Post by Leon on Jun 11, 2019 16:07:02 GMT
Two stories here for me.
One, the obvious case and the ruling which will resonate throughout US and what Colleges and Universities will be liable in damages when they side with the students that attend there.
The case is as follows, and I will begin with the second story about reporting this case news.
Starting with NYT
Then it goes on about the case.
It's not until the actual END of the article that the bulk of the prominent and important information is disclosed as follows:
Wouldn't you want to see this at the top? And THEN talk about the case?
Meanwhile, National Review, has this as 3rd paragraph down.
Back to the story. As I've mentioned, this will be a watershed moment for this country. It's not even an argument.
One, the obvious case and the ruling which will resonate throughout US and what Colleges and Universities will be liable in damages when they side with the students that attend there.
The case is as follows, and I will begin with the second story about reporting this case news.
Starting with NYT
In November 2016, a black Oberlin College student walked into a family-run shop near the Ohio school to buy wine with a fake ID, according to court records.
A white employee, the grandson of an owner, suspected that the student was also trying to steal wine, and chased him outside, placing him in a chokehold, according to some witness accounts included in the records. Two of the students’ friends, who are also black, intervened.
The altercation quickly touched off protests by students outside the shop, Gibson’s Bakery, which has been a fixture in Oberlin, about 40 miles west of Cleveland, for more than 100 years.
They accused the shop of being racist, and petitioned the college to cut its ties to the bakery, which was a supplier to its cafeterias. The bakery and two of its owners then sued the college for libel, in November 2017, accusing it of supporting and stoking the students’ claims of racism.
A white employee, the grandson of an owner, suspected that the student was also trying to steal wine, and chased him outside, placing him in a chokehold, according to some witness accounts included in the records. Two of the students’ friends, who are also black, intervened.
The altercation quickly touched off protests by students outside the shop, Gibson’s Bakery, which has been a fixture in Oberlin, about 40 miles west of Cleveland, for more than 100 years.
They accused the shop of being racist, and petitioned the college to cut its ties to the bakery, which was a supplier to its cafeterias. The bakery and two of its owners then sued the college for libel, in November 2017, accusing it of supporting and stoking the students’ claims of racism.
Then it goes on about the case.
It's not until the actual END of the article that the bulk of the prominent and important information is disclosed as follows:
The students involved in the episode that prompted the protests pleaded guilty to attempted theft and aggravated trespass, according to court records. The final disposition of the case was unavailable, and efforts to reach the students on Sunday were unsuccessful.
But the lawsuit noted that all three students had said at their sentencing hearings that they did not believe that the bakery employee’s actions were racially motivated.
But the lawsuit noted that all three students had said at their sentencing hearings that they did not believe that the bakery employee’s actions were racially motivated.
Wouldn't you want to see this at the top? And THEN talk about the case?
Meanwhile, National Review, has this as 3rd paragraph down.
The facts of the case are egregious. On November 9, 2016, a bakery employee suspected an African-American Oberlin student, Jonathan Aladin, of stealing wine. The employee pursued the student and got in a physical altercation with Aladin and two other Oberlin students, Cecilia Whettstone and Endia Lawrence. Police arrested the three students, and almost a year later — on August 11, 2017 — Aladin pled guilty to attempted theft, aggravated trespass, and underage consumption. Whettstone and Lawrence pled guilty to attempted theft and aggravated trespass. They were not racially profiled. They were guilty of crimes.
Yet students immediately organized a protest of the bakery, publishing and distributing flyers that claimed it was “a RACIST establishment with a LONG ACCOUNT of RACIAL PROFILING and DISCRIMINATION,” and that a member of the Oberlin community “was assaulted” by its owner. Evidence indicated that university officials helped publish and distribute the flyer, including by disseminating it to media.
Yet students immediately organized a protest of the bakery, publishing and distributing flyers that claimed it was “a RACIST establishment with a LONG ACCOUNT of RACIAL PROFILING and DISCRIMINATION,” and that a member of the Oberlin community “was assaulted” by its owner. Evidence indicated that university officials helped publish and distribute the flyer, including by disseminating it to media.
Back to the story. As I've mentioned, this will be a watershed moment for this country. It's not even an argument.
