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(12-17-2022, 08:19 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: [ -> ]Oberlin College pays bakery it called 'racist' over $36 million after years-long defamation lawsuit | Fox News

Oberlin College in Ohio has paid out over $36 million to Gibson’s Bakery and Food Mart after years of attempting to overturn a jury decision that the college had defamed the local business.

In 2016, Allyn Gibson, the son of Gibson’s Bakery and Food Mart owners David Gibson and Allyn Gibson, chased and tackled a Black student who was suspected of stealing a bottle of wine on Nov. 9, 2016. Two students at Oberlin College, who are also Black and were friends with the student who stole the bottle, got involved in the incident, which became physical.

In a statement to Fox 8, an Oberlin College spokesperson said that the institution has paid $36.6 million to the bakery. The amount covers the damages awarded, legal fees, and interest accrued...

...Oberlin College students protested outside the bakery following the shoplifting incident. During a protest, former Oberlin College vice president and dean of students Meredith Raimondo handed out flyers stating that the bakery was a "RACIST establishment with a LONG ACCOUNT of RACIAL PROFILING and DISCRIMINATION," according to court documents.

College resources were also used to print flyers and buy food and other supplies to support the protesters. The school also stopped buying food from the bakery...

(12-21-2022, 09:08 PM)NewJagsCity Wrote: [ -> ]Not just Pelosi.  It should be mandatory for an elected official to make their returns public while they hold office to minimize any potential abuse of the office.

(12-21-2022, 11:13 PM)mikesez Wrote: [ -> ]

(12-21-2022, 09:08 PM)NewJagsCity Wrote: [ -> ]Not just Pelosi.  It should be mandatory for an elected official to make their returns public while they hold office to minimize any potential abuse of the office.

Maybe.  Convenient that you Trumpers say that now.

(12-21-2022, 11:13 PM)Convenient mikesez Wrote: [ -> ]

(12-21-2022, 09:08 PM)NewJagsCity Wrote: [ -> ]Not just Pelosi.  It should be mandatory for an elected official to make their returns public while they hold office to minimize any potential abuse of the office.

Maybe.  Convenient that you Trumpers say that now.

(12-22-2022, 05:33 AM)copycat Wrote: [ -> ]

(12-21-2022, 11:13 PM)Convenient mikesez Wrote: [ -> ]Maybe.  Convenient that you Trumpers say that now.

Convenient that you have cooled on the subject now that this too was big nothing burger.

(12-22-2022, 08:15 AM)mikesez Wrote: [ -> ]

(12-22-2022, 05:33 AM)copycat Wrote: [ -> ]Convenient that you have cooled on the subject now that this too was big nothing burger.

I very much think Presidents should always disclose their tax returns.  I think it should be one of the qualifications for office.  I always thought so.
Not sure if it should apply to members of Congress. Maybe.

(12-22-2022, 02:52 PM)WingerDinger Wrote: [ -> ]https://twitter.com/alx/status/160599733...anHeg&s=19

(12-22-2022, 04:39 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: [ -> ]

(12-22-2022, 02:52 PM)WingerDinger Wrote: [ -> ]https://twitter.com/alx/status/160599733...anHeg&s=19

I wonder if that is the depositors' money he's using to make bail.

(12-20-2022, 07:25 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: [ -> ]It's all the same thing. If we stop letting corporations buy these guys, we might get politicians that actually support the will of the people.