RALEIGH, N.C. — Two South Carolina sheriffs are pushing back against claims that officers targeted a bus full of students from a historically Black university earlier this month.
Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright and Cherokee County Sheriff Steve Mueller said at a joint press conference Monday that Shaw University President Paulette Dillard's version of events of a traffic stop were wrong.
Dillard said the traffic stop was reminiscent of the 1950s and 1960s when segregation was still practiced widely in the South. She went on,"I wish racism would die the ugly, cruel death it deserves. And if anything we are ever doing is racist, I want to know it, I want to fix it and I want to never let it happen again, but this case right here has nothing to do with racism."
The video also shows an officer searching the driver for weapons after he placed his hand in his pockets. The driver pulls out candy from his pockets while engaging in conversation with the officer, according to the video.Wright said he's reached out to Dillard but hasn't been able to speak to her.
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