After a six year struggle, in December 2022 Gibson’s Bakery finally was paid by Oberlin College a total of $36 million, representing a judgment of approximately $32 million plus post judgment interest. We covered the payment on December 11, 2022, Finally, The Gibson’s Bakery Family Has Been Paid By Oberlin College.
It was a six year struggle for the Gibson family, which saw Grandpa Allyn Gibson and David Gibson pass away after the trial but before the appeals were concluded.
It was a six year journey for us as well, as we covered the case almost since the inception of the protests outside the bakery in November 2022, after a black Oberlin College student was stopped for shoplifting. (He was in fact shop lifting.) The ensuing accusations by the college that the bakery had a long history of racial profiling let to a lawsuit, trial, appeals, and ultimately payment. We were there the whole way:
[Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of miserable, elitist soulless cretins. Fire some DEI staff. ~ Beege]
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