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Yep. From wikipedia: > On Wednesday, November 9, 2016, an underage African-American Oberlin College student and Student Assistant Treasurer,[9] Jonathan Aladin
by Lazare 4y ago
Yep. From wikipedia:
> On Wednesday, November 9, 2016, an underage African-American Oberlin College student and Student Assistant Treasurer,[9] Jonathan Aladin (aka Elijah Aladin), attempted to purchase a bottle of wine using a fake identification card.[8] The store clerk, Allyn D. Gibson, a son and grandson of the owners,[6] rejected the fake ID. Gibson noticed that the student was concealing two other bottles of wine inside his jacket.[10][6] According to a police report, Gibson told the student he was contacting the police, and when Gibson pulled out his phone to take a photo of the student, the student slapped it away, striking Gibson's face.[11] The student ran out of the store. Gibson followed and then grabbed and held onto the shoplifter outside the store after the shoplifter had also assaulted the store owner, David Gibson.[6] Two other students, Cecelia Whettstone and Endia Lawrence, friends of the shoplifter, joined the scuffle.[6] When the police arrived, they witnessed Gibson lying on the ground with the three students punching and kicking him.[11] The police report stated that Gibson sustained a swollen lip, several cuts, and other minor injuries.[7][12] The police arrested the students, charging all three with assault and the shoplifter with robbery as well. In August 2017, the three students pleaded guilty, stating that they believed Gibson's actions were justified and were not racially motivated.[11][13][14] Their plea deals carried no jail time in exchange for restitution, the public statement, and a promise of future good behavior.[13][15] From their trial courtroom, Assistant Dean of Students Antoinette Myers sent Raimondo a text message: "I hope we rain fire and brimstone on that store."[16]
That's not really an example of a "chase-and-detain policy", nor was it a "suspected shoplifter"; by the time anyone was chasing anyone else, it was a matter of assault.
- MikePlacid 4y ago> That's not really an example of a "chase-and-detain policy", nor was it a "suspected shoplifter"; by the time anyone was chasing anyone else, it was a matter of assault. I was under the impression that punching and kicking turns shoplifting into a robbery, no?
- effingwewt 4y agoThus this part of OP's quote 'The police arrested the students, charging all three with assault and the shoplifter with robbery as well'. Oberlin was in the wrong, as was the Assistant Dean of Students, yet there were no real repercussions.
- Ekaros 4y agoThat whole scenario make me sad. And just show how broken the system is. Assault a person and get away with not spending years in prison. That if something is massive privilege... Disgusting.
- prirun 4y agoIt pisses me off that a person smoking weed and not harming anyone can be thrown in jail, fined for all kinds of things (court costs, etc), and there is no victim to show mercy on them like the store did for these 3 students behaving like thugs. Yet these thugs get off with an apology, a statement, and a promise. I don't smoke weed, but we sure have our priorities wrong.
- languageserver 4y ago> Their plea deals carried no jail time in exchange for restitution, the public statement, and a promise of future good behavior. people say the US has a strict justice system, but in some cases it seems completely loony.