Liberty County Sheriff William Bowman held a press conference Tuesday in front of the Liberty County Justice Center to respond to allegations his deputies racially profiled a bus full of Delaware State University female lacrosse players during an April 20 traffic stop on I-95.Bowman's press conference lasted around six minutes. He did not take questions at the end but denied racial profiling took place.The incident gained national attention after the president of the university, a historic black college, said the bus was searched after the traffic stop, traumatizing the bus load of predominantly Black female student athletes and coaching staff. A video shot by a student shows two white deputies inside the bus telling the students they needed to come clean if they had drugs in their bags.According to initial LCSO reports, a deputy had a K-9 officer walk around the bus during the stop and the dog alerted for drugs.
Bowman addresses DSU bus stop incident
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