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- Hong/Associated Press)Angela Burt-MurrayTue, February 3, 2026 at 8:45 PM UTC·4 min readThe basketball coach of Tuskegee University hired civil rights attorneys after he was handcuffed by a Morehouse College campus police officer and escorted off the court over the weekend. In a now-viral video, Tuskegee coach Benjy Taylor can be seen asking security to intervene as Morehouse football players disrupt the players’ handshake line at the end of the game.
- After exchanging words, the Morehouse campus police officer handcuffed Taylor and led him across the court.
- He was later released without charges. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementHere’s what we know. What happened?Morehouse had just beaten Tuskegee 77-69 on Jan.
- 31 and were preparing for the end-of-game handshake line.
- Reports indicate that Morehouse College football players attempted to disrupt that process. Taylor said he was trying to ensure everyone was safe during the postgame handshake line.“I was simply trying to get the football team out of the handshake line as they were following right behind me and the team, yelling obscenities.
