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George Zimmerman trial defense attorney Don West: Controversial Instagram prompts rape threats
WPLG-TV ^ | July 8, 2013 | Andrea Torres and Christina Vazquez

Posted on 07/08/2013 7:21:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

George Zimmerman's trial defense attorney Don West recently reported he received e-mails from people threatening his daughters with rape over a controversial post on Instagram. Rachel West, who was not in the family picture, was in the courtroom Monday.

In a response to a July 2nd prosecution's request to investigate the social media post, West said the family photo prompted "threats of violence" that were "vicious." West also said he was distressed that in a request to investigate the post, the prosecution had made "reckless, dangerous and inaccurate allegations."

Prosecutors linked the motive for the post to witness Rachel Jeantel, also known as Diamond Eugene and Dee Dee. She was the last to talk to Trayvon Martin over the phone before Zimmerman killed him Feb. 26, 2012. Jeantel, who speaks both Creole and Spanish, did not speak English well and said she did not read and write cursive.....

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TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: donweat; florida; instagram; kangaroocourt; martin; mobjustice; racheljeantel; socialmedia; trayvon; trayvonstroops; zimmerman
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Remind me what our forefathers did about mob violence.
1 posted on 07/08/2013 7:21:26 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I suspect when acquittal is announced, we will be reminded.


2 posted on 07/08/2013 7:26:20 PM PDT by VRWCarea51
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, Mr. West, you are dealing with some very nasty and extremely uncivilized people who have been purposely whipped into an ignorance and race fueled frenzy by a media that is knowingly lying and a president who acted extremely stupidly.

You are seeking justice, and they are seeking justu$, and I expect this isn’t going to end very well.


3 posted on 07/08/2013 7:27:45 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Dirty Harry had a more modern solution;)


4 posted on 07/08/2013 7:28:18 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Jeantel, who speaks both Creole and Spanish, did not speak English well and said she did not read and write cursive.....

Total Horse Clap ....


5 posted on 07/08/2013 7:31:40 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
A defense attorney posts that mid-trial?
And acts surprised when he gets threats?
This guy's fired!
6 posted on 07/08/2013 7:37:46 PM PDT by loungitude (The truth hurts.)
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To: loungitude

He didn’t post it. His daughter did. The ice cream cones is a family thing. Have you never had a child do something less than smart?


7 posted on 07/08/2013 7:40:20 PM PDT by packrat35 (Admit it! We are almost ready to be called a police state!)
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To: loungitude

His DAUGHTER posted it, he knew nothing about it.


8 posted on 07/08/2013 7:42:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's next run. What'll you do?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That attorney continues to prove that he’s an idiot. Agree with other poster. He should take a daily dose of stfu until the trial is over.


9 posted on 07/08/2013 7:42:29 PM PDT by Cousin Eddie
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To: loungitude
No - one of his kids did. They often exhibit poor judgment. If your kids have never done something really dumb, you are blessed.

Rape threats however are beyond stupid and well into criminal.

10 posted on 07/08/2013 7:43:30 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: loungitude

No.

A young woman posted a picture of her and her sister and her dad eating ice cream.

It had a caption about beating stupidity and it was made a day or so before Jeantel’s testimony.

The girl is not part of the trial.


11 posted on 07/08/2013 7:43:32 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: packrat35

Exactly. Some folks either have never been parents, or have no earthly idea what their kids are up to.


12 posted on 07/08/2013 7:44:35 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Make sure those girls are armed with a Keltec —


13 posted on 07/08/2013 7:44:41 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: Cousin Eddie

Ooh look. Another misogynist who insists dad’s job makes it okay to threaten young women.


14 posted on 07/08/2013 7:45:24 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: packrat35; loungitude

BTW, she posted it BEFORE her dad examined Miss Rachel Jeantel on the witness stand, so it couldn’t have been in reference to her testimony, could it?


15 posted on 07/08/2013 7:45:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's next run. What'll you do?)
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To: Cousin Eddie

Then his daughter has an idiot for a father. First rule he should have layed down for the family: everyone guzzle a gallon of stfu until the trial is over.


16 posted on 07/08/2013 7:45:40 PM PDT by Cousin Eddie
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Unless he sets up his own personal witness protection program, I doubt that George Zimmerman will survive for long whether he is in jail or out. He is a marked man.

Had GZ been obviously black, he would never have been charged.

How does Angela Corey look at herself in the mirror?

17 posted on 07/08/2013 7:47:02 PM PDT by TChad
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To: TChad

Fortunately for him, I believe he’s a Peruvian through his mother so that option may be open to him.


18 posted on 07/08/2013 7:49:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's next run. What'll you do?)
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To: MrEdd

You may want to check your timeline, I believe it was after goiter neck testified. I think they were celebrating with ice cream Mr. West mopping the floor with Ms. “YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRR”.
The State should have packed it in then and there! Star Witness LOL!


19 posted on 07/08/2013 7:51:08 PM PDT by TsonicTsunami08
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To: Cousin Eddie

There is no way to know as to what the caption refers. We do know that it isn’t about the testimony of Jenteal as she hadn’t testified at the time of the porting.

Just because a person is engaged in a trial doesn’t mean his entire family is engaged or even aware of what is going on at the trial. They may care less what their father does at work.


20 posted on 07/08/2013 7:52:25 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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