{"id":37002,"date":"2022-04-19T06:27:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T10:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=37002"},"modified":"2022-04-19T06:27:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T10:27:08","slug":"it-looks-like-its-all-over-for-oberlin-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=37002","title":{"rendered":"It looks like it\u2019s all over for Oberlin College"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good day all. The saga of the Gibson\u2019s Bakery and Oberlin College looks like it\u2019s just about done, and you can stick the fork into Oberlin to confirm this. Oberlin just lost their appeal to overturn the $30+ million dollar judgment awarded to the Gibson family, owners of Gibson\u2019s Bakery.<\/p>\n

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The story of this case goes back a few years. Basically, Gibson\u2019s Bakery caught a couple of students shoplifting. The students then turned around and called the Gibson family racists. Pretty much the standard operating procedure these days for Progressive Students.<\/p>\n

Instead of landing on the students who had been caught stealing, Oberlin\u2019s teachers and administration jumped on the bandwagon and ramped up the accusations. The Gibson family fought back in Court and won a massive judgment against Oberlin. The college appealed of course and have lost again. Here are some of the details from Legal Insurrection<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n

The Ohio 9th District Court of Appeals has just issued a decision in the Gibson\u2019s Bakery v. Oberlin College case. <\/b><\/p>\n

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For those of you new to the case, Gibson\u2019s Bakery was a 5th generation family business in Oberlin, Ohio, near the Oberlin College campus. It served baked goods to the public and also to the student dining service, as well as operating a general convenience store. As with many other small businesses, student shoplifting was epidemic, as we covered,\u00a0Student journalist: Shoplifting at Gibson\u2019s Bakery was part of Oberlin College\u2019s \u201cCulture of Theft\u201d<\/a> <\/b><\/p>\n

A store clerk, a member of the Gibson family, caught an Oberlin black student shoplifting, a scuffle ensued that was joined by two other Oberlin black students. When the police arrived, they arrested the students who eventually pleaded guilty. But before that, the college officials and students accused the bakery of racial profiling, called a boycott, suspended Gibson\u2019s business with the college, and organized protests outside the bakery. <\/b><\/p>\n

And this is where the \u201cFun\u201d began. The students and college accused the Gibsons of a long history of racism, (Absolutely untrue) and demanded the College issue a public apology to \u201cin order to repair the reputational damage, but the college refused.\u201d The college, even after being found responsible still refuses to apologize.<\/p>\n

Based on the actions of college officials in conveying and promoting the defamatory accusations, a lawsuit was filed, resulting in massive verdicts for the owners of the bakery, David Gibson and his father, Allyn Gibson. Legal Insurrection was the only national media outlet to have someone in the courtroom reporting, including when the verdicts came down: <\/b><\/p>\n

Closing Argument: \u201cWhen a powerful institution says you are racist, you are doomed\u201d<\/a> <\/b><\/p>\n