Questions raised over South Carolina traffic stop of bus carrying Shaw University students

<p>VISIT OUR TEAM AT THE WRAL TOWN. &gt;&gt; RIGHT NOW, IT’S 6 SHOW UNIVERSITY SAYS ITS GENERAL COUNSEL IS INVESTIGATING AFTER SOUTH CAROLINA DEPUTIES STOPPED THE BUS WITH ITS STUDENTS ON BOARD, THEN SEARCHED THE LOWER COMPARTMENT WITH DRUG-SNIFFING DOGS. THIS IS A STORY WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING SINCE IT BROKE 24 HOURS AGO TODAY, GOVERNOR ROY COOPER SAID HE IS JUST AS CONCERNED AS TOP LEADERS AT SHAW ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M GERALD OWENS AND I’M DEBRA MORGAN. THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WANTS PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS TO REACH OUT TO SOUTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT WRAL’S CULLEN BROWDER IS HERE NOW AFTER INVESTIGATING SEARCHES AND PROFILING CONCERNS COLLIN MERGER. WE’RE STILL WAITING A FULL ACCOUNTING OF EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. BUT AT ITS CORE, YOU’VE GOT A BUS CARRYING BLACK COLLEGE STUDENTS STOPPED AND SEARCHED BY DOGS. THE OPTICS OF THIS &gt;&gt; ARE DRAWING HEAVY CRITICISM. &gt;&gt; ACCORDING TO SHAW, 18 STUDENTS FROM THE HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY RUN A CHARTER BUS OCTOBER 5TH WITH NO SCHOOL SIGNAGE HEADED TO A CONFERENCE IN ATLANTA. THEY WERE PULLED OVER ON. I-85 WHERE DEPUTIES USE DOGS TO STEP THROUGH LUGGAGE IN THE LOWER BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT. WHILE THE DRIVER FACED A MINOR TRAFFIC OFFENSE. NO STUDENTS WERE CITED IF LAW ENFORCEMENT. &gt;&gt; COLD SOBER BOSS FOR A TRAFFIC VIOLATION. THEY ARE MEDICALLY HAVE THE RIGHT TO SEARCH. &gt;&gt; ABSOLUTELY NOT. NASH COUNTY SHERIFF KEITH STONE DOESN’T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. BUT AFTER YEARS OF WORKING TRAFFIC STOPS, HE KNOWS OFFICERS MUST EITHER HAVE CONSENT OR PROBABLE CAUSE TO SEARCH. YOU TREAT EVERYBODY FIRE IN TO TREAT EVERYBODY THE SAME AND IT IS WRONG FOR ONE RACE IS ON FOR ANOTHER ICE. THE STOP APPEARS TO BE PART OF AN ANNUAL DRUG INTERDICTION OPERATION IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA WERE OFFICERS MADE HUNDREDS OF STOPS AND CONFISCATED GUNS, CASH AND POUNDS OF DRUGS. WELL, THEY HAVEN’T CONFIRMED THE SHOW A SURGE YET. THEY SHARED STATISTICS THAT SHOW 315 WHITE PEOPLE CITED LAST WEEK ALONG WITH 308 BLACK PEOPLE. YOU KNOW WHY STUDENTS WERE RACIAL GROUP? &gt;&gt; AS AN ALLY, NORTH CAROLINA NAACP PRESIDENT DEBORAH DICK’S MAXWELL BELIEVES THOSE SHOWS STUDENTS WERE TARGETED TO ME IS THIS IS A RASMUSSEN BECAUSE THEN YOU STEP ON THE BUS, HELPING YOU HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE TO GO FOR AS A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNOR’S TASK FORCE ON RACIAL EQUITY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. &gt;&gt; WE DO NOT WANT THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN. &gt;&gt; MAXWELL COMPARED THE SHAH INCIDENT TO THE CONTROVERSIAL STOP OF THE DELAWARE STATE LACROSSE TEAM IN GEORGIA JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, SHORE UNIVERSITY LEADERS HAVE BEEN MEETING THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON THIS VERY ISSUE. AND WE’RE ALSO WAITING ON MORE AND ANSWERS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA LAW</p>