DSU to file civil rights complaint over drug search of lacrosse team bus
ABC News
Delaware State University plans to file a civil rights complaint with the Department of Justice over a drug search of a bus transporting its women's lacrosse team.
Delaware State University announced plans to file a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice over what its president called a "constitutionally dubious" drug search of a bus transporting its women's lacrosse team through Georgia last month.
The historically Black university intends to file the complaint next week, alleging "misconduct" by the Liberty County Sheriff's Office, the school's president, Tony Allen, said during a press briefing Friday.
Allen did not go into detail on the contents of the complaint ahead of the filing, but said that "from our standpoint, the evidence is clear and compelling."
"What we believe is that the search was conducted inappropriately, and there was implicit racial bias in the search," he said, noting that the lacrosse team is 70% African American.