Paulette Dillard is the president of Shaw University. Recently, she claimed to be outraged when sheriff deputies in SC stopped an unmarked, private, charter bus with darken windows carrying Shaw students from Raleigh, NC to Atlanta. The stop occurred on Interstate 85. Dillard claimed the stop was racially motivated. She spoke without waiting for the facts. That makes her a race baiter!!
Here are the facts- Interstate 85 between Raleigh and Atlanta is a very dangerous stretch of highway, very crowded. and often the place for fatal accidents. That highway is also a known corridor for drug trafficking.
The county sheriffs near Spartanburg SC pulled together a task force called “Rolling Thunder” to more closely patrol that highway watching for speeding and dangerous driving especially bus traffic. Operation Rolling thunder is an annual event for about 5-7 days. This year, during that operation, the deputies stopped 144 buses. One of those buses was carrying Shaw students. There was absolutely no way the deputies could have known the bus was carrying students from Shaw. The bus was unmarked with blackened windows
The sheriff’s office released all the body and dashboard videos. I saw the tapes. The deputies acted with great professionalism.
This is another racial hoax. The president of Shaw University owes the sheriff of Spartanburg, Chuck Wright, an apology. She should personally call Sheriff Wright to apologize, and she should hold a press conference to correct her blunder.
And a final comment- Shaw University is a private, HBCU in Raleigh. The tuition, fees, room and board at Shaw are slightly higher than state schools like NCSU or UNC. Regrettably the six-year graduation rate at Shaw is 17% which is horrible. The national average is 64% in six years, 47% in four years. Can you imagine the student debt for Shaw students???? The student retention rate at Shaw is 66%. Also, well below normal. Shaw University is ranked in the bottom 25% among national universities. I suggest President Dillard work on these problems!!
Postscript-That stretch of Interstate 85 is a racetrack. I am glad law enforcement is patrolling it!
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