Coeur d’Alene officials express regret, sorrow after Utah team experienced ‘racial hate crimes’

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Idaho officials spoke about the racial incidents the Utah women's basketball team experienced while traveling for the NCAA Tournament.

Utah Utes women's basketball coach Lynne Roberts reacts during the third quarter of her team's against the South Dakota State Jackrabbits in the first round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane on March 23, 2024. – City officials and the police chief of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, held a news conference regarding the racial incidents the Utah women’s basketball team experienced while traveling for the NCAA Tournament.

“We express regret and true sorrow that your student-athletes were treated with such disdainful treatment,” he continued. “To the young women who endured racial slurs while visiting, I offer my most sincere apology.”Lee White, chief of Coeur d’Alene police, gave a small update on the investigation, though all details will not be reported because it is still considered an open case.

“There is so much diversity on a college campus and so you just are not exposed to that very often,” Roberts said. “When you are- you have people say, ‘man, I can’t believe that happened,’ but racism is real, and it happens. It’s awful.”

 

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