RALEIGH, N.C. — The president of Shaw University is speaking out after what she called an “unfair and unjust” traffic stop involving students of the historically Black university.
On Monday, Shaw President Paulette Dillard released a statement saying students from the university in Raleigh were subjected to a racially motivated police encounter on a South Carolina highway while traveling to a conference.
On Oct. 5, 18 students and two advisers were traveling by bus from Raleigh to Atlanta to attend the Center for Financial Advancement Conference, according to Dillard’s statement. While driving through Spartanburg County, South Carolina, the bus was stopped for a “minor traffic violation,” Dillard said in the statement.
