Posted on 11/01/2014 5:10:13 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
In May 2012 FBI interview Taaffe denied any talk of race with Zimmerman.
We wrote yesterday about the “October Surprise/Get Out the Vote” announcement by a flailing Obama administration that the Department of Justice will be holding a Grand Jury hearing next Wednesday regarding possible federal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman.
The only named witness for Wednesday’s hearing is Frank Taaffe, a self-declared “friend” for George Zimmerman.
Earlier this year Taaffe suddenly announced that he believed Zimmerman had a racial, not merely self-defense, motive in killing Trayvon Martin.
This would be more than two years after the shooting occurred.
One wonders why Taaffe waited so long to speak to the FBI on this matter.
Except that, of course, Taaffe had long ago spoken with the FBI on this matter, way back in May 2012 when he was interviewed by FBI Special Agent Oliver following the shooting. (h/t to Legal Insurrection commenter P4R4L3G4L for the reminder.)
At that time he denied any racial discussions with Zimmerman, although he wasn’t shy about expressing his own arguably racist sentiments.
Oliver’s notes of that interview (embedded in full below) provide that:
Taaffe only knew GEORGE ZIMMERMAN as an acquaintance. They never spoke about the complexion or racial makeup of the community.
and
On the night of the shooting if Taaffe would have seen Treyvan [sic] Martin he would have kept a visual on him.
and
The quote by Taaffe, “If you plant corn you will get corn,” was meant as a metaphor for the [black] crime in the area.
Congratulations, Department of Justice. You found your own Rachel Jeantel for your Grand Jury.
Nice job. #golfclap
Here are the FBI interview notes in full:
(NOTES-AT-LINK)
Color me cynical.
Is this what Beckel was talking about? What a chicken$#*+….
Don’t see how this is going to help the Obolacrats with any group they don’t already solidly own.
Press “ my account “ button and it’s the first line.
You’ve posted a total of 3,111 threads and 47,806 replies.
Somebody, actually several somebodies, need to go to the joint for this. I submit to you that whatever else he might be, George Zimmerman is not one of them.
Learn to post pics properly.
Will next week’s lesson be on ‘then’ and ‘than’?
:)
Over 16 years here and I only need 25,000 to reach that number.
the 24,999th one needs to be about Palin ;-) Congrats.
This should give him an entire night of the schedule on MSNBC...
If I remember correctly, some of the cops involved in the Rodney King case went to prison when they were tried again after the first acquittal. So I would guess Holder is hoping to send Zimmerman to prison if he can get an indictment.
I thought nobody would notice
Send $25,000 to Jim Robinson and you’ll be square.
George Zimmerman’s Black Ancestry is Revealed
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2876811/posts
George Zimmerman: the black, Hispanic, Peruvian, kind-hearted non-white, not-racist poster boy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2876692/posts
George Zimmerman Has ‘Black Roots’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2876518/posts
If I win the lottery perhaps...
Yeah, I’d try adding
width=’60%’ to your IMG SRC command, in between IMG and SRC.
(you and me both)
: )
So, what do you think happened ? Did somebody offer this guy money ?
Probably saw which way the wind was blowing.
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