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  WSOC

  HBCU files complaint seeking federal review of SC bus search

  A historically Black university in North Carolina announced Monday that it has filed a complaint with the Department of Justice seeking a review of a search of a bus carrying students during a traffic stop in South Carolina last month.

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  Associated Press

  HBCU files complaint seeking review of bus search

  A historically Black university in North Carolina announced Monday that it has filed a complaint with the Department of Justice seeking a review of a search of a bus carrying students during a traffic stop in South Carolina last month. Shaw University President Paulette Dillard has accused law enforcement officers in Spartanburg County of racially profiling the 18 students traveling on a contract bus from Raleigh, North Carolina, to a conference in Atlanta on Oct. 5. Two South Carolina sheriff

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  Raleigh News and Observer

  Shaw University files federal complaint after student bus stopped and searched

  “Let’s be clear,” said Paulette Dillard, president of the historically Black university in Raleigh.. “Racism is about power and systems.”

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  Blavity

  Sheriffs Dismiss HBCU President's Racism Allegation As 'Just False' Following Traffic Stop

  Officers say they did nothing wrong while stopping a busload of people from a historically Black college or university (HBCU).

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  WSOC

  SC sheriff: ‘No truth’ in HBCU president’s comments on bus stop

  A South Carolina sheriff said a historically Black university president’s statement accusing law enforcement officers of racial profiling in a recent bus stop was “just false.”

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  Spartanburg Herald-Journal

  Sheriff Chuck Wright defends stop of Shaw University bus, says 'nothing to do' with racism

  The Spartanburg and Cherokee Sheriff's Offices released the body camera footage of a traffic stop of a bus containing Shaw University students, staff.

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  The State

  Lawmakers want DOJ probe into SC traffic stop of Black students that found only Krispy Kreme donuts

  A K-9 alerted on a bag in the cargo hold that held a box of Krispy Kreme donuts. Nothing illegal was found.

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  Associated Press

  Sheriff: ‘No truth’ in HBCU president’s comments on bus stop

  A South Carolina sheriff said a historically Black university president's statement accusing law enforcement officers of racial profiling in a recent bus stop was “just false.” Shaw University President Paulette Dillard wrote she was “outraged” after law enforcement officers in Spartanburg County on Oct. 5 stopped a contract bus transporting students from the historically Black university in Raleigh, North Carolina to a conference in Atlanta. Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright emphasized

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  Raleigh News and Observer

  ‘Nothing to do with racism.’ SC sheriff rebuts Shaw president’s claims after bus search

  A bus carrying 18 students and two advisers from the historically Black university in Raleigh was stopped and searched in Spartanburg County, SC on Oct. 5 for a minor traffic violation.

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  Raleigh News and Observer

  NC Democrats want Justice Department probe of sheriff’s office after Shaw bus search

  Democrats in the congressional delegation want an independent review and a pattern-of-practice investigation into the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office.

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