Sheriff claims deputies didn’t search lacrosse crew’s private gadgets, body camera exhibits in any other case

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

WTOC reviews Delaware State College President Tony Allen released a press release 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 visitors violation with the Delaware State Lacrosse team on board. Deputies searched the belongings of the student-athletes, including suitcases with drug-sniffing canines.

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

The workforce was returning dwelling from a recreation in Florida and touring by a contracted bus, according to Allen.

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

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

The college president wrote in his statement that videos taken by players showed legislation enforcement making an attempt to intimidate them into confessing to possession of drugs and/or drug paraphernalia.

“They didn’t actually ask us,” mentioned Sydney Anderson, a Delaware State Lacrosse Participant. “They informed us of what they’re gonna do and no one questioned them...we just let them rattle via our stuff.”

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

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

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

Allen wrote that everybody was incensed over the incident.

Allen also added the next:

“We do not intend to let this or some other incident prefer it pass idly by. We are prepared to go wherever the proof leads us. We've video. We have now allies. Maybe more significantly, we've got the braveness of our convictions.”

Allen concluded his statement by writing, “We will never be bullied into believing anything other than what we are: People, learners, teachers, builders—helpful and honorable folks able to soar.”

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