The Delaware State University’s women’s lacrosse team may be able to make a case that their civil rights were violated when their bus was stopped and searched last month.

Civil rights attorneys have said since the incident came to light earlier this week that the majority Black team could make any of several claims at the federal level, mostly predicated on the idea that Georgia law enforcement officers searched the bus without probable cause.

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