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.
I'm threadbare.
thanks, will do
I vaguely remember a long discussion about what the definition of “is” is or was
“Seven more threads and I’ll be at 25,000...”
Somebody has to do it...
“So, what do you think happened ? Did somebody offer this guy money ?”
Hard to say. There is a reason that FBI interviews are not recorded.
The FBI flat out refuses to do so. I wonder why...
They get very upset if you record them, I am told.
My, what a large image you have, grandma.
Can’t exactly tell what it is, but it’s impressive nonetheless.
Whether Zimmerman likes blacks or not means nothing. The guy is not guilty, time for the new republican Congress to take over. Some arrests need to be made for sure.
A) He is partly black (B) he mentored and tutored black children and (C) he went up against the police department when they allegedly abused a black homeless man.
thx!
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