The women's basketball team was staying at a hotel in Idaho due to the lack of available accommodations in Spokane, where the tournament took place.
Members of the Utah women’s basketball team said they are “deeply troubled and shaken” after alleged incidents near their hotel in Idaho last week that subjected the team to racist slurs and hateful harassment.
The same vehicle returned when the team was walking back from dinner, this time passing by slowly, revving the engine, and continuing to shout racist words and threats, according to Utah and Coeur d’Alene officials. The university contacted Coeur d’Alene police and filed a report the same night of the incidents. Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Lee White said they haven’t located the suspects and are working to speak with the victims.
“I want to make it very clear and very loud that we condemn in the strongest terms those horrendous acts of hatred, and if the perpetrators can be found, we call upon them to be prosecuted," said Tony Stewart, the director of the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations.
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