Sheriff claims deputies didn’t search lacrosse group’s personal objects, physique digital camera exhibits in any other case

LIBERTY COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC/Grey News) - An incident that involved gamers from a college’s lacrosse team and deputies in Georgia stays underneath investigation.

WTOC experiences Delaware State University President Tony Allen released a statement on Monday responding to the incident that reportedly happened on April 20 in Liberty County.

Allen wrote Georgia law enforcement stopped a bus for a minor visitors violation with the Delaware State Lacrosse team on board. Deputies searched the belongings of the student-athletes, together with suitcases with drug-sniffing dogs.

“100% you can’t be in that left lane in any respect,” stated a Liberty County Sheriff’s Deputy.

The staff was returning house from a recreation in Florida and traveling by a contracted bus, in response to Allen.

Liberty County Sheriff William Bowman held a information convention concerning the incident but took no questions. He claimed that no private items on the bus had been searched.

Body digital camera video obtained by WTOC, however, clearly showed the deputies going by means of the students’ bags and even remedy.

The college president wrote in his assertion that videos taken by players confirmed legislation enforcement trying to intimidate them into confessing to possession of drugs and/or drug paraphernalia.

“They didn’t actually ask us,” stated Sydney Anderson, a Delaware State Lacrosse Player. “They knowledgeable us of what they’re gonna do and no one questioned them...we simply allow them to rattle through our stuff.”

A player on the bus requested: “How did we go from being within the flawed lane to going by means of our bags?”

A deputy responded: “Nicely, he stopped y’all, he didn’t stop y’all for a site visitors violation...he stopped the driver for a traffic violation.”

Nothing unlawful was found within the search, and Allen informed the public that he has contacted Delaware’s governor, the Black Caucus and other state officers.

Allen wrote that everyone was incensed over the incident.

Allen additionally added the next:

“We don't intend to let this or another incident like it cross idly by. We are ready to go wherever the evidence leads us. We have now video. We've got allies. Maybe more significantly, we've the courage of our convictions.”

Allen concluded his assertion by writing, “We will never be bullied into believing something aside from what we're: Americans, learners, teachers, builders—useful and honorable individuals able to soar.”

Copyright 2022 WTOC via Grey Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.