leftists/BLM/Jihadis they will continue to shutdown/destroy conservatives.
Here’s how you fighback and win.
Parents Fought hard to keep CAIR’s Islamic agenda out of their public schools…AND WON!
http://offtrade.net/cnmnews/infidel-win-against-islamonazis/
Thank you for the link. I had not known the outcome of that situation. It just proves that the widespread belief that there is nothing you can do about anything is a lie.
you are welcome. But its not enough you know about it, like me share it to everyone to show how to unite , fund, support and fightback instead of just blaming Trump for not doing enough !
You are so right that it is not enough to get info and hold it into yourself where it does no good. I did like you and have also been writing Congressmen, Senators, the EPA, the FDA, assorted other agencies for years and decades. I am tired, glad so many are waking up at last, but personally know too few that will jump into the fray by devoting a little bit of their time to fighting back with words. Leftards are small in number but very active. Conservatives are great in number and very complacent though quite a few are busy in fruitful intercessory prayer. Trump cannot possibly do it all. Americans will get off their behinds or we will lose our country.
just share the articles online/offline that expose left/liberal/jihadi crimes/attitudes and ask questions and make ppl think for themselves.
That is what the crooked MSM do not want ppl to do. so they hide/play down their crimes
and set loose student social justice warriors and then wash their hands of the consequences.
As I see it, this is a tough one. Geller fans generally are sympathetic to people like the Gibsons and not at all enamoured of what Oberlin has been “setting loose” on America (but they do have a fine conservatory).
I have seen no evidence that any employee of the college “set loose student social justice warriors”, but they also did nothing to retrain their mindless young thugs who would have fit in well with China’s Red Guard. Nonetheless, holding a college accountable for the actions of its students strikes me as troubling.
Oberlin’s administration was certainly “tone deaf”, deceptive, and deserving of some comeuppance. But I hope this jury finding does not greatly impact a historically fine institution. The USA needs more Oberlins and fewer Behemoth State U’s.
Oberlin taught the SJWs to hate and destroy and Oberlin tried to destroy the bakery. Guilty as hell! Make it triple damages and may the school go bust. No decent person should attend there or donate to the school.
What did any employee of Oberlin College do to “destroy the bakery”?
I note that Michelle Malkin is an alumnae of Oberlin. Not all their graduates buy the leftist Koolaid. Moreover, their conservatory is a national treasure, but I suspect you know nothing about that aspect of Oberlin’s heritage.
Those who don’t buy the Koolaid are, I think, more discerning thinkers than the majority of liberal arts grads from Behemoth State U- as well as much more discerning than you!
You’re wrong in your assertion that the actions of the students, encouraged by the college, were not “illegal.”
You seem to have overlooked that the college was found liable in a civil proceeding for the very acts you deem, implicitly, as acceptable, if distasteful.
While it is true that Oberlin has seen better days, the college, like so many others, has substantially decayed.
Oberlin has, by its own actions, disgraced itself. It has richly deserved this outcome.
Incidentally, you should indeed take comfort in the fact that “poor taste and being a jackass” is not a criminal offense.
You’re wrong in your assertion that the actions of the students, encouraged by the college, were not “illegal.”
Oh, brother, Michael-
Did I say what the students did was not illegal? Where did I say that?
You seem to have a pattern of making utterly baseless claims. In t he future, please try to contribute to more informed discussion.
Incidentally, you should indeed take comfort in the fact that “poor taste and being a jackass” is not a criminal offense.
That comment puts you squarely in the goon squad here. Sheesh, just what this site needs.
This was implicit in your remarks.
There is no “goon squad” at work here, nor am I a member of such.
The goon squad, as you call it, was in play, however, in the attitudes and behavior of the students, the faculty, and the lawyers representing Oberlin.
Don’t presume to condescend to me, or to any of the persons on this site who have expressed satisfaction about this verdict.
This was implicit in your remarks.
I implied no such thing, and your wholly biased inference does not reflect my beliefs. I could go so far as to say that you are a liar. Go away.
For Non-Goons Only:
My challenge has been what Oberlin employees did or did not do. I have barely referenced student behavior.
I reviewed your posts, and I am in error – this point is explicit in your remarks.
I reviewed your posts, and I am in error – this point is explicit in your remarks.
Perhaps you could have enough regard for the truth to quote what it was that I said that made it explicit that the “actions of the students, encouraged by the college, were not “illegal”.
And if you find nothing to substantiate your inane claim, I have only this to say to you:
You are a contemptible liar with nary a scintilla of integrity
Remember the First Rule of Holes, goon.
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
allegedly helped spread this student senate resolution.
Yes, if she did, that is a good point. The way it’s phrased, “allegedly”, suggests that was not established as fact.
However, what the student senate did is irrelevant to my question about what an employee of the college did. Regardless, Raimondo did not serve the college well, prepare students for life outside the cocoon of academe, or even show basic decency. She should be terminated.
The school also claimed they were protecting the students right to “free speech” without taking into consideration their “free speech” was slander and libel. I wonder if they’ll sufffer the same fate as Missouri U?
The jury verdict indicates the actions of the dean of students were no longer “alleged” but were established as fact.
The jury verdict indicates the actions of the dean of students were no longer “alleged” but were established as fact.
Utterly untrue. The jury could have found the way it did based on other factors.
A violation was alleged in court, and was substantiated through discovery and adjudication.
Therefore the charge is no longer “alleged.”
raimondo is quoted as saying :F..k thr Gibsons and their bakery.
raimondo is quoted as saying :F..k thr Gibsons and their bakery.
Jerry, while I would agree that reflects poorly on Raimondo and Oberlin, that kind of language is distressingly prevalent today. It also comprises mindless invective- one might expect better of a college administrator.
But Oberlin was not on trial for what their people said to one another in “private” conversation. What matters is what they did to Gibson’s Bakery. I note with all the various comments here, I’ve not gotten an answer to what any college employee did that deserved such an award. Poor taste- and being a jackass- is not illegal, nor should it be.
The rather lamentable state of “higher education” in the USA would not be improved by significantly damaging Oberlin, while the cause of educational diversity would be damaged if Oberlin were to disappear.
Nonetheless, I think heads need to roll here- it should have happened a couple of years ago.
raimondo is quoted as saying :F..k thr Gibsons and their bakery.
Jerry, while I would agree that reflects poorly on Raimondo and Oberlin, that kind of language is distressingly prevalent today. It also comprises mindless invective- one might expect better of a college administrator.
But Oberlin was not on trial for what their people said to one another in “private” conversation. What matters is what they did to Gibson’s Bakery. I note with all the various comments here, I’ve not gotten an answer to what any college employee did that deserved such an award. Poor taste- and being a jackass- is not illegal, nor should it be.
The rather lamentable state of “higher education” in the USA would not be improved by significantly damaging Oberlin, while the cause of educational diversity would be damaged if Oberlin were to disappear.
Nonetheless, I think heads need to roll here- it should have happened a couple of years ago.
I have not seen one other aspect of this case vetted. Leftists claim Gibson’s has a history of raaaaaaaaaaaaacism. Well what if they have disproportionately experienced problems with black students, or black people in general (I’m not trying to shock anyone!)? Would be unreasonable, or even raaaaaaaaaaaaaacist, to monitor black customers more closely? I am nearly certain the mindless leftists at Oberlin would say yes, it would still be unwarranted, even racist, to watch black customers more closely. And I would emphatically respond, “NO, it would not- it would be a completely rational response”. So there, you over-privileged leftists with your sense of entitlement.
If I recall correctly, the students who were arrested first charged racism, then recanted their claim (I do recall they recanted something they initially claimed).
Recently I was looking at a list of the 60 more crime ridden cities in the USA. Can you guess what was the predominant race factor in all of them? Can we call statistics racist? When you are less than 11%of the population and perform over 50% of the criminal activity, how do we call that?
Duh, I dunno- trumped up statistics?
Oberlin’s statement was both sad and hypocritical. Protect the student’s free speech? Bigots.
Free speech to them must include free wine!
Definitely free whine. 😉
Next up, Nick Sandman being given justice for WaPo, NYT, and other fake news organizations tarring and feathering him without as much as looking at the video that shows him stoically facing up to the lefty/black/Indian agent provocateurs without as much as a wrong twitch while waiting for his bus at the Lincoln Memorial.
Anybody think Oberlin or their students have learned anything by this verdict?
Of course not.
Quite a few people on the Left vehemently disagree with the belief that a person/business has the right to protect itself against theft anyway. Colleges won’t learn anything until people stop giving them money to promote lawless thinking.
Think about Dallas County, Texas. Any property crime, of less value than $750.00, is not to be prosecuted. And, that is “per instance”. So, steal to your heart’s content … as long as you keep a tabulation and keep it at $749.99 or less. If you need more … go to another location and steal some more …. Keep at it. Remember, there are twenty-four hours in a day.
Knowing Texans, many of them will find a way to “prosecute” these crimes anyway. The state is, unfortunately, going more blue. But a lot of Texans are very serious when they say don’t mess with Texas.
Seattle OR. is the same. No prosecutions below a certain value stolen or quantity of drugs carried. Therefore shit/piss, shoot up, steal, hassle, pander and mental disease of the homeless in the streets. Dallas County is well on its way.
No. The first rule of the left is, “we are always right!” The second, “we are eternal victims!”
Very nice.
I am very happy for them.
Oberlin College needs to be shut down.
Congratulations. But I would like to see the perpetrators of this vile attack on the people of the bakery brought to justice. Because no doubt the univercity is government funded so it won’t hurt the pockets of the vile left wing students one bit but it will cost the tax payer. There will no doubt be footage of these lowlifes. They should be singled out. 2/12 years of stress the Gibsons had to put up with for stopping shoplifters.
Time to punish the left and control students. The oddity is that student go to univercity to learn, so why after a short time are they experts in every social situation going on, when they have learnt nothing because they are not old enough.
Stopping robbery is now racism (if the culprits are black or brown)? The US is in a really bad state I have never heard such nonsense plus we expect a higher standard of behaviour from the ‘educated’. Maybe soon violence and murder will join. I am sure many blacks and browns hate white people and frequently make it obvious but do you hear white people screaming racism? I never have. Yet it is acceptable for blacks/browns to be racist but not apparently white people!
BTW I do not believe anybody should be racist but an a** hole is and a**hole whatever the colour of his/ her skin. Many blacks/ browns are reaching for the same goal as the Muslims, they want immunity from criticism or blame.
Waycism GONE BAD. Now it needs to be gone for GOOD.
We FREED the Negroes. We don’t owe them anything. Stop this BULL SHEET about WAYCISM. Only nation to FREE the Negroes and we set a precedent among the West.
Heck, we even made one “President” to appease their waycism and broke sacred documents and laws to do so. And what did we get in return?
A WAYCIST Negro!
Supposedly Negroes are still enslaved by other Negroes and Mouslems. But no protest.
Actually William Wilberforce ended slavery in the British Empire in 1807. It took him 19 years of campaigning but he succeeded. The British Navy then began to enforce the law on the high seas. It is important ant to remember that the former slaves did not really have equal rights in US until 1964.
Yes, I heard the British started to fight against Negro slavery before Americans did.
Negroes never had it SO GOOD in the West. But still they protest.
Oh, and a nutta thing. Taking care of Negroes has proven very costly to white people.
For this college $33 million.
Defense attorneys are right up there with used car salesmen. I’m glad
these people won, one small step for mankind.
Please,Glenda, you unfairly insult used car salespeople. They just sell cares. Bad attorneys destroy livelihoods and lives.
NOT necessarily. It depends on whose ox is being gored…????
++MAGA!++
This is a victory for all freedom loving Americans!! This complaint and trial can be a model for similar actions across the whole of America. The award is an incentive for good attorneys to take up these cases and pursue them to conclusion.we still have the appeal process to go through and I expect the total award will be reduced, but nevertheless, it serves as a great warning to those who are intent on destroying freedom of speech in the USA. May the Covington lawsuits against WAPO and the rest of the SMS end up as well awarded. If they succeed the SJW will be fully restrained in the future.
“Unleash the students?” That says it all! I hope they give them the absolute top in punitive damages. Are there any universities in NA that aren’t kowtowing to leftist agenda?
Tuition at Oberlin $35K., $100K for the three students. But they felt it necessary to shoplift a bottle of wine? But then Berni promises everything will be free.
wonderful
Donica Thomas Varner: BLAH—BLAH—BLAH— (My free speech)!!!
I’D AWARD THEM 66 MILLION DOLLARS, OBERLIN CAN AFFORD IT SINCE THEIR ENDOWMENTS ARE IN THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
Praise Jesus!!!
Great news! I thought it WAS “racist” to try and prevent certain “protected” groups from doing what comes naturally through family, culture and neighborhood training. I’m ecstatic to see fairness and justice finally wake up. Let’s KEEP this going!…????????
WinningYUUGELY!
++MAGA!++
The only language these SJW C@#k$UCKER$ understand!