Frank Taffee Has a Change of Heart, Says He Believes Trayvon Was Racially Profiled

In surprising news to start off the week, Frank Taffee, who was a huge supporter of George Zimmerman now has a change of heart.

Taffee, a former neighbor of George Zimmerman, told News13 that he wants to clear his conscience. He now believes Zimmerman should have been found guilty in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

He was once one of George Zimmerman’s most outspoken advocates, but Taffe says his opinion about Zimmerman’s not guilty verdict has changed.

“What I know of George and his tendencies and also my opinion is that he racially profiled Trayvon Martin that night because if that had been a white kid on a cell phone, walking through our neighborhood, he wouldn’t have stayed on him the way he did and that’s a fact and I believe that in my heart,” said Taaffe.

This is a very different Taffee that told various news outlets before and during the George Zimmerman trial he believed Zimmerman was not guilty.

But today, Taaffe claims he just wants to clear his conscience, “I can only ask for the country to forgive me and today I believe that he racially profiled him based on the color of his skin.

Reporter: Some people may wonder what does Frank Taaffe have to gain by doing this? Are you working on a book? No book. A TV show? No. I’m just working on me right now and getting right with God.”

Taffee says his brother’s death last month and the death of his two sons over the past two years has changed him.

Frank Taffee says he has a message for Trayvon Martin’s parents, “I’m sorry that you lost your son, I know what that’s like and I wish things had been different.”

Both George Zimmerman and his brother Robert declined to comment.

George Zimmerman was found not guilty of second degree murder last July. The Department of Justice has an open investigation into the death of Trayvon Martin, to see if any of his civil rights were violated.

Source : News13
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