‘George Zimmerman’ made racist call about Trayvon Martin …
A man claiming to be George Zimmerman made racist comments during a phone call with a confidant a few days before his arrest in 2012.
Florida resident Frank Taaffe once defended the neighborhood watch coordinator who fatally shot Trayvon Martin at a gated community in the sunshine state two years ago.
But Taaffe testified before a grand jury on Wednesday that he received a call from an unknown number and a man who identified himself as George Zimmerman who said something that was pretty disparaging to Trayvon [Martin] and to African-Americans, WFTV reported.
He wouldnt confirm what the comment was that George allegedly said to him.
Taaffes decision to testify against Zimmerman this week will help the jury decide whether he will face federal charges for allegedly violating Martins civil rights.
Taaffe had publicly defended Zimmerman during his murder trial, which ended in July 2013 with an acquittal of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges.
Taaffe admitted that the call he received more than two years ago is baseless because he couldnt confirm who in fact it was that was on the other end of the line.
It came from an unknown number, so you know, I just shared with them the information with my last meeting with them in July and I can't swear that it was him, because you know, anytime someone calls you up on the phone, and says they're so-and-so, you know, someone calls you up and says it's Abraham Lincoln you know it's not him because he's dead...I could not establish who the person is... I can't - you know, it's baseless.
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