George Zimmerman friend tells court he now thinks Trayvon Martin was targeted for his race

[ashling]

Frank Taaffe testified Wednesday before a grand jury that Zimmerman may have called him and made racially charged comments in a phone call shortly after he shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in February 2012.

He told the grand jury that he received a call from an unknown number two years ago from a man who made racist comments about Martin.


At the time, he thought it was a prank call and disregarded the comments, but now he suspects the call may have come from his neighbor and friend, Zimmerman.

A federal grand jury is hearing evidence in the case to decide whether Zimmerman – who was acquitted of murder charges in the case – will face federal charges for violating the unarmed teen’s civil rights.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/11/george-zimmerman-friend-tells-court-he-now-thinks-trayvon-martin-was-targeted-for-his-race/

[Faux pas]

1. taaffe is an

ass and from all the interviews he's done, in mho, he's no better than zimmerman.

[nichomachus]

2. Should be easy enough to check

Just subpoena their phones records.

[joeybee12]

3. As long as he didn't pull an FSU and throw away the phone...

So there's no evidence.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

4. This bigot right here said that?!!:

[Recursion]

5. Has he also found the Lindbergh baby?

This would have been more useful when it was still procedurally relevant, you asswipe Taaffe...

[MrScorpio]

6. Gee, I wonder when he finally realized that Martin was killed because he's black. nt

[Initech]

7. Wow, I'm shocked, shocked I tell you!

Not!

George Zimmerman should be locked in prison, and those horrible Stand Your Ground laws should be declared unconstitutional.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. I honestly think Taaffe has a guilty conscience for provoking Zimmerman.

If I recall correctly, he's the one who got Zimmerman all riled up about young black males in the neighborhood supposedly causing trouble. And Zimmerman ran with that installed fear.

Taaffe openly embraced white supremacists' support back when he was defending Zimmerman. I think now he has remorse, since arguably he is partly to blame for Trayvon's death.

[bettyellen]

9. maybe, but also I think he thought he'd be living off some Zim-related gravy train, as he did

for a while. When GZ and family didn't get rich off of it- as they had hoped- he has found reasons to distance himself.