Racial slur was used against University of Utah women's basketball team, Coeur d'Alene detectives say
Detectives with the Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, police department said a racial slur was used against the University of Utah women's basketball team while the team was staying in the city for the women's NCAA Tournament.
Detectives with the Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, police department said a racial slur was used against the University of Utah women's basketball team while the team was staying in the city for the women's NCAA Tournament.
“We’ve identified an audio recording where the use of a racial slur was clearly audible,” the police department said on Facebook. It added that it “appears the use of a racial slur occurred more than one time.”
In the Facebook post, the Coeur d’Alene Police Department said it is still investigating last month's incident, in which Utah coach Lynne Roberts said her team of Black, white and Latina athletes were subject to a series of "racial hate crimes" on March 21 while they were staying in Idaho ahead of their first NCAA Tournament game in Spokane, Washington, on March 23.
The incident prompted the team to move to a hotel closer to the host city for their safety.
Police said they have conducted interviews and collected around 35 hours of video from businesses in the area where the incidents occurred. The agency said some of the video and audio collected "corroborates what was reported by members of the basketball program and detectives are currently working to locate any additional evidence."
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