According to reports from CNN, Deseret News, and KREM2, an incident involving an 18-year-old Idaho student who yelled a racial slur at members of the Utah women’s basketball team in March will not result in charges being filed.
According to reports, Anthony Myers, a high-school student, has allegedly confessed to using a racial slur towards the Utah women’s basketball team. This incident occurred on March 21 when the team was staying in Coeur d’Alene for an NCAA basketball tournament game at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.
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The incident occurred as members of the Utah women’s basketball team were making their way to a restaurant. They were subjected to similar ridicule upon leaving the establishment, according to their accounts.
According to the city’s chief deputy attorney, Ryan Hunter, Myers confessed to using a racial slur and making an offensive sexual comment towards the women. However, Hunter stated that there is not enough evidence to arrest and charge Myers solely based on his protected speech under the First Amendment.
According to Hunter, shouting at a group of people from a moving vehicle does not break any state laws on disturbing the peace or the city’s law against disorderly conduct.
Hunter condemned Myers’ alleged statement as incredibly racist and sexist, but he clarified that it does not meet the criteria for a criminal offense.
According to him, both the U.S. Constitution and the Idaho Constitution uphold Myers’ freedom of speech.
The Coeur d’Alene Police Department conducted interviews with nearly twenty witnesses and carefully analyzed 35 hours of surveillance footage in order to identify Myers and three other individuals who were present in a vehicle at the time Myers allegedly made the offensive comment.
Hunter stated that Myers initially confessed to using the racial slur, although he later partially retracted his admission.
On Monday, Hunter announced the decision that no viable charges could be brought in the case, after concluding so on Friday.
