By AFPMore by this AuthorHollywood star Liam Neeson insisted on Tuesday he was "not racist" after confessing that he once set out to attack a random black man after a friend of his told him she had been raped. Related Content Liam Neeson film's red carpet event cancelled amid racism rowIn the end, no violence occurred and Neeson added: "It shocked me and it hurt me... REACTIONSHe told the newspaper that when he asked the rape victim if she knew who the attacker was, she didn't. "Today is Trayvon's birthday and I had a thought: What's the distance between Liam Neeson and George Zimmerman? Barnes, who is black, told Sky News that Neeson responded in the way he did because "this is what society has shown him, that black people do, Muslims do – this is what society has wrongly shown him.

Source: Daily Nation February 06, 2019 08:15 UTC