according to the police report, the suspect in this case jonathan aladdin tried stealing two bottles of wine. the employee tried to take a picture of the suspect. that's when the two got into a fight. the suspect supposedly hit the employee's phone out of his hand and then police were called to according to individuals who were with the suspect, they say the store employee was profiling the student and that he is the one who started the altercation. that's why they are out here right now. i spoke to an organizer just a little bit ago. she tells me this protest began yesterday. they were out here 12 hours yesterday and plan to be here 12 hours today and began to gather at 11:00 and plan to be out here well. she said this stems from not just this incident but a history of racial profiling here at this store. we will try to talk to the people who own gibson's and get more on their side of the story. this is what we are seeing in downtown oberlin right now. getting answers, shelby miller, cleveland 19 news. >> romona: let's go to cincinnati where an officer is on trial. after three days

police say that suspect, 19-year-old jonathan aladdin claims he was racially profiled. which sparked the protest and now this. a flash mob supporting the family business. >>man:. jj store since he was again and has worked here. >>man: it is nice to see nice to see them supported local business like that. >>reporter: they were supposed to protest here but no sign of them. instead a huge crowd outside the store a crowd of supporters and inside a line. these owners have never seen before. >>reporter: i was hoping they remember the name of what it is but i was coming here anyway. >>reporter: the ordeal that was posted on facebook brought in customers for miles away. >>reporter: it is amazing what facebook can generate. so there is a lot of support to make up for the loss of business they were experiencing. >>reporter: aladdin is in jail waiting for his day in court as are two of his female friends who were with him and charged with assault. getting answers in overlake, cleveland sentencing is set for monday for a man who admitted murdering a gas owner. robert sigler pleaded

according to the police report, the suspect in this case jonathan aladdin tried stealing two bottles of wine. the employee tried to take a picture of the suspect. that's when the two got into a fight. the suspect supposedly hit the employee's phone out of his hand and then police were called to

two days protesters have been part of th not buying the police report that says 19-year-old jonathan aladdin assaulted store employee alan gibson when he tried to stop him from stealing wine. when police pulled up the report says they saw gibson lying on his back with several individuals kneeling over him punching and kicking him and appeared to have a swollen lip and abrasion to arms, wrist and neck. >> he didn't rob anyone. he did not assault anyone. denot threaten to assault anyone. >> reporter: you said you have right? how do you know that? >> i know eye witnesses that saw the account and swear that's what happened. >> reporter: aladdin arrested for robbery. two women he was with arrested for assault. flyers handed out tonight called it a "particularly heiness event." >> it's another example of the racial prejudice upheld by gibson's bakery. >> the begin sons are not what they claim to be. >> reporter: trey james works at gibsons, was here when the arrest went down. >> it's a simple story. kid got arrested. >> reporter: some white shoplifters arrested this week as well he points out. >>

according to a police report, wednesday night a store employee accused jonathan aladdin of stealing two bottles of wine. the worker told police he tried to take a picture and keep him in the store but he slaps the phone out of his hands and able to get outside. police say when they arrived, they saw a group of people punching and kicking the store worker. they have handed out a flyer saying a member of their community had been assaulted and the bakery has a history of racial profiling. now, aladdin and two other women were in court this morning. i did speak with one of the store owners. she says more people have come into the store in the last two days telling them that they cleveland 19 news. >> mark: lacy, thank you very much. >>> vice president elect mike pence will take over the job of >> c chris christie. this comes on the helm of the protests nationwide we told you about earlier after initially blaming the unrest on professional protestors insighted by the media. trump credited them this morning for having passion for our yesterday trump made his first visit to the white house bef

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