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Hassin Bin Sober

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30. Not only that. Walmart sends a demand letter for civil damages -- 3 times stolen amount or...

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Reply #29)

Mon Dec 11, 2017, 12:03 PM

Dec 2017

... $200 dollars minimum. Pay or get sued for that plus attorney and court costs which could be thousands.

My little shit nephew (God kid. Honor roll and scholarship) got busted with his dumbfuck friends stealing $8 dollar pocket knives. My brother got the demand letter months later. We thought it was a scam until we researched it.

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Racial dispute at beloved bakery roils liberal college town [View all] Judi Lynn Dec 2017 OP

Certainly a sign........ MyOwnPeace Dec 2017 #1

they pled guilty alp227 Dec 2017 #2

How is this racist? left-of-center2012 Dec 2017 #3

Apparently, Gibson's Bakery is supposed to call the college Dean on shoplifters instead of police... EL34x4 Dec 2017 #5

Well that's bullshit TexasBushwhacker Dec 2017 #6

That's for the first time 'caught' left-of-center2012 Dec 2017 #7

But you only get a freebie for shoplifting if you're attending a $69K a year college. pnwmom Dec 2017 #26

Walmart prosecutes every shoplifter left-of-center2012 Dec 2017 #29

Not only that. Walmart sends a demand letter for civil damages -- 3 times stolen amount or... Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2017 #30

I don't see any racism in the facts stated in that article. Any business has a right Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #15

2015 decrying school dining hall's sushi and Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches as cultural appropriation DRoseDARs Dec 2017 #4

"burger with fries" left-of-center2012 Dec 2017 #8

And that's really my point, the whole notion is galling and absurd. DRoseDARs Dec 2017 #9

Such bullshit. More ammo for the RW. "cultural appropriation". What a joke. 7962 Dec 2017 #12

"cultural appropriation" - Saw that term used against Liz Warren for RW Pocahontas derision. keithbvadu2 Dec 2017 #16

Geeze jamzrockz Dec 2017 #10

Agreed!!!! 7962 Dec 2017 #13

We sometimes make it too easy for the right GulfCoast66 Dec 2017 #11

Former Oberlin student here oberliner Dec 2017 #14

What kind of "issues" .... jb5150 Dec 2017 #17

An African-American student accused the owner of being racist oberliner Dec 2017 #20

Surely you jest? That's pretty much standard policy for ANY kind of business. Not remotely racist. DRoseDARs Dec 2017 #22

Oberlin students are big on protesting things oberliner Dec 2017 #23

Well, congratulations on surviving. Sounds like a minefield of eggshell egos there. nt DRoseDARs Dec 2017 #24

You don't say! OilemFirchen Dec 2017 #19

See my description above oberliner Dec 2017 #21

Golly. Way back then, huh? OilemFirchen Dec 2017 #25

Yep oberliner Dec 2017 #27

Palates? OilemFirchen Dec 2017 #28

Thieves need to be dealt with. alphafemale Dec 2017 #18