Sheriff claims deputies didn’t search lacrosse workforce’s personal gadgets, physique camera exhibits in any other case

LIBERTY COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC/Gray News) - An incident that concerned gamers from a university’s lacrosse group and deputies in Georgia stays under investigation.

WTOC reports Delaware State College President Tony Allen launched an announcement on Monday responding to the incident that reportedly happened on April 20 in Liberty County.

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

“100% you'll be able to’t be in that left lane in any respect,” mentioned a Liberty County Sheriff’s Deputy.

The workforce was returning house from a sport in Florida and traveling by a contracted bus, in line with Allen.

Liberty County Sheriff William Bowman held a news conference about the incident but took no questions. He claimed that no personal gadgets on the bus have been searched.

Physique digital camera video obtained by WTOC, nonetheless, clearly confirmed the deputies going via the students’ baggage and even remedy.

The university president wrote in his statement that videos taken by players showed regulation enforcement attempting to intimidate them into confessing to possession of drugs and/or drug paraphernalia.

“They didn’t really ask us,” mentioned Sydney Anderson, a Delaware State Lacrosse Player. “They informed us of what they’re gonna do and no one questioned them...we simply allow them to rattle by way of our stuff.”

A player on the bus requested: “How did we go from being in the flawed lane to going by way of our baggage?”

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

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

Allen wrote that everybody was incensed over the incident.

Allen additionally added the following:

“We do not intend to let this or every other incident prefer it go idly by. We are ready to go wherever the evidence leads us. We've got video. We have allies. Maybe more considerably, we've the courage of our convictions.”

Allen concluded his assertion by writing, “We are going to by no means be bullied into believing anything aside from what we are: Individuals, learners, teachers, builders—useful and honorable folks ready to soar.”

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