Posted on 06/27/2013 7:09:04 AM PDT by iowamark
A teenage friend of Trayvon Martin was forced to admit today in the George Zimmerman murder trial that she did not write a letter that was sent to Martin's mother describing what she allegedly heard on a phone call with Martin moments before he was shot.
In a painfully embarassing moment, Rachel Jeantel was asked to read the letter out loud in court.
"Are you able to read that at all?" defense attorney Don West asked.
Jeantel, head bowed, eyes averted whispered into the court microphone, "Some but not all. I don't read cursive."
It sent a hush through the packed courtroom.
Jeantel, 19, was unable to read any of the letter save for her name...
During nearly two hours of cross examination Wednesday in which he tried to raise questions about her version of events and accused her of telling several lies under oath, including about her whereabouts during Martin's wake.
"Under oath, you created a lie and said you went to the hospital?" asked West.
"Yes," responded Jeantel. She said she lied because she didn't want to see the body.
Jeantel became increasingly agitated and scoffed when West told her that she would have to continue testifying.
She is seen as a critical witness to the prosecution because she is the only person able to say that Martin claimed that he noticed a strange man following him and that he was scared. Jeantel said Martin described the stranger as a "creepy ass cracker."
Jeantel said Martin, 17, was walking home during halftime of the NBA All-Star Game when he became unnerved because he was being followed.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
What’s HLN?
Well, who wrote the letter?
This is tragic in so many ways.
Is there video of this point of the trial?
Hey! That’s what I say!
Details, details. We need to hang this creepy ass cracker.
Chocolate.
My goodness, some of the comments at that link are pure race card playing. Those who bought into Trayvon as victim are engaged in sheer desperation at this point.
Dan Rather or Mary Mapes.
if this is all they’ve got, you have to wonder why the state bothered to file charges in the first place.
She reminds me of Chante Mallard, who hit the homeless guy and left him embedded in her windshield until he died.
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I hope anyone standing in front of that lying sweathog has body armor on, ‘cause when that button bursts, it’s going to injure/kill someone.
Did you notice the post about 43 of her Tweets about smoking, drinking, driving drunk, etc were deleted yesterday? Of course they’re all archived, but who is out there looking out for this sweet young thang’s reputation?
“So, the prosecution’s star witness was absolutely destroyed on cross-examination. Totally. Why would any prosecutor put on that witness knowing what was coming?”
Because she was the only horse in the race that the DA had. When people whom can ruin you(Baby Docbama / Holder) tell you to jump, the only question you have “is how high”
Gabby Giffords?
“About 15% of the adults in this country are illiterate. And 21% cannot read at the 5th grade level (which includes the 14% above)”
Those statistics alone can easily account for a good chunk of Obama’s supporters in ‘08 and 12.
Unable to read anything but her name? Unfortunately she is typical of publick skule educated blacks.
You should have used the cover where they are wearing toilet seats around their necks.
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