The FSU fan responsible for a racist social media post showing Willie Taggart getting lynched has been fired from his job at Hilton Grand Vacations, the company has said in a statement today.
(2/2) Tom Shand, the author of the post, is a @HiltonGrandVac employee. Their communications team gave me this statement: pic.twitter.com/8nr5kRSvtb
— Jennifer Holton FOX 13 (@jennholtonFOX) November 26, 2018
The racist post was made in a Florida State fan group on Facebook on Saturday, shortly after the Seminoles lost to rival Florida 41-14 to finish a 5-7 season.
The Facebook post shows an image of Taggart’s head copied on a hanging body in a black-and-white lynching photo. Taggart is the first black head football coach in FSU history.
The image appeared on the account of a fan named Tom Shand, who backed up his sentiment in a subsequent online comment: “I’m dead (expletive) serious. This is how far I’m willing to go to get rid of this clown!!!”
Fans saved screenshots of the post, which quickly spread across social media.
https://twitter.com/AtlantaAndAlaia/status/1066451529471795200
There is a line, and this fool crossed it.
Being a fan doesn’t give you license to be a racist.
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