Shoshone-Bannock players asked to take breathalyzer test

Tuesday, January 31, 2012  

Two Indian students from a high school on the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho were asked to take a breathalyzer test at a basketball game earlier this month.

After receiving a complaint from an unknown person, Clark County Sheriff Bart May approached the students, who are minors, at the January 13 away game. The Shoshone-Bannock athletic director and the head coach intervened, noting that the sheriff hadn't obtained parental consent for the test.

The Shoshone-Bannock school board is filing a sportsmanship complaint with the Idaho High School Activities Association, the Fifth District Board of Controlsand Idaho Civil Rights Commission. School board members said “they do not want this upcoming generation of students to experience the same stories of racial discrimination as their parents and grandparents," according to The Idaho State Journal.

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Fort Hall School District Files Complaint Over Alcohol Inquiry (AP 1/31)