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

LIBERTY COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC/Grey News) - An incident that concerned players from a university’s lacrosse team and deputies in Georgia remains below investigation.

WTOC reviews Delaware State University President Tony Allen launched a statement on Monday responding to the incident that reportedly occurred on April 20 in Liberty County.

Allen wrote Georgia regulation 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 possibly can’t be in that left lane at all,” stated a Liberty County Sheriff’s Deputy.

The workforce was returning residence from a sport in Florida and traveling by a contracted bus, according to Allen.

Liberty County Sheriff William Bowman held a information conference in regards to the incident however took no questions. He claimed that no private gadgets on the bus had been searched.

Body digicam video obtained by WTOC, however, clearly showed the deputies going by the scholars’ luggage and even treatment.

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

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

A participant on the bus asked: “How did we go from being within the mistaken lane to going through our luggage?”

A deputy responded: “Effectively, he stopped y’all, he didn’t stop y’all for a site visitors violation...he stopped the driving force for a site visitors violation.”

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

Allen wrote that everyone was incensed over the incident.

Allen also added the following:

“We don't intend to let this or some other incident prefer it cross idly by. We are prepared to go wherever the evidence leads us. We have now video. We've got allies. Maybe extra significantly, we now have the braveness of our convictions.”

Allen concluded his assertion by writing, “We are going to never be bullied into believing something apart from what we're: Individuals, learners, teachers, builders—helpful and honorable people able to soar.”

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