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Delaware State University 'incensed' after lacrosse team's bus searched in Georgia​

A college women's lacrosse team feels traumatized after its charter bus was stopped by police while traveling through Georgia, an incident that has left the school's president "incensed."

The Delaware State University women’s lacrosse team was traveling north on I-95 in Liberty County, Georgia, southwest of Savannah, on April 20. The Hornets were returning home after playing their final game of the season at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, on April 19.

Video accompanying the story taken by DSU player Saniya Craft shows an officer saying, "If there is anything in y’all’s luggage, we’re probably gonna find it, OK? I’m not looking for a little bit of marijuana but I’m pretty sure you guys’ chaperones are probably gonna be disappointed in you if we find any."

By that time, Liberty County Sheriff’s Office deputies had begun removing players’ bags from the vehicle’s cargo bay to search after asking Jones to open it. Police had a drug-sniffing dog at the scene.

Deputies knew those on board were on a lacrosse team.

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Video at https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/lacrosse/2022/05/10/delaware-state-lacrosse-team-charter-bus-stopped-searched-in-georgia/9713909002/

Illegal search
No search warrant
Black driver and passengers

:bigthink:


Next they'll stop them to give them pregnancy test before letting them leave the state.
 
It was not made clear what probable cause the white officers had to search the predominantly Black student-athletes bags. Their search included bringing out a K-9 dog and “tossing underwear and other feminine products, in an attempt to locate narcotics.” The initial number of officers on the scene also grew quickly from two to six.

No drugs or illegal items were found amongst their luggage or on the bus. The driver, who is Black, was not issued a citation for the presumed violation.

“When I saw the police come on the bus and then accuse us of having narcotics, I was reminded that living as black women in America, you are scrutinized when just trying to live,” Pamella Jenkins, head women’s lacrosse coach at DSU, told The Hornet. “Unfortunately, this is our reality daily and when they go low we must go high. I’m proud of how our team stayed calm and especially proud of Mica Lambert for asking the officer a thought-provoking question. It’s been a stressful few days, but our team handled that tense situation with the utmost class and respect.”

DSU president Tony Allen made a statement to the university community about the incident in a letter on Monday, saying that the school has informed Delaware Gov. John Carney, the state Attorney General’s office, Delaware’s congressional delegation, and the Congressional Black Caucus about the incident.

“They, like me, are incensed,” Allen wrote. “We have also reached out to Georgia Law Enforcement and are exploring options for recourse – legal and otherwise – available to our student-athletes, our coaches, and the university.

https://thecomeback.com/ncaa/delaware-state-womens-lacrosse-georgia-racial-profiling.html
 
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