An incident that involved players from a university’s lacrosse team and deputies in Georgia remains under investigation.
Highlights
- Delaware State University President Tony Allen released a statement on Monday responding to the incident that reportedly happened on April 20 in Georgia.
- Georgia law 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.
- The team was returning home from a game in Florida and traveling by a contracted bus, according to Allen.
- Video shows the deputies going through the students’ bags and even medication.
- Video taken by players shows officers attempting to intimidate them into confessing to possession of drugs and/or drug paraphernalia.