Bleacher Report · Nov 25, 2018
FSU President Comments on Racist Facebook Post Directed at Willie Taggart
After a racist image emerged on Facebook depicting Florida State head coach Willie Taggart getting lynched, school president John Thrasher spoke out against the post Sunday in a statement, via Chaunte'l Powell of the Orlando Sentinel:
"A recent racist social media post aimed at our football coach is ignorant and despicable. I speak for the entire FSU community in expressing our disgust and extreme disappointment, and I am glad the state attorney is investigating. Coach Taggart has our full support and as true Seminoles know, he is a respected member of the FSU family."
The post has since been deleted, but screenshots were taken of the offensive picture.