That so call thing call Sheriff, just lying between his teeth he's trying to save his ass by taking sides with his corrupted cops, their bags was search he lied and said their bags were not search, now tell me this why didn't the Driver receive a citation you know why because the stop was Racial Motivated,, like I said that Sheriff should Never Ever Ever be sheriff again with his Country A??
You're absolutely right that officer went on that bus to see what color those people are he had no business on the bus at all he already had the driver outside then went back to his patrol car and thought about the weed had that been a busload of red people whose fathers are doctors lawyers that bus would never had gotten searched it has always been poked at the little guy these people has a sneaky way of doing evil and acting nice at the same time the devil in blue suits given Badges and guns not all are bad but 95%
The interviewer did not ask the million dollar question...when the officer went on the bus and saw that it was a female team would he have continued in the same exact way had those faces been pale??? That is the question.
@@peterjohansen3925 Huh? An attorney? For what? Do you know how much a lawyer charges per hour? While on a 12 hour (more or less)trip from Florida to Delaware just in case they MIGHT get pulled over? Plus a Lawyer licensed to practice in Delaware isn’t able to practice in Georgia or another state. You don’t need a lawyer just someone who knows their rights. I get what you’re saying cuz this whole situation was BS. But it happens hundreds of times a day every day around the country. I’m glad they’re being held accountable & being called out in this scenario because this stuff needs to stop.
There is no excuse for searching those students bags. There is no justification. And for the sheriff to say that their personal items were not searched, when the body cam show officers going through medication, bags, and opening gifts shows that the sheriff's office has no problem lying to the public.
Ma'am the dog alerted to drugs. Do you suggest not using canines anymore??? What should they have done when he alerted??? You are the type to bash the Police but call 911 and hope they come quick right???
@@davewylie654 Dogs have been shown to be wrong over an over. Also, you need to trust the officer is being honest with seeing an alert. It is basically the lawless wild west when dogs are used. Yes, dogs should not be used.
@@shannonnaser so do you suggest getting rid of police k9's?? And I do agree with you about some cops saying "he alerted" when clearly they held the dog there
@@davewylie654 If the police need probable cause to search a vehicle with their hands and eyes, then a search using a canine's nose should also require probable cause. And I don't believe the k9 unit was already there. The deputies called over the k9 saying they thought they'd find 'weed' because they were college students.
Law enforcement will ALWAYS lie and exaggerate to protect themselves and to justify their actions. Seldom do they admit to a mistake - unlike most humans, they see themselves incapable of making an error in judgement or how they perform their duties. It’s UNREAL!!!
Please accept responsibility for what your department did. You don’t need to explain anything to Delaware State University. You don’t need to explain anything to those students. You need to explain to your department that what they did was wrong. Don’t be a puppet. You are either promoting this behavior or you tolerate. Both are TERRIBLE. Your department racially profiled and violated the rights of those students. It has nothing to do with how difficult the officers job is. Those students didn’t attack the officers. They were innocent citizens traveling on a bus and they were humiliated and had their rights violated. Talk to your department and to your community. Then you won’t need to talk to anyone else with the BS.
OMG, you totally nailed it. They need to stop protecting things that diminish public trust in law enforcement. A traffic violation should never rise to this level.
It's obvious that this guy is just a pawn for the real people that run the department and city that he's in. Yet he truly believes that he has control.
Whenever he look to the right, I bet u his lawyer is standing behind the interview crew. He's checking with the lawyer if he's saying the right thing. Waiting for hand or head signals.
He said “we are too quick to judge.” When in fact, your officers where extremely too quick to judge a bus full of college students and athletes. Your officers did not once treat them as such. Those officers put them young aspiring ladies through an traumatized experience and did not once apologize to them at all. It felt like to me that they where disappointed that they didn’t find any criminal activities to profile them on. The bus driver and the young ladies spoke and answered questions with so much respect, and the whole time the cops where speaking to them as if they where criminal. Assuming the worse. At best, the bus driver should have just gotten a ticket and kept it moving. I’m sure these cops, collectively, have a lot of experiences doing their jobs, and that their intuition told them there was nothing suspicious on this bus with those college students. They just chose to be assholes and put them young black college women through a traumatized experience. Meanwhile, real criminal where probably passing by them as they where being assholes to some college students. Shameful to the State of Georgia…Just pure shameful!!! Your state has the longest history in police brutality and terrorizing innocence Americans based on skin color. Fix your shit.
This interviewer is horrible he is not asking the right questions and this Police Chief is sidestepping if it was a driving infraction give him a ticket, the Ladies on that bus were not part of that driving infraction and shouldn't have had their things rummaged through like that if he didn't think they did anything wrong why do a interview to cover-up for your officers.
The Sheriff judged, he said they did not search their bags. You lied they lied. You are trying to protect your job, not rock the boat. It was wrong. they were trying to intimidate them. No one needs to talk to a group of people who continue to lie, and they are never wrong.
"Sheriff, if your dog "hit" on drugs that was there on a bus that has traveled hundreds of miles in the previous weeks, and there were no drugs found, then why do you consider your dogs to be reliable? The accuracy of your dogs is no better than a coin toss. I suspect that your dogs don't react to drugs, but instead react to cues for their handlers. You are violating the 4th Amendment of hundreds of people with such sloppy practices."
You don't know what you're talking about. If the dog hit on something that is probable cause right there. However, there does not seem to have been any reasonable suspicion to employ the dog in the first place, given what the officers articulated at the time. The SC has held that in a traffic stop, where there is reasonable suspicion, you may employ the dog.
@@carlfoster1952 back the Blue, until it happens to you. The sheriff said that they pulled the bus over for driving in the left lane of a highway with three lanes in each direction (not a crime), and "since the dogs were already there, we had them go around the bus". No probable cause. The dog "hit" on something, yet nothing was found. Where is the probable cause for searching luggage? Take your time, we'll wait.....
His dogs aren't reliable they're an excuse to racially profile black college students for drug use. Proving law Professor Doctor Kimberly Kershaw's CRT-(Critical Race Theory) assessment to still have unfortunate cultural social legs in America. Because of Americas historical CRT - (Caucasian Racist Thinking) 🤔 Can't end one without ending the other. Isn't that what higher education should be about ? Truth + Wisdom = Peace ✌ 🙏 👏 .
I don’t care if these cops had some kind of “sting “ to check busses on a stretch of highway. A moving violation of the driver has NOTHING to do with the passengers. And I’m sorry- the bus was searched because of an AIR SNIFF? It didn’t even hit on the bus - it hit on the air. This was a clear case of racial bias and profiling. An egregious violation of the 4th amendment rights.
@@imbalancedstatus8824 100%. Open air sniff means a vehicle with 50lbs of weed in the trunk driving by could have caused the "hit". I watched one of the officers bodycam footage, officers were talking about a cell phone charger they found on the side if the road. Maybe there was some weed on the side of that road. Also...need more info but I the dog might have been used AFTER the luggage bays were opened. Saying a dog hit on the trunk of my car is different than opening my my trunk and then saying they smelled something.
If it is true that it was an air sniff that the dog alerted on, then the officer should have had the dog sniff each and every individual bag to determine which bag had the alert on it. They didn't do that.
Ok I'm done. I tried to watch the whole interview. I tried to give this sheriff a chance. What a total waste of time. First the reporter failed to do his homework. He failed to contradict or question statements made by this person that were clearly false regarding traffic stops in general and this stop in particular that were clearly false. Buses traveling in the left lane in Georgia is not illegal, the regulation only applies to transport trucks like semi's. The regulation specifically says it does not apply to buses. There is no such thing as open air alerts, he completely made that shit up. Furthermore Georgia's ruling on drug search dogs usage clearly states that the use of drug dogs in the course of a routine traffic stop without reasonable suspicion shall be considered a violation of civil rights. And no they are not doing this all over the country. This person was so shifty, his body language was giving off so many clear indications of lying that I couldn't take it anymore.
Wrong, the only color they care about is green. This happens thousands of times every day all over the country, and for the most part, the people being pulled over are white and so are the cops. They screw everyone equally and then they steal from them using asset forfeiture. No charges are filed, but you have to prove your innocence before they will return your property. They are road pirates using fraudulent methods to make contact with travelers and search their vehicles fraudulently as well. Any type of assets you have in your vehicle that they discover, they will take using asset forfeiture. They are not required to file any criminal charges, but you still must prove your innocence before the criminals will return your stolen property. This happens all across our country to the tune of billions of dollars every year. And the law is written that the local cops and District Attorneys office get to keep these assets for themselves. Now you know why these cops are out there on our highways victimizing passers by. Greedy bully's who enjoy using their badges and guns to stop you, search you, and steal from you. Using fear, threats, and violence if you do not cooperate and let them rob you.
Four things that stood out to me about this stop. First is when one of the officers said that there was a whole bunch of schoolgirls on the bus and there's probably some weed. He was dead wrong. Second, the officer who told them to enjoy the rest of their trip should have instead apologized for wasting their time. Third, the sheriff and the officer in charge at the scene should have publicly apologized to the citizens of Hinesville for wasting their tax payer dollars and resources. Fourth, the sheriff said his officers did not go through their personal belongings, but the body cams show differently. They even opened a package sent to one of the young women by her aunt. It was a dictionary. I hope that Delaware State takes legal action and/or each family of these innocent young women or the women themselves at least file formal complaints, if not lawsuits, against the department.
I agree with you!!!!! The whole bus needs to file a lawsuit. That is why he wants to meet with those young ladies. So he can talk his way into another lie. 🤨
@@scidasalt1 I've seen NBC and CNN report that it was a dictionary, even though they say the words "book safe" like six times in the bodycam video. It might seem insignificant, but they just need to do better. That's my point.
The traffic stop itself was improper. The officer stopped the bus for operating in the left lane. Bus driver said he was passing a vehicle. Officer says "trucks" not permitted in left lane. Georgia code defines "truck" as a vehicle with 6 wheels or more EXCEPT for buses and motorcoaches. The fact that they had a canine unit present tells me that this was a police unit set up on the interstate to pull over out of state vehicles to search for civil forfeiture purposes.
The whole department and anyone involved needs to be held accountable. This is totally unacceptable to search through all the bags and search for narcotics for no reason. The video shows exactly what the police did. This guy is lying and should be ashamed of himself. I think police are so important in our country and stuff like this isn't helping. The Sheriff could of said we're looking into the matter and not lie about the bodycam.
The reporter is terrible. The body cam showed the officer say "it's a bunch of teenager girls so it's probably some weed". That's what initiated the violation of their civil rights.
Who did the interview, his nephew? Such softballs. Routine traffic stop, followed by a routine illegal search. Along with an illegal prolonged detainment.
The deputy who told the young women to enjoy the rest of their trip should have apologized right then and there for wasting their time. You're right, they should apologize to not only the young women and their coach, but to the citizens of Hinesville for wasting their tax payer dollars and resources.
I went thru this so many times, stop me ask a million questions, I always ask them if you stopped me for a traffic violation give me the ticket so I can go about my way!
People need understand when stopped by law enforcement while driving, only provide license, registration and proof of insurance when asked. Do not answer questions or attempt to explain your actions. Where you are going or been is not their business. Just remain silent invoke 5th and 4th. Do not say sir or humble yourself if no infraction or crime. Do not curse or be confrontational either. If you are walking in public do not provide ID or answer questions in no ID states.
That bus driver talked waaay too much. Even the officer told the other officers the driver was a bit talkative. Officers look at over-talking as a sign of nervousness.
@@amihogatai8432 definitely passengers should NOT engage with the police because EACH passengers RIGHTS are "SEPARATE" from the driver's RIGHTS. Only the person accused of the violation/crime should be talking. The police will ATTEMPT to engage with everyone in the vehicle, but, it's up to you to invoke your right to remain silent and no search or seizures of your property. The more you talk the more the police can manipulate you. You have a right to remain silent unless their is RAS of a violation/crime with you personally. The driver being stopped is under investigation, NOT the passengers. Check your State's statutes for clarity, each state may be different.
I can’t even listen to this fool anymore. He’s straight up lying through his teeth and he knows it. The dog didn’t hit on a damn thing, this was profiling at its best and the continued racism that this country knows and perpetuates. They should seriously sue and I’m pretty sure they would win, the dash cam on the officers clearly shows them searching the women’s personal property which they had no legal right to do.
From the moment the officers on that drug interdiction task force saw that bus, it was going to be pulled over and searched. The left lane violation was just the excuse.
Exactly. They can make what they’re doing try to sound official. It’s still illegal. They are using pretext traffic stops to target drivers. They are stopping people to get access. They think have a drug dog “already there “ means that can dog sniffs on every car that crosses their paths. They can’t. In order to legally call out the dogs - there needs to be probable cops of some kind of drug activity. They didn’t have it. A dog getting an “air hit “ is like a smelling a fart in the wind. The passengers are not subject to a search because of the fault of the driver.
@@karinaz8756 Got a good laugh from your "a dog getting an air hit is like smelling a fart in the wind". Funny. I agree that the cops needed probable cause to get the dog involved and they didn't have it.
This was an illegal stop from the start. "Busses and motorcoaches" are specifically excluded from O.C.G.A. 40-6-52 (A) lane restrictions and are allowed to use any lane. The Officers and Sheriff should be fired and charged with violation of the students civil rights.
however, there is a separate GA statute regarding buses and motorcoaches - O.C.G.A. § 40-6-53(a) specifically relates to three-lane interstate highways, and the letter of the law is express in this.. but, there is specific signage on this stretch of highway that specifically restrict trucks, and such signage is required by the other statute related to trucks, so it's very clear to see how and why the bus driver or any larger passenger transport vehicle might be confused.. in my opinion the statutes are too ambiguous and should be addressed with legislative clarifications.. with all that said, it appears there was initially a valid reason for the stop but it quickly devolved into 4th and 14th amendment violations.. they overstepped the boundaries the moment the officer stepped onto the bus to begin lecturing the passengers.. the action of the officers was purely shameful and clearly pretextual
@@JK_Chapman I see what you're saying as far as 40-6-53, it does relate to specifically buses and motorcoaches on 3 lane highways. I see that, but, how did it go from a wrong lane moving violation to the officers entering the bus without asking the driver, nor having RAS to do so. Also, what RAS was found to have their dogs do a "Terry Smell" (terry frisk) on the outside of the vehicle, then searching their personal belongings only to find NOTHING because narc dogs pick up on ANY substances, including legal medications. They overstepped what should have been a ticket and on about their day. No RAS to have the dogs sniff "Terry Smell" the outside of the bus.
@@dennisjohnsen7297 by the officers doing ALL that crap and going THAT far just for a wrong lane, LMAO, after they INITIALLY found out they were kids on a sports team headed to a game or wherever. I 100% believe in this day and age, that they did all that because that driver was black. Anyone else would've got a warning and a cheer for the game. They immediately expected a drug bust or trafficking. If racism played no part, then they sure made themselves look that way. It's funny how you so quick to rule out only racism, in this day and age. They didn't say it out loud, but they acted upon it. Suspicious for sure.
If the bus had a lane violation, why wasn’t the driver ticketed? The only feedback this sheriff needs is the lawsuit they should get from the university
So what statute in Georgia law was violated by the bus driving in the left lane. The statute I read excludes buses. 40-6-52 - Trucks using multilane highways - "As used in this Code section, the term "truck" means any vehicle equipped with more than six wheels, except buses and motorcoaches." The pretextual stop was unconstitutional to begin with so running the probable cause on four legs around the bus was also unconsitutional. Think about this an entire bus full of college students and no weed was found. It seems Fido needs to go back for more training.
I agree! That same four legged animal had my 70 year old father outside, early one morning on the side of the road with his SOCKS OFF!!! MORE TRAINING IS NEEDED IN LIBERTY COUNTY!
Depends on the state. I’m truck driver , I’ve seen the exception on interstates in Illinois but Georgia it’s no trucks with trailers or vehicles with more than six wheels.
He is declaring the officers innocent without any type of investigation. His focus should be on finding the truth and not on saving his political career.
@@sportsfan5548 The deputies won... They got consent through threat and intimidation. Exactly as they were trained to do. In court they will argue that they got consent. They are crooked, no doubt about it.
@Robert Heyward Unfortunately, I was partly wrong. She gave him permission but did not want to know what it was. and asked him to wrap it back up. He did so. I heard one case there was a necklace but I think it was this particular package. So their strong arming them and being somewhat courteous I now believe is 50% to 70% racial profiling, but the rest is they are used to violating people's rights.
This guy just turned himself into a 'joke.' A law enforcement officer is willing to pay off the victims than hold the officers accountable. The stop was not illegal, the search of the vehicle was illegal. A drug interdiction search is walking the dog around the vehicle, not removing items from the vehicle or opening any counterparts of the vehicle.
To make matters worse he's going down with the ship by Continuing to cover up his prior dumb comments. He reminds me of a Herschel Walker clone. Conservative Politics is definitely in his future.
From what I understand if k9 gives an alert that gives law the right to do a searched.Probable cause and that like it or not is legal.Now I do believe once those officers seen that the girls were predominantly black I think that’s where it all went wrong.
The stop was unlawful, the law under which they were stopped, for driving in the 3rd lane, specifically excludes Coaches and busses. So there was no lawful basis for the stop.
The officer repeatedly said in the actual video that this is what we do and the lane violation was the reason they were justified in their search. He said, "This is what we do. All day, every day. How did we get to this point?
Unfortunately, the police have been trained and have become so conditioned to believe that this is what their job is that they can no longer comprehend why this is disturbing to people. Drug dogs are notoriously inaccurate on the side of the road and there are numerous studies to prove that. What caused the actual suspicion that there were actually drugs on the bus other than what the officer said to his associate, there's a bunch of young girls on it, so he's sure they have some weed? Maybe he's ok with putting his kids through this, like it's no big deal, but most people find it intrusive, demeaning, offensive and embarrassing. Just because it may be within the letter of the law, doesn't mean that it's the right thing to do. Especially, all day, every day. I'm an old bald headed white guy who has backed the blue for most of my life and this is just wrong. Since my retirement 3 years ago, I have been pulled over twice on the "Corridor" for a non functional tail light in GA and a dirty license plate in FL. No ticket, no warnings and no "Sorry" after being delayed for 30-45 minutes while they searched my vehicle and belongings, while my dog and I stood on the side of the interstate. Definitely not wrapping Christmas presents this year. And what do you think these 29-30 young women are going to think about the police from now on??? After all, it's no big deal. Just ask the police.
The words that the cops used .was intimidating..and he also assumed that he could find drugs .just because they were black and young ..which is discrimination. And racial profile.
Field Nigro indeed!!!!!! I am an advide listener of the late great Malcolm X. The man spoke to truth, that is why he was murdered, weather it was the government or the nation of islam,both factions were afraid of his truths!!!!!!!!!
Law enforcement put themselves in a bad light Sir!! I'm tired of hearing about the training that badge and gun puts them in a superior mood in their minds. Those cops assumed those girls had marijuana so in their minds they were guilty from the get go.
@@BILL-vi7vdThe cops wanted to find drugs so badly and the arrogant tone in how he talked to the young women had my blood boiling. He wanted to ruin their lives. We can’t trust cops at all. They just want to attach a record which will cause trouble down the road for getting housing, employment and other things requiring a clean record.
@@BILL-vi7vd did that cop care about rights??? Nope not a single one of them cared. They didn’t know what a gift was!!! They thought it was strange for the young lady to not know what was inside the gift. Maybe she should’ve said it was a present?
Now you want to talk it out, the ladies weren’t Condescending like the offers, the young girls didn’t say or do anything to make the offer question or talk to them like that .
What facts to come out? The video speaks for itself. If his deputies did no wrong. Why does he need to talk with those young ladies? If his deputies did no wrong. Why would they need better training? If his deputies did no wrong. Why did he say the situation could have been handled better? How dare he say that he stands with faith and the truth but sitting there lying. 🤨
A bus with dark tinted windows. Oh, we're going back to that again? 3:42 - "Did your deputies do anything wrong?" Hesitates, looks away, then answers, because he knows that he now has to deliver a line of BS.
The whole interview was scripted, he's nothing more than a token puppet, it's so sad when someone does'nt know or don't care when they are being used. his intire narrative of what occured reaks with white supremacy, Closing the barn door after the horse ran away, basically a bunch of bull$#!*
He's a lier. When the police got on the bus, they said Aren't you the LaCrosse team, they knew exactly who these young women were. If this was just a traffic stop, why search their belongings. The search was illegal, because they didn't have a search warrant. I hope each individual student gets justice.
Don't these types always involve military service when they are a totally F up when they are on the police force. Apparently they think by saying that it will redeem them but a lot of military are totally f'ed in the head and criminals.
Thanks Sheriff for giving a statement that you were previously aware that your K-9 is not trustworthy enough to warrant a search. Like you said, “there is no way to tell…”. You just shot your whole defense to the search your deputies conducted in the foot. To make an apology, thanks for admitting that it can be done better. If you are aware that it could be better, then why wasn’t it done better? Your deputies are idiots to think that an open air search of a commercial vehicle that is historically used for transporting passengers and luggage, that regardless of whether anything was found, it would not be able to be used because there is no way to prove that the smell was reasonably expected to be a result of the current passengers, and you admitted to that yourself. If you think that this wasn’t a traumatic experience for these young ladies, then I suppose you are okay with everyone of these women to search your property, your family’s property, as long as they “put it all back together.” Your department treated these women like meat, not people. There was no concern for the traumatic experience that having one’s property rifled through has on the public. You’re reaction is only because you have a firestorm. You didn’t address this proactively, this is a reactive response. You don’t see wrong for wrong, you only see what happens when you are forced to deal with it. I have no trust for you, or your department. You put a bunch of incompetent thugs with guns on a bus. Do you honestly believe that the people that elected you and fund your department had this expectation for what was going to be done with the funds entrusted to your department, with the trust that is afforded to you and your deputies? Remember, you said there is no way to tell (where the smell is from). That is simply an admission of going blindly forward with violating the public’s right to privacy with no reasonable suspicion or probable cause. That’s just shaking the tree. If you are not ashamed of yourself and your department, then I would say to you that your “faith” is not where it needs to be.
Being in a fox whole with the opposite race that you need ..is alot different than walking down the street and acknowledging the opposite race that you don’t know
Dude you can sell that BS all you want - that was an ILLEGAL search, there was NO probable cause to conduct a search. The police employees said that there was probably marijuana before a dog used. The department and county should be sued.
A traffic stop turn into a drug search and this sheriff said nothing was wrong. You should be ashamed of yourself knowing your history. Knowing what your ancestors went through you should be ashamed. When the deputy got on the bus and saw black kids. And what he said in the car about they must have drugs. Shame on you
Let me translate: "done everywhere in Georgia and in the United States"; Translation: Since people just sit there and allow there Constitutional Rights be violated because they are afraid of us, cops everywhere get to do pretty much whatever they want "Not unusual to get a hit by the dog"; Translation: Officers routinely do things to cause the dog to get a hit, so even though it wasn't really a hit we can say it was and do whatever we want. "Me deputies did nothing wrong"; Translation: WE violate rights all the time, its common practice "I misspoke about no searches"; Translation: I screwed up and didn't realize the bodycam was released but corrected myself once I knew that the truth was out there
So many things were wrong on this encounter.first of all . .what are the dogs doing sniffing on a bus .?can police just let loose their dogs in a school parking lot? 2 the dogs hit. Oh my God. Isnt that one of the most abused part of American policing ?if a policeman says the dog alerted how do you audit that.how do you querry that.whats an alert ?its like saying i heard my dead grandmother speak to me this morning"how do you prove that .this must stop
@@davidlungu446 unlike the seance needed to verify grandma’s unlikely contacts with you, the doggie is required to have extensive and detailed training records and investigative reports to verify his/her sniffing and/or bite reactions… No offense to grandma. 🤣🤣🤣
@@rosalynw.otieno1994 the dogs an have training.citizens dont.and the police know that.so . .if a cop says the dog has "alerted". .how do you argue that. And . .dogs dont have bodycams. .again . .in court theres no recourse to that. "The dog has alerted " is the police words for "iam getting into your vehicle whether you like it or not"
Exactly right. Copsplaining is the method used to relate to citizens the truth of how cops operate illegally in our society. They lie, cheat, steal, assault, and murder on a daily basis and have no intention of changing their ways, ever. Get the picture?
Race became a factor for the search. The stop was " Enterprisal" in nature Ie. Racketeering The stop was pretextualized and escalated beyond the pretention into an attempt to profit from the possession of items deemed verboten.
A routine traffic stop = constitutional rights has to be violated. The state of Georgia has forfeiture laws that allows seizure of money and property without a warrant if officers suspect if you're a drug trafficker. A federal lawsuit needs to be filed against that department.....PERIOD!
First of all, the first officer entered that bus without permission or RAS to do so, that ALONE violated this entire traffic stop. Having a narc dog sniff outside a vehicle without RAS is just like an officer doing a Terry Frisk without RAS. Narc dogs are considered officers of the law, so therefore they should be held to the same standards as an officer of the law. Sheriff, if your officers could have did "better" then that means they didn't follow the "letter," FYI. Their is NO way they should've had that dog do a "Terry Smell" (terry frisk) without RAS or PC. Sheriff, what was the RAS or PC to have the dogs sniff the outside of the bus in the first place??? It was a simple left lane moving violation. That's why y'all getting so much public heat from this traffic stop, FYI. Them dogs even hit on legal medications, so y'all need to be CAREFUL of when you bring out the dogs, without RAS or PC.
You saw the prescription drug bottle and how he looked it over like he was thinking about opening it. That might be the only thing that he realized he couldn’t do. I actually think these cops needed something to do and they stumbled into a giant public relations disaster. Those daggone body cameras and other video are a complete nightmare, aren’t they, Mr. Sheriff??? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
We’re looking for a user‘s Amount of marijuana like the chief said we use all these resources for a very small amount of marijuana dogs are a search tool you need probable cars before you do any kind of search that’s what needs to be changed
The traffic stop itself wasn't any type of racial profiling. But as soon as the deputies stepped onto the bus and assumed the women were a "a bus load of school girls" and "there is most likely weed". They assumed wrong because he later asked "other than the driver are there any more adults on the bus?". And another deputy or two needed to correct his assumptions and informed him they are all college students. He assumed if they were high school kids they would most likely have drugs on them? What if they were high school students on a away game? Would they have detained all of them and talked down to them in a more condescending way? That sherrif is badge blind. Of course his deputies could never do wrong. Canine drug dogs have to have more accreditation. Because with the wrong training a handler can have the dog hit on anything, especially if that is used as probable cause to search beyond the 4th amendment.
The cop had to clarify their age because they would be in that much more trouble for searching the bag of a minor. Cops can’t make contact without a parent present.
The sheriff said that the officers have a lot of leeway to give out there but they gave the young ladies no leeway in the way they treated them. They also gave them no compassion which he also referred to as well. Additionally, the language in which they spoke about the young ladies while not in their presence was also disrespectful,course and disgraceful. The lead officer while reporting back to headquarters via the radio transmitter acknowledged that they had a bunch of young college girls on the bus. Once they got on the bus and saw who they were dealing with they thought they would be able to find something on a pretextual stop. If those young ladies have been from Duke University or UNC they would have ticketed the driver and allowed them to be on their way.
Ok so many things wrong with this interview, i just get to only one, the gift in the brown wrap when the officers said what is this and the young lady said it was a gift from my aunt and officers said, you got a gift and you don't know what it is......that is what a gift is!!!
This is one of those situations where the sheriff and staff needs to think.about what their actions look like in the eyes of public. When you get this much backlash, you need to change course and address the public's concerns and issues.
University needs to dedicate their entire existence to suing the breaks off this department
True Dat
That so call thing call Sheriff, just lying between his teeth he's trying to save his ass by taking sides with his corrupted cops, their bags was search he lied and said their bags were not search, now tell me this why didn't the Driver receive a citation you know why because the stop was Racial Motivated,, like I said that Sheriff should Never Ever Ever be sheriff again with his Country A??
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ABSOLUTELY, THIS JOKER IS NOT TELLING THE TRUTH!!!
The frigging tone & condescension when those cops addressed those girls is just criminal.
This was a complete violation and I hope that the university legal department will see this. How does a left lane problem turn into a drug problem?
They were using commercial vehicle enforcement as a pretext to hem up individual citizens on minor drug offenses.
You're absolutely right that officer went on that bus to see what color those people are he had no business on the bus at all he already had the driver outside then went back to his patrol car and thought about the weed had that been a busload of red people whose fathers are doctors lawyers that bus would never had gotten searched it has always been poked at the little guy these people has a sneaky way of doing evil and acting nice at the same time the devil in blue suits given Badges and guns not all are bad but 95%
The interviewer did not ask the million dollar question...when the officer went on the bus and saw that it was a female team would he have continued in the same exact way had those faces been pale??? That is the question.
There should have been an attorney on the bus
@@peterjohansen3925 Huh? An attorney? For what? Do you know how much a lawyer charges per hour? While on a 12 hour (more or less)trip from Florida to Delaware just in case they MIGHT get pulled over? Plus a Lawyer licensed to practice in Delaware isn’t able to practice in Georgia or another state. You don’t need a lawyer just someone who knows their rights. I get what you’re saying cuz this whole situation was BS. But it happens hundreds of times a day every day around the country. I’m glad they’re being held accountable & being called out in this scenario because this stuff needs to stop.
I'm always perplexed when a person of color in law enforcement dismiss racial profiling when the victims were clearly racially profiled
They would never defend him with such vigor.
There is no excuse for searching those students bags. There is no justification. And for the sheriff to say that their personal items were not searched, when the body cam show officers going through medication, bags, and opening gifts shows that the sheriff's office has no problem lying to the public.
Ma'am the dog alerted to drugs. Do you suggest not using canines anymore??? What should they have done when he alerted??? You are the type to bash the Police but call 911 and hope they come quick right???
@@davewylie654 Dogs have been shown to be wrong over an over. Also, you need to trust the officer is being honest with seeing an alert. It is basically the lawless wild west when dogs are used. Yes, dogs should not be used.
@@shannonnaser so do you suggest getting rid of police k9's?? And I do agree with you about some cops saying "he alerted" when clearly they held the dog there
If he doesnt lie , how is he going to get paid ? The sad part is how satisfied he is to be licking the boots of his handlers .
@@davewylie654 If the police need probable cause to search a vehicle with their hands and eyes, then a search using a canine's nose should also require probable cause. And I don't believe the k9 unit was already there. The deputies called over the k9 saying they thought they'd find 'weed' because they were college students.
Law enforcement will ALWAYS lie and exaggerate to protect themselves and to justify their actions. Seldom do they admit to a mistake - unlike most humans, they see themselves incapable of making an error in judgement or how they perform their duties. It’s UNREAL!!!
It amazes me that you can make yourself look so ignorant on such a public platform
@@tbrewer2275 funny you should say….because that that’s exactly what I was gonna say to you
Please accept responsibility for what your department did. You don’t need to explain anything to Delaware State University. You don’t need to explain anything to those students. You need to explain to your department that what they did was wrong. Don’t be a puppet. You are either promoting this behavior or you tolerate. Both are TERRIBLE. Your department racially profiled and violated the rights of those students. It has nothing to do with how difficult the officers job is. Those students didn’t attack the officers. They were innocent citizens traveling on a bus and they were humiliated and had their rights violated. Talk to your department and to your community. Then you won’t need to talk to anyone else with the BS.
He is frightened...
@@oscarwarren469 Yes he is
Y'all noticed that too
He should get an award, the department is doing a great job especially with the drug problem the entire country is suffering through.
OMG, you totally nailed it. They need to stop protecting things that diminish public trust in law enforcement. A traffic violation should never rise to this level.
It's obvious that this guy is just a pawn for the real people that run the department and city that he's in. Yet he truly believes that he has control.
Look he can't even stop waking moving his eyes all around you know he's just lying through his teeth
😂
Whenever he look to the right, I bet u his lawyer is standing behind the interview crew. He's checking with the lawyer if he's saying the right thing. Waiting for hand or head signals.
Treating everybody fair. What a POS!
He said “we are too quick to judge.” When in fact, your officers where extremely too quick to judge a bus full of college students and athletes. Your officers did not once treat them as such. Those officers put them young aspiring ladies through an traumatized experience and did not once apologize to them at all. It felt like to me that they where disappointed that they didn’t find any criminal activities to profile them on. The bus driver and the young ladies spoke and answered questions with so much respect, and the whole time the cops where speaking to them as if they where criminal. Assuming the worse. At best, the bus driver should have just gotten a ticket and kept it moving. I’m sure these cops, collectively, have a lot of experiences doing their jobs, and that their intuition told them there was nothing suspicious on this bus with those college students. They just chose to be assholes and put them young black college women through a traumatized experience. Meanwhile, real criminal where probably passing by them as they where being assholes to some college students. Shameful to the State of Georgia…Just pure shameful!!! Your state has the longest history in police brutality and terrorizing innocence Americans based on skin color. Fix your shit.
This interviewer is horrible he is not asking the right questions and this Police Chief is sidestepping if it was a driving infraction give him a ticket, the Ladies on that bus were not part of that driving infraction and shouldn't have had their things rummaged through like that if he didn't think they did anything wrong why do a interview to cover-up for your officers.
That's probably why he did this interview with thos guy
Great point..
clearly a planted interviewer - a PR assist rather than journalism.
I'm sorry but that isn't a non-bias interviewer..He's affirming answers before he asked them.
He's horrible. As if he's given certain questions to ask.
Mr Sheriff what reasonable articulable suspicion did the cops have to put the snuffer dog on the bus? You are a piece of work
Oh, the dog just happened to be there, and the dog pissed on one of the tires and alerted there was drugs , by wagging his tail.
The Sheriff judged, he said they did not search their bags. You lied they lied. You are trying to protect your job, not rock the boat. It was wrong. they were trying to intimidate them. No one needs to talk to a group of people who continue to lie, and they are never wrong.
He's lying they when back to the car and said what they were going to do to look for drugs for no reason.
"Sheriff, if your dog "hit" on drugs that was there on a bus that has traveled hundreds of miles in the previous weeks, and there were no drugs found, then why do you consider your dogs to be reliable? The accuracy of your dogs is no better than a coin toss. I suspect that your dogs don't react to drugs, but instead react to cues for their handlers. You are violating the 4th Amendment of hundreds of people with such sloppy practices."
there not, drugs dog are only about 50 percent accurate
You don't know what you're talking about. If the dog hit on something that is probable cause right there. However, there does not seem to have been any reasonable suspicion to employ the dog in the first place, given what the officers articulated at the time. The SC has held that in a traffic stop, where there is reasonable suspicion, you may employ the dog.
@@carlfoster1952 back the Blue, until it happens to you. The sheriff said that they pulled the bus over for driving in the left lane of a highway with three lanes in each direction (not a crime), and "since the dogs were already there, we had them go around the bus". No probable cause. The dog "hit" on something, yet nothing was found. Where is the probable cause for searching luggage? Take your time, we'll wait.....
They can also signal the dog to make false hits
His dogs aren't reliable they're an excuse to racially profile black college students for drug use. Proving law Professor Doctor Kimberly Kershaw's CRT-(Critical Race Theory) assessment to still have unfortunate cultural social legs in America. Because of Americas historical CRT - (Caucasian Racist Thinking) 🤔 Can't end one without ending the other. Isn't that what higher education should be about ? Truth + Wisdom = Peace ✌ 🙏 👏 .
His family is sooooo mad at him right now he is banned from all Family reunions and all cookouts
I don’t care if these cops had some kind of “sting “ to check busses on a stretch of highway. A moving violation of the driver has NOTHING to do with the passengers. And I’m sorry- the bus was searched because of an AIR SNIFF? It didn’t even hit on the bus - it hit on the air. This was a clear case of racial bias and profiling. An egregious violation of the 4th amendment rights.
It was a pretextual stop. The sign on the highway said no Trucks..
@@imbalancedstatus8824 100%. Open air sniff means a vehicle with 50lbs of weed in the trunk driving by could have caused the "hit". I watched one of the officers bodycam footage, officers were talking about a cell phone charger they found on the side if the road. Maybe there was some weed on the side of that road. Also...need more info but I the dog might have been used AFTER the luggage bays were opened. Saying a dog hit on the trunk of my car is different than opening my my trunk and then saying they smelled something.
Nobody cares that you don't care. You know much about nothing anyways
This is what I can't understand why cops don't focus on or stick to that fact. I'm so dumbfounded.
If it is true that it was an air sniff that the dog alerted on, then the officer should have had the dog sniff each and every individual bag to determine which bag had the alert on it. They didn't do that.
Ok I'm done. I tried to watch the whole interview. I tried to give this sheriff a chance. What a total waste of time. First the reporter failed to do his homework. He failed to contradict or question statements made by this person that were clearly false regarding traffic stops in general and this stop in particular that were clearly false. Buses traveling in the left lane in Georgia is not illegal, the regulation only applies to transport trucks like semi's. The regulation specifically says it does not apply to buses. There is no such thing as open air alerts, he completely made that shit up. Furthermore Georgia's ruling on drug search dogs usage clearly states that the use of drug dogs in the course of a routine traffic stop without reasonable suspicion shall be considered a violation of civil rights. And no they are not doing this all over the country. This person was so shifty, his body language was giving off so many clear indications of lying that I couldn't take it anymore.
Hopefully the University's legal department gathers all this information, and bring a lawsuit, that would be impossible to lose.
This was so straight up racially motivated even this sherriff cannot make it right. SMH
Wrong, the only color they care about is green. This happens thousands of times every day all over the country, and for the most part, the people being pulled over are white and so are the cops. They screw everyone equally and then they steal from them using asset forfeiture. No charges are filed, but you have to prove your innocence before they will return your property. They are road pirates using fraudulent methods to make contact with travelers and search their vehicles fraudulently as well. Any type of assets you have in your vehicle that they discover, they will take using asset forfeiture. They are not required to file any criminal charges, but you still must prove your innocence before the criminals will return your stolen property. This happens all across our country to the tune of billions of dollars every year. And the law is written that the local cops and District Attorneys office get to keep these assets for themselves. Now you know why these cops are out there on our highways victimizing passers by. Greedy bully's who enjoy using their badges and guns to stop you, search you, and steal from you. Using fear, threats, and violence if you do not cooperate and let them rob you.
They don't even appplogize.
Sue them, don't back down.
You can make a difference.
It's time to STOP them.
Four things that stood out to me about this stop. First is when one of the officers said that there was a whole bunch of schoolgirls on the bus and there's probably some weed. He was dead wrong. Second, the officer who told them to enjoy the rest of their trip should have instead apologized for wasting their time. Third, the sheriff and the officer in charge at the scene should have publicly apologized to the citizens of Hinesville for wasting their tax payer dollars and resources. Fourth, the sheriff said his officers did not go through their personal belongings, but the body cams show differently. They even opened a package sent to one of the young women by her aunt. It was a dictionary. I hope that Delaware State takes legal action and/or each family of these innocent young women or the women themselves at least file formal complaints, if not lawsuits, against the department.
It was a book safe, the media has been reporting it wrong.
I agree with you!!!!! The whole bus needs to file a lawsuit. That is why he wants to meet with those young ladies. So he can talk his way into another lie. 🤨
@@danielboone8435 what's your point?
@@scidasalt1 I've seen NBC and CNN report that it was a dictionary, even though they say the words "book safe" like six times in the bodycam video. It might seem insignificant, but they just need to do better. That's my point.
@@danielboone8435 watching the whole video and all you could think was the media got a book safe confused for a dictionary.
The traffic stop itself was improper. The officer stopped the bus for operating in the left lane. Bus driver said he was passing a vehicle. Officer says "trucks" not permitted in left lane. Georgia code defines "truck" as a vehicle with 6 wheels or more EXCEPT for buses and motorcoaches.
The fact that they had a canine unit present tells me that this was a police unit set up on the interstate to pull over out of state vehicles to search for civil forfeiture purposes.
The whole department and anyone involved needs to be held accountable. This is totally unacceptable to search through all the bags and search for narcotics for no reason. The video shows exactly what the police did. This guy is lying and should be ashamed of himself. I think police are so important in our country and stuff like this isn't helping. The Sheriff could of said we're looking into the matter and not lie about the bodycam.
It's called TREASON
Look at those big white eyes how he keep blinking those eyes and looking away nervous as hell got to tell the story right for his white master's
These cops think they can trot their dog around every car they pull over. They can’t.
The reporter is terrible. The body cam showed the officer say "it's a bunch of teenager girls so it's probably some weed". That's what initiated the violation of their civil rights.
@@ladybarbara6446 right
You can clearly tell he's lying in this interview, look at his eyes
Who did the interview, his nephew? Such softballs. Routine traffic stop, followed by a routine illegal search. Along with an illegal prolonged detainment.
He lied. According to the Delaware University cops entered the bus before doing the unlawful search. They knew who was on the bus.
He's definitely lying, if you pay attention to his eyes they are constantly looking to the right, which indicates that he is not be truthful.
Yup. He’s lying like a Persian rug… 🤣🤣🤣
He’s looking at his legal team when he does that
They all needs to fired he's telling a damn lie he's a yes boy they need to vote him out of office
You and your deputies should get on national television and apologize to those young women and their coach.
The deputy who told the young women to enjoy the rest of their trip should have apologized right then and there for wasting their time. You're right, they should apologize to not only the young women and their coach, but to the citizens of Hinesville for wasting their tax payer dollars and resources.
I went thru this so many times, stop me ask a million questions, I always ask them if you stopped me for a traffic violation give me the ticket so I can go about my way!
Qualified Immunity with no accountability for police has got to be changed.
A GREAT BIG KUDOS FOR DELAWARE STATE U FOR TAKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST HIM AND HIS CLOWN COPS!!!!!
People need understand when stopped by law enforcement while driving, only provide license, registration and proof of insurance when asked. Do not answer questions or attempt to explain your actions. Where you are going or been is not their business. Just remain silent invoke 5th and 4th. Do not say sir or humble yourself if no infraction or crime. Do not curse or be confrontational either. If you are walking in public do not provide ID or answer questions in no ID states.
That bus driver talked waaay too much.
Even the officer told the other officers the driver was a bit talkative.
Officers look at over-talking as a sign of nervousness.
you're right. it's a traffic violation, let's say. what about passengers? should they even engage with the police?
@@amihogatai8432 Check with your State law because they vary, but generally no ID and absolutely do not engage
@@amihogatai8432 definitely passengers should NOT engage with the police because EACH passengers RIGHTS are "SEPARATE" from the driver's RIGHTS. Only the person accused of the violation/crime should be talking. The police will ATTEMPT to engage with everyone in the vehicle, but, it's up to you to invoke your right to remain silent and no search or seizures of your property. The more you talk the more the police can manipulate you. You have a right to remain silent unless their is RAS of a violation/crime with you personally. The driver being stopped is under investigation, NOT the passengers. Check your State's statutes for clarity, each state may be different.
Those rights don’t apply to black people we do everything right and still get messed with so miss me with that
I can’t even listen to this fool anymore. He’s straight up lying through his teeth and he knows it. The dog didn’t hit on a damn thing, this was profiling at its best and the continued racism that this country knows and perpetuates. They should seriously sue and I’m pretty sure they would win, the dash cam on the officers clearly shows them searching the women’s personal property which they had no legal right to do.
From the moment the officers on that drug interdiction task force saw that bus, it was going to be pulled over and searched. The left lane violation was just the excuse.
Exactly. They can make what they’re doing try to sound official. It’s still illegal. They are using pretext traffic stops to target drivers. They are stopping people to get access. They think have a drug dog “already there “ means that can dog sniffs on every car that crosses their paths. They can’t. In order to legally call out the dogs - there needs to be probable cops of some kind of drug activity. They didn’t have it. A dog getting an “air hit “ is like a smelling a fart in the wind. The passengers are not subject to a search because of the fault of the driver.
@@karinaz8756 Got a good laugh from your "a dog getting an air hit is like smelling a fart in the wind". Funny. I agree that the cops needed probable cause to get the dog involved and they didn't have it.
The Liberty County Sheriff is a liar. The officer's behaviors were despicable-the video speaks for itself.
Wow he lied and said that the property of the passengers was not searched, that's an unlawful search.
He spoke again and he said that he had missed spoken about the thugs going through the bags.
Remind him that outside a training environment, drug dogs are WRONG 82% OF THE TIME!
This was an illegal stop from the start. "Busses and motorcoaches" are specifically excluded from O.C.G.A. 40-6-52 (A) lane restrictions and are allowed to use any lane.
The Officers and Sheriff should be fired and charged with violation of the students civil rights.
You are 110% correct. It CLEARLY excludes buses and motorcoaches on OCGA 40-6-52. Great research. 👍
however, there is a separate GA statute regarding buses and motorcoaches - O.C.G.A. § 40-6-53(a) specifically relates to three-lane interstate highways, and the letter of the law is express in this.. but, there is specific signage on this stretch of highway that specifically restrict trucks, and such signage is required by the other statute related to trucks, so it's very clear to see how and why the bus driver or any larger passenger transport vehicle might be confused.. in my opinion the statutes are too ambiguous and should be addressed with legislative clarifications.. with all that said, it appears there was initially a valid reason for the stop but it quickly devolved into 4th and 14th amendment violations.. they overstepped the boundaries the moment the officer stepped onto the bus to begin lecturing the passengers.. the action of the officers was purely shameful and clearly pretextual
@@JK_Chapman I see what you're saying as far as 40-6-53, it does relate to specifically buses and motorcoaches on 3 lane highways. I see that, but, how did it go from a wrong lane moving violation to the officers entering the bus without asking the driver, nor having RAS to do so. Also, what RAS was found to have their dogs do a "Terry Smell" (terry frisk) on the outside of the vehicle, then searching their personal belongings only to find NOTHING because narc dogs pick up on ANY substances, including legal medications. They overstepped what should have been a ticket and on about their day. No RAS to have the dogs sniff "Terry Smell" the outside of the bus.
@@constitutionattribution7393 exactly! 👍
@@dennisjohnsen7297 by the officers doing ALL that crap and going THAT far just for a wrong lane, LMAO, after they INITIALLY found out they were kids on a sports team headed to a game or wherever. I 100% believe in this day and age, that they did all that because that driver was black. Anyone else would've got a warning and a cheer for the game. They immediately expected a drug bust or trafficking. If racism played no part, then they sure made themselves look that way. It's funny how you so quick to rule out only racism, in this day and age. They didn't say it out loud, but they acted upon it. Suspicious for sure.
If the bus had a lane violation, why wasn’t the driver ticketed?
The only feedback this sheriff needs is the lawsuit they should get from the university
When 20 lawsuits come to this Dept, their premiums will be thru the roof. How many white college buses have been pulled over in the past 10 years?
The white buses with black people inside......hey, you said it! 🤷😆
@@zabaleta66 🤣🤣🤣
NONE!!!!
When the Sheriff was reading at the podium, he didn't sound to bright. Sounded like he couldn't even read, tripping over words!!!
Only thing out of control were the deputies' behavior. Can't wait for the state and federal lawsuits, against the dept.
Forgiven college dept
im surprised one of the deputies didnt plant drugs .
Using traffic violations to search people property should be a crime by itself.
if the dog made a hit on the bus and you're on this power trip why didn't you take the bus in for further investigation
So what statute in Georgia law was violated by the bus driving in the left lane. The statute I read excludes buses. 40-6-52 - Trucks using multilane highways - "As used in this Code section, the term "truck" means any vehicle equipped with more than six wheels, except buses and motorcoaches." The pretextual stop was unconstitutional to begin with so running the probable cause on four legs around the bus was also unconsitutional. Think about this an entire bus full of college students and no weed was found. It seems Fido needs to go back for more training.
I agree! That same four legged animal had my 70 year old father outside, early one morning on the side of the road with his SOCKS OFF!!! MORE TRAINING IS NEEDED IN LIBERTY COUNTY!
It was an AIR SNIFF. Officers dug into bags for an air sniff. Absolute BS
It still has air brakes so how is that not included just out of curiosity.
Wrong interpretation of statue.. according to them Trucks don't mean trucks , means anything with more than 6 wheels or so
Depends on the state. I’m truck driver , I’ve seen the exception on interstates in Illinois but Georgia it’s no trucks with trailers or vehicles with more than six wheels.
He is declaring the officers innocent without any type of investigation. His focus should be on finding the truth and not on saving his political career.
This clown said the search was done with care and compassion, are you serious!!!
so stupid instead of opening the package why not see if the dog hit on the package.
Unwrapping a gift when the student says she does not want you to? Clear 4th Amendment violation!
And it was a dictionary from her aunt. I wonder how stupid the deputies felt after that.
@@sportsfan5548 The deputies won... They got consent through threat and intimidation. Exactly as they were trained to do. In court they will argue that they got consent. They are crooked, no doubt about it.
@Robert Heyward Unfortunately, I was partly wrong. She gave him permission but did not want to know what it was. and asked him to wrap it back up. He did so.
I heard one case there was a necklace but I think it was this particular package.
So their strong arming them and being somewhat courteous I now believe is 50% to 70% racial profiling, but the rest is they are used to violating people's rights.
Oh! The package was WRAPPED in (shudder) BROWN WRAPPING PAPER! Martha Stewart and Snoop would be HORRIFIED!
At best the sheriff is incompetent and at worst he is complicit, either way he should lose his job.
A brown rap package 📦 that the dog did not hit on. But yet you had to open it. Smh
The public isn't responsible for your policy if you don't know how to treat people then you all need to get a different job.
This guy just turned himself into a 'joke.'
A law enforcement officer is willing to pay off the victims than hold the officers accountable.
The stop was not illegal, the search of the vehicle was illegal.
A drug interdiction search is walking the dog around the vehicle, not removing items from the vehicle or opening any counterparts of the vehicle.
what is in the sheriff's drink?
To make matters worse he's going down with the ship by Continuing to cover up his prior dumb comments. He reminds me of a Herschel Walker clone. Conservative Politics is definitely in his future.
From what I understand if k9 gives an alert that gives law the right to do a searched.Probable cause and that like it or not is legal.Now I do believe once those officers seen that the girls were predominantly black I think that’s where it all went wrong.
The stop was unlawful, the law under which they were stopped, for driving in the 3rd lane, specifically excludes Coaches and busses. So there was no lawful basis for the stop.
@@neill392 Correct! The word is exempt. and, The Fourth amendment against illegal search.
The officer repeatedly said in the actual video that this is what we do and the lane violation was the reason they were justified in their search. He said, "This is what we do. All day, every day. How did we get to this point?
Unfortunately, the police have been trained and have become so conditioned to believe that this is what their job is that they can no longer comprehend why this is disturbing to people. Drug dogs are notoriously inaccurate on the side of the road and there are numerous studies to prove that. What caused the actual suspicion that there were actually drugs on the bus other than what the officer said to his associate, there's a bunch of young girls on it, so he's sure they have some weed? Maybe he's ok with putting his kids through this, like it's no big deal, but most people find it intrusive, demeaning, offensive and embarrassing. Just because it may be within the letter of the law, doesn't mean that it's the right thing to do. Especially, all day, every day. I'm an old bald headed white guy who has backed the blue for most of my life and this is just wrong. Since my retirement 3 years ago, I have been pulled over twice on the "Corridor" for a non functional tail light in GA and a dirty license plate in FL. No ticket, no warnings and no "Sorry" after being delayed for 30-45 minutes while they searched my vehicle and belongings, while my dog and I stood on the side of the interstate. Definitely not wrapping Christmas presents this year. And what do you think these 29-30 young women are going to think about the police from now on??? After all, it's no big deal. Just ask the police.
Cops were talking down to the students like they are criminals.
and sadly, considering it was a bus full of college students, the students have had more education than the road pirate thugs
You are correct. Also, cops use drugs personally and plant drugs on people. The deputy sounded like HE wanted drugs.
The words that the cops used .was intimidating..and he also assumed that he could find drugs .just because they were black and young ..which is discrimination. And racial profile.
Sheriff is delusional, he will not turn anything around.
this is disgusting and that whole department ought to be ashamed!!!!!
If the DOJ actually reads the law about buses in the left lane, it seems that passing is allowed. This sheriff is politicking to the fullest extent.
Malcolm X spoke about folk that worked in the field and those that worked in the house. Sheriff Bowman is definitely a house man.
Field Nigro indeed!!!!!! I am an advide listener of the late great Malcolm X. The man spoke to truth, that is why he was murdered, weather it was the government or the nation of islam,both factions were afraid of his truths!!!!!!!!!
House cowards
Alot of them like that in Hinesville Ga.
Give this cop an A+ for copsplanning …he talked for twenty minutes and said nothing …
Law enforcement put themselves in a bad light Sir!! I'm tired of hearing about the training that badge and gun puts them in a superior mood in their minds. Those cops assumed those girls had marijuana so in their minds they were guilty from the get go.
The 9th AMMENDMENT says they can have weed un written RIGHTS
Right. The distrust is earned
Facts
@@BILL-vi7vdThe cops wanted to find drugs so badly and the arrogant tone in how he talked to the young women had my blood boiling. He wanted to ruin their lives. We can’t trust cops at all. They just want to attach a record which will cause trouble down the road for getting housing, employment and other things requiring a clean record.
@@BILL-vi7vd did that cop care about rights??? Nope not a single one of them cared. They didn’t know what a gift was!!! They thought it was strange for the young lady to not know what was inside the gift. Maybe she should’ve said it was a present?
Now you want to talk it out, the ladies weren’t Condescending like the offers, the young girls didn’t say or do anything to make the offer question or talk to them like that .
What facts to come out? The video speaks for itself. If his deputies did no wrong. Why does he need to talk with those young ladies? If his deputies did no wrong. Why would they need better training? If his deputies did no wrong. Why did he say the situation could have been handled better? How dare he say that he stands with faith and the truth but sitting there lying. 🤨
He was just trying to get the focus off of him at the moment
This Sheriff is so under-educated. You can hear it in his language, probably barely finished high school
@@johnwebster76 Jaw-jah!!!
Is anyone noticing his eyes every time he speaks, clearly someone is coaching him to lie or he won't be sheriff!!!
A bus with dark tinted windows. Oh, we're going back to that again?
3:42 - "Did your deputies do anything wrong?"
Hesitates, looks away, then answers, because he knows that he now has to deliver a line of BS.
The whole interview was scripted, he's nothing more than a token puppet, it's so sad when someone does'nt know or don't care when they are being used. his intire narrative of what occured reaks with white supremacy, Closing the barn door after the horse ran away, basically a bunch of bull$#!*
The searched everyone’s bags from a BS air sniff? Straight up BS.
Their Dogs ate never wrong
I agree with you!!!!!
Even those K-9s can accurately smell his line of bs. Accuracy rate 110% on this smell....
They be having fake hits to use it as an excuse to search
He's a lier. When the police got on the bus, they said Aren't you the LaCrosse team, they knew exactly who these young women were. If this was just a traffic stop, why search their belongings. The search was illegal, because they didn't have a search warrant. I hope each individual student gets justice.
Liar 🤥 *The dog 🐕 should NOT have been taken out of the police car “if” it was a normal traffic stop 🛑 🤨
Crazy man talks about being in a fox hole, looks like he was in too long. Has the audacity to invoke military service.
Don't these types always involve military service when they are a totally F up when they are on the police force. Apparently they think by saying that it will redeem them but a lot of military are totally f'ed in the head and criminals.
sheriff is a liar...
Liberty county about to get sued
Violating that young girls private gift from her aunt. That was totally bad policing.
If you study liars and how they try to come up with lies in real time, (looking to the right a million time lol) this is sad.
Sheriff Sambo is going hard for his overseers.
He must belong
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He's a puppet.. sheriff in name only
Why does he keep shifting his eyes to the right?
If I was stationed in Georgia,at a military base, I wouldn't step off the post.
Thanks Sheriff for giving a statement that you were previously aware that your K-9 is not trustworthy enough to warrant a search. Like you said, “there is no way to tell…”. You just shot your whole defense to the search your deputies conducted in the foot. To make an apology, thanks for admitting that it can be done better. If you are aware that it could be better, then why wasn’t it done better?
Your deputies are idiots to think that an open air search of a commercial vehicle that is historically used for transporting passengers and luggage, that regardless of whether anything was found, it would not be able to be used because there is no way to prove that the smell was reasonably expected to be a result of the current passengers, and you admitted to that yourself.
If you think that this wasn’t a traumatic experience for these young ladies, then I suppose you are okay with everyone of these women to search your property, your family’s property, as long as they “put it all back together.” Your department treated these women like meat, not people. There was no concern for the traumatic experience that having one’s property rifled through has on the public. You’re reaction is only because you have a firestorm. You didn’t address this proactively, this is a reactive response. You don’t see wrong for wrong, you only see what happens when you are forced to deal with it. I have no trust for you, or your department. You put a bunch of incompetent thugs with guns on a bus. Do you honestly believe that the people that elected you and fund your department had this expectation for what was going to be done with the funds entrusted to your department, with the trust that is afforded to you and your deputies? Remember, you said there is no way to tell (where the smell is from). That is simply an admission of going blindly forward with violating the public’s right to privacy with no reasonable suspicion or probable cause. That’s just shaking the tree. If you are not ashamed of yourself and your department, then I would say to you that your “faith” is not where it needs to be.
Whoever is interviewing this sheriff sounds just as unsure of himself as the sheriff.
A fool's errand...
Sheriff's secretary or some lowly department clerk.
In the first instance a police can say a dog give a hit. How do we know that. They lie all the time
Being in a fox whole with the opposite race that you need ..is alot different than walking down the street and acknowledging the opposite race that you don’t know
he is an embarsement. I wish he would have never admitted to being a Vet. Also full length video is bad. Cop called back up after looking on bus
The opposite race? Where did you get that idea?
does he know they had segregated units, in all branches
This Sheriff,his deputies and the department should be sued asap!.
It's coming. Universities make lawers, so they will make sure when it is put forward, the Sheriff dept won't have a leg to stand on.
Dude you can sell that BS all you want - that was an ILLEGAL search, there was NO probable cause to conduct a search. The police employees said that there was probably marijuana before a dog used.
The department and county should be sued.
Also the state, if the accredited the Sheriff's department. NYS Accredits State, County, Local, and Transit Police/Sheriff Departments in the state...
A traffic stop turn into a drug search and this sheriff said nothing was wrong. You should be ashamed of yourself knowing your history. Knowing what your ancestors went through you should be ashamed. When the deputy got on the bus and saw black kids. And what he said in the car about they must have drugs. Shame on you
Let me translate:
"done everywhere in Georgia and in the United States"; Translation: Since people just sit there and allow there Constitutional Rights be violated because they are afraid of us, cops everywhere get to do pretty much whatever they want
"Not unusual to get a hit by the dog"; Translation: Officers routinely do things to cause the dog to get a hit, so even though it wasn't really a hit we can say it was and do whatever we want.
"Me deputies did nothing wrong"; Translation: WE violate rights all the time, its common practice
"I misspoke about no searches"; Translation: I screwed up and didn't realize the bodycam was released but corrected myself once I knew that the truth was out there
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So many things were wrong on this encounter.first of all . .what are the dogs doing sniffing on a bus .?can police just let loose their dogs in a school parking lot?
2 the dogs hit.
Oh my God. Isnt that one of the most abused part of American policing ?if a policeman says the dog alerted how do you audit that.how do you querry that.whats an alert ?its like saying i heard my dead grandmother speak to me this morning"how do you prove that .this must stop
@@davidlungu446 unlike the seance needed to verify grandma’s unlikely contacts with you, the doggie is required to have extensive and detailed training records and investigative reports to verify his/her sniffing and/or bite reactions… No offense to grandma. 🤣🤣🤣
@@rosalynw.otieno1994 the dogs an have training.citizens dont.and the police know that.so . .if a cop says the dog has "alerted". .how do you argue that. And . .dogs dont have bodycams. .again . .in court theres no recourse to that.
"The dog has alerted " is the police words for "iam getting into your vehicle whether you like it or not"
Exactly right. Copsplaining is the method used to relate to citizens the truth of how cops operate illegally in our society. They lie, cheat, steal, assault, and murder on a daily basis and have no intention of changing their ways, ever. Get the picture?
Race became a factor for the search.
The stop was " Enterprisal" in nature Ie. Racketeering
The stop was pretextualized and escalated beyond the pretention into an attempt to profit from the possession of items deemed verboten.
Those fools do this on the reg. Everyday they violate people's rights. Now they think it's their job. Sad.
A routine traffic stop = constitutional rights has to be violated. The state of Georgia has forfeiture laws that allows seizure of money and property without a warrant if officers suspect if you're a drug trafficker. A federal lawsuit needs to be filed against that department.....PERIOD!
First of all, the first officer entered that bus without permission or RAS to do so, that ALONE violated this entire traffic stop. Having a narc dog sniff outside a vehicle without RAS is just like an officer doing a Terry Frisk without RAS. Narc dogs are considered officers of the law, so therefore they should be held to the same standards as an officer of the law.
Sheriff, if your officers could have did "better" then that means they didn't follow the "letter," FYI.
Their is NO way they should've had that dog do a "Terry Smell" (terry frisk) without RAS or PC. Sheriff, what was the RAS or PC to have the dogs sniff the outside of the bus in the first place??? It was a simple left lane moving violation. That's why y'all getting so much public heat from this traffic stop, FYI. Them dogs even hit on legal medications, so y'all need to be CAREFUL of when you bring out the dogs, without RAS or PC.
You saw the prescription drug bottle and how he looked it over like he was thinking about opening it. That might be the only thing that he realized he couldn’t do. I actually think these cops needed something to do and they stumbled into a giant public relations disaster. Those daggone body cameras and other video are a complete nightmare, aren’t they, Mr. Sheriff??? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
He likes that his boys racially profiled those kids! I would not have let them search my bag for anything!.
Every time I try to like the police, they disappoint me one more time.
We’re looking for a user‘s Amount of marijuana like the chief said we use all these resources for a very small amount of marijuana dogs are a search tool you need probable cars before you do any kind of search that’s what needs to be changed
The traffic stop itself wasn't any type of racial profiling. But as soon as the deputies stepped onto the bus and assumed the women were a "a bus load of school girls" and "there is most likely weed". They assumed wrong because he later asked "other than the driver are there any more adults on the bus?". And another deputy or two needed to correct his assumptions and informed him they are all college students. He assumed if they were high school kids they would most likely have drugs on them? What if they were high school students on a away game? Would they have detained all of them and talked down to them in a more condescending way? That sherrif is badge blind. Of course his deputies could never do wrong.
Canine drug dogs have to have more accreditation. Because with the wrong training a handler can have the dog hit on anything, especially if that is used as probable cause to search beyond the 4th amendment.
The cop had to clarify their age because they would be in that much more trouble for searching the bag of a minor. Cops can’t make contact without a parent present.
he saw the beer and was ready. he wanted all the smoke. to bad he ain't id the beer holder.
Why you want to make your training better when your officers did nothing wrong?
all officers should be fired .... he is clearly a yes man! he hhed to be replaced,.. asap!
The dog hit and didn't find anything, so that means what?
The sheriff said that the officers have a lot of leeway to give out there but they gave the young ladies no leeway in the way they treated them. They also gave them no compassion which he also referred to as well. Additionally, the language in which they spoke about the young ladies while not in their presence was also disrespectful,course and disgraceful. The lead officer while reporting back to headquarters via the radio transmitter acknowledged that they had a bunch of young college girls on the bus. Once they got on the bus and saw who they were dealing with they thought they would be able to find something on a pretextual stop. If those young ladies have been from Duke University or UNC they would have ticketed the driver and allowed them to be on their way.
Ok so many things wrong with this interview, i just get to only one, the gift in the brown wrap when the officers said what is this and the young lady said it was a gift from my aunt and officers said, you got a gift and you don't know what it is......that is what a gift is!!!
This is one of those situations where the sheriff and staff needs to think.about what their actions look like in the eyes of public. When you get this much backlash, you need to change course and address the public's concerns and issues.
They are proud to say this is what they always do. And...this is what they don't understand is what causing citizens to be leary of the police.
This guy couldn’t explain himself out of an open brown bag, to be very frank. 🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️
this guy is a lying liar, and that's no lie 😱