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Originally Posted by Samarta
Brian,
I agree 100% and as I said, this isn't about O.J. at all, nor do I think it's about race....my opinion simply is that once he takes out a license to own a public establishment, he cannot decide to serve or not to serve based on his personal beliefs...and had this been anyone but O.J., (who is an egotistical ass on top of being a double murderer, but had sense enough to leave without incident) they would have been on every tv channel is Louisville telling their story and then some civil action attorney lurking in the shadows would come out, draft up a lawsuit, and if the owner doesn't settle or file bankruptcy, they go to court and the owner loses.
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Yes he can. That's what you're missing. As long as there is no proof that the owner refused to serve them based on a protected class (ie, the Denny's thing from way back with their black customers...) then he can do whatever the hell he wants to with his restaurant.
You can think it was wrong all day long, but the fact remains that he was well well well within his legal bounds to do what he did.