Overview
- Taylor and his legal team plan an 11 a.m. news conference in College Park, Georgia, to announce the filing.
- The civil case names Morehouse College and campus police officers R. Clark and M. Roberson as defendants.
- Taylor is represented by civil-rights attorneys Harry Daniels, John Burris, Gerald Griggs and Gregory Reynald Williams.
- Video from the postgame handshake line shows the coach being handcuffed after he asked officers to enforce protocol when Morehouse football players joined the line; he was released without charges.
- Tuskegee University has publicly backed Taylor, with President Mark A. Brown expressing full and unwavering support.