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RV, vehicle destroyed in fire on Interstate 95 in Jasper County

No injuries were reported but the two vehicles are considered a total loss

RV, vehicle destroyed in fire on Interstate 95 in Jasper County

No injuries were reported but the two vehicles are considered a total loss

"WE'RE GOING TO CHECK YALL'S STUF... THEY DIDN'T ASK US THEY TOLD US.. A CLEAR INDICATION OF RACISM NEW AT 11 ... THE GEORGIA N- DOUBLE A-C-P ... IS TAKING A LOOK INTO THE DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY LACROSSE TEAM TRAFFIC STOP ... IN LIBERTY COUNT Y. WE GO LIVE NOW TO NIKIYA - CARRER O. SHE'S AT THE LIBERTY COUNTY COURTHOUSE. NIKIYA ... YOU SPOKE TO THE CHAPTER'S PRESIDENT./// I SPOKE WITH THE GEORGIA NAACP STATE PRESIDENT O WH TELLS ME TY HEARE NOW DOING THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT HAENPPED THAT DAY ALONG I-95. (GERALD GRIGGS, GEORGIA NAACP STATE PRESIDEN IT T) WAS DEFINITELY SHOCKING TO WATCH D ANWE WERE DEFINITELY CONCERNED." THE VIDEO GEORGIA NAACP STATE PRESIDENT GERA LD GRIGGSS IREFEREEING TO, IS THE TRAFFIC STOP OF HCBU DELAWARE STATE UNIVERITY'S LACROSSE TEAM IN LIBERTY COUNTY. (DEPUTY) "THERE IS A BUNCH OF DANG SCHOOL GIRLS ON THE BUS THERE'S PROBABLY SOME WEED, MAYBE." AFTER THE INCIDENT... GRIGGS SAID LIBERTY COUNTY'S NAACP CHAPTER REACHED OUT... THEN A FORMAL COMPLAINT FROM A LIBERTY COUNTY CITIZEN... (GRIGGS) WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED IS IF IT WASN A ILLEGAL DETENTION BASED ON RACE AND THERE WAS AN UNLAWFUL SEARCH THAT OCCURRED." (NIKIYA) " ONE OF THE HUGE THINGS THE SHERIFF HIT ON WAS THIS IS NOT A RACE ISS, UE IT WAS A TRAFFIC STOP. BUT WHAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE, WHICH I'VE WATCHED NERUMOUS TIMES YOU'RE SEEING DEPUTIES WHO ARE ALL WHITE." (GRIGGS) THIS PARTICULAR IN CIDENT DOES APPEAR TO BE A RACIAL MOTIVATED INCIDENT, SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE INVESTIGATING. BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETR HE THE SHERIFF IN FACT IS BLACK. THE ISSUE WHETHER THERE WASS RACIAL DISCRIMINATION HAPPENING." LAST WEEK SHERIFF WILLIAM BOWMAN DEFENDED THE ACTIONS OFIS H DEPUTIES... (SHERIFF BOWMAN) " I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THAT VIDEO THAT COULD SHOW THAT TY HE HAD MALICIOUS INTENT." BUT GRIGGS SAYS STOPS LIKE THIS HAS BEEN ON THEIR RADAR. (GRIGGS) WE RECEIVED COMPLAINT OF THIS TYPE OF PROFILING GO ON ON I- 95, BOTH IN LIBERTY COUNTY AND OTHER COUNTIES ON I-95. AND WE ARE GREATLY CONCERNED. " GRIGGS SAYS THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING TOHE T INVESTIGATION. WELL AS THE STUDENTS TT HA WELL ATHS E STUDENTS THAT WERE IMPACTED." NIKIYA ... HOW DOES THE INVESTIGATION WO? RK GRIGGS TEL MLSE THEY WILL THOROUGHLY REVIEW THE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE BEFORE TURNING OVER TO LEGAL. IF THEY FIND ANYTHING THEY WILL FILE A COMPLAINT AT THE STATE AND HE SAYS IN THIS CASE POSSIBLY FEDERAL LEVEL. YO
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RV, vehicle destroyed in fire on Interstate 95 in Jasper County

No injuries were reported but the two vehicles are considered a total loss

VIDEO ABOVE: Georgia NAACP investigates traffic stop of Delaware State University charter bus on Interstate 95Emergency crews are working to reopen Interstate 95 in Jasper County following a fire that sent flames and black smoke billowing into the air.The incident was reported shortly before 1 p.m. at the on-ramp for I-95 at Exit 38.Jasper County Fire Rescue said an RV and a vehicle it was pulling caught fire.The cause is under investigation but the two vehicles are considered a total loss.No injuries were reported.The fire shutdown traffic on the northbound side and also caused delays on the southbound side.

VIDEO ABOVE: Georgia NAACP investigates traffic stop of Delaware State University charter bus on Interstate 95

Emergency crews are working to reopen Interstate 95 in Jasper County following a fire that sent flames and black smoke billowing into the air.

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The incident was reported shortly before 1 p.m. at the on-ramp for I-95 at Exit 38.

Jasper County Fire Rescue said an RV and a vehicle it was pulling caught fire.

The cause is under investigation but the two vehicles are considered a total loss.

No injuries were reported.

The fire shutdown traffic on the northbound side and also caused delays on the southbound side.