“There’s something primal – God forbid you’ve ever had a member of your family hurt under criminal conditions. I’ll tell you a story. This is true.”
But my immediate reaction was… I asked, did she know who it was? 'No'.
"What color were they? She said it was a black person.
“I went up and down areas with a cosh [a stick or bar used as a weapon], hoping I’d be approached by somebody – I’m ashamed to say that – and I did it for maybe a week, hoping some black bastard would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something, you know?
"So that I could kill him.
Liam Neeson said this was an action he had taken when someone he happened to know was raped. He said of his friend, “She handled the situation of the rape in the most extraordinary way."
“It took me a week, maybe a week and a half, to go through that...
“It was horrible, horrible, when I think back, that I did that.
"And I’ve never admitted that, and I’m saying it to a journalist.
"God forbid.
“It’s awful. But I did learn a lesson from it, when I eventually thought, ‘What the f*** are you doing,’ you know?
“I come from a society – I grew up in Northern Ireland in the Troubles – and, you know, I knew a couple of guys that died on hunger strike, and I had acquaintances who were very caught up in the Troubles, and I understand that need for revenge, but it just leads to more revenge, to more killing and more killing, and Northern Ireland’s proof of that."
Liam Neeson finally had a reason to surface - an excuse! No wonder he totally supports taking down celebrities such as R Kelly and Bill Cosby. I mean, this man literally admitted he was hunting black man to kill while he was promoting a movie! Nice time to come out as a racist bigot!
Liam Neeson racist wanted to kill black men after his friend was raped
Here is how Twitter feels about it:
I am mortified by Liam Neeson
mdash; Marian Keyes (@MarianKeyes) liam neeson once hunted black bastard
Marian Keyes
✔@MarianKeyes
Actress Wallace said: “Liam Neeson… DAMN! What’s wrong with people these days… not just the horrible thoughts and deeds, but saying things out loud, in a career-ending kinda way.”
Liam Neesonhellip; DAMN! What's wrong with people these dayshellip; not just the horrible thoughts and deeds, but saying things out loud, in a career-ending kinda way.
mdash; Annie Wallace (@anniewallace) February 4, 2019
Annie Wallace
✔@anniewallace
Liam Neeson... DAMN! What's wrong with people these days... not just the horrible thoughts and deeds, but saying things out loud, in a career-ending kinda way.
Radio presenter Clara Amfo said she was “thinking about what broadcaster/host Liam Neeson is gonna use to try to exonerate himself from that “admission” of his”, suggesting it would be Larry King.
Genuinely can’t stop thinking about what broadcaster/host Liam Neeson is gonna use to try to exonerate himself from that “admission” of his, bets are on Larry King.
mdash; Clara Amfo (@claraamfo) February 4, 2019
Clara Amfo
✔@claraamfo
Genuinely can’t stop thinking about what broadcaster/host Liam Neeson is gonna use to try to exonerate himself from that “admission” of his, bets are on Larry King.
Frederick Joseph, who launched a GoFundMe to help take underprivileged children from Harlem in New York to see the film Black Panther, tweeted: “Liam Neeson being ready to take any Black life over what one person allegedly did just shows how meaningless and inconsequential black lives are to some.
“Even him telling the story demonstrates a level of privilege and understating that there may not be repercussions.”
Liam Neeson being ready to take any Black life over what one person allegedly did just shows how meaningless and inconsequential black lives are to some.
Even him telling the story demonstrates a level of privilege and understating that there may not be repercussions.
mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) February 4, 2019
Frederick Joseph
✔@FredTJoseph
Liam Neeson being ready to take any Black life over what one person allegedly did just shows how meaningless and inconsequential black lives are to some.
Even him telling the story demonstrates a level of privilege and understating that there may not be repercussions.
Comedian and writer Phillip Henry said: “What’s most disturbing about what Liam Neeson said is everything.
"But what’s particularly terrifying is the idea that the death of any other Black guy would satisfy the revenge quota to the clear indication is that he knows his whiteness would protect if he followed through on it.”
Whatrsquo;s most disturbing about what Liam Neeson said is everything. But whatrsquo;s particularly terrifying is the idea that the death of any other Black guy would satisfy the revenge quota to the clear indication is that he knows his whiteness would protect if he followed through on it
mdash; Phillip Henry (@MajorPhilebrity) February 4, 2019
Phillip Henry
✔@MajorPhilebrity
What’s most disturbing about what Liam Neeson said is everything. But what’s particularly terrifying is the idea that the death of any other Black guy would satisfy the revenge quota to the clear indication is that he knows his whiteness would protect if he followed through on it
