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Taaffe was hardly the ideal person to be weighing in on a case suffused with racial angst—or commenting on criminal-justice matters, period. A Mother Jones investigation has found that the 56-year-old New York native has a lengthy criminal record that includes charges of domestic violence and burglary, and a history of airing virulently racist views. Just last Sunday, he appeared on The White Voice, a weekly podcast hosted by a man named Joe Adams, who has deep, long-standing ties to white-power groups and has authored a manual called Save The White People Handbook. (Sample quote: "A mutt makes a great pet and a mulatto makes a great slave.")
Taaffe's private Twitter feed (@pinsones) also reeks of racial animus. In one tweet, he bashed Michael Skolnik, who directs hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons' political operations, saying "how much nigga cock do u suck an one day or maybe u like it pounded up ur hebe ass." In another he wrote, "the only time a black life is validated is when a white person kills them.
In Taaffe's case, though, the comments about blacks' supposed criminality are thick with irony. According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Orange County Clerk of Courts, Taaffe has been arrested or faced criminal charges nearly a dozen times and logged at least two convictions. Last year, Taaffe was taken into custody for driving under the influence. He pleaded no contest to a lesser charge of reckless driving related to alcohol use and received six months' probation. He's also been charged with battery and and two cases of "repeat violence." (Taaffe told Mother Jones that these were "frivolous" charges filed by "disgruntled" former coworkers.)”
Originally posted by Willtell
According to Mother Jones, ...
Originally posted by Willtell
reply to post by Sharingan
Like Trayvon is dead, right?
Originally posted by Sharingan
Yep, he sure is. Nothing you can do about it either. Maybe if he wasnt such a thug, hed still be alive.
Originally posted by Willtell.
Facts, just the facts!
I didn’t say GZ was a racist