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Zimmerman Update Exclusive—Mid-Day 4—West’s Cross-Examination of Rachel Jeantel (Can't read!)
Legal Insurrection ^ | June 27, 2013 | Andrew Branca

Posted on 06/27/2013 4:26:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Hey folks,

We’re trying something different for today’s mid-day update. Rather than write a bunch of text, I’ve imbedded below some of the more key tweets I’ve made over the course of the morning. (This has the benefit of giving me a few minutes to each some lunch.)

Hopefully, the tweets below will give you a sense for how West’s cross-examination of Rachel Jeantel has gone so far this morning. We’ll have a detailed analysis, of course, in this evening’s end-of-day wrap-up post.

Enjoy, and be sure to check back in to our live coverage page at 1:14PM (EST), here:

Zimmerman Trial LIVE VIDEO – Day 4 – State’s Witnesses(continued)

(Excerpt) Read more at legalinsurrection.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: florida; georgezimmerman; ghetto; illiteracy; traydmark; trayvon; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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To: cripplecreek

Been watching a little of the trial on HLN. All the legal “experts” seem to be in agreement that this incoherent, no-respect poster child for public schooling has been a disaster for the prosecution. Except of course any black woman they ask, and they of course will tell you how how smart she is and how her testimony is a prosecutor’s dream. The men weigh in and are ridiculed for telling the truth about this female gangbanger with an attitute.


41 posted on 06/27/2013 5:11:13 PM PDT by NKP_Vet
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To: cripplecreek
"Creepy Ass Cracker"

Everything's better when it sits on a Ritz...

42 posted on 06/27/2013 5:11:21 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,)
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To: MrEdd
Cursive probably hasn't really been needed, since the invention of the ball-point pen. It was needed in the days of quill pens, because you wouldn't have to lift and reposition the nib so often. On that basis alone, I suppose you're right. It doesn't seem right somehow though -- yet another skill I spent a lot of time acquiring, has become obsolete.
43 posted on 06/27/2013 5:11:36 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: freeangel

“CREEPY ASS CRACKER” would make a GREAT BUMPER STICKER!


44 posted on 06/27/2013 5:12:47 PM PDT by traditional1 (Amerika.....Providing public housing for the Mulatto Messiah)
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To: 1_Rain_Drop

Origin of the term “Cracker:”

When farmers from Georgia and S. Carolina emigrated to Florida, they moved their herds of cattle with whips, cracking them to control the herds. Thus, they were “Crackers.”

Some of my ancestors were Florida Crackers and I’m proud of them.


45 posted on 06/27/2013 5:13:19 PM PDT by Liberty Wins
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To: MrEdd

As a teacher, I observed that the fine motor control learned in cursive (and calligraphy) seemed to help develop critical thinking skills. Of course, if one doesn’t want the students to develop critical thinking skills, one would not want them to take the time to learn cursive, or even how to block print neatly.


46 posted on 06/27/2013 5:14:35 PM PDT by VietVet (I am old enough to know who I am and what I believe, and I 'm not inclined to apologize for any of)
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To: Ann Archy

That woman has always driven me batty with her diplomatic nicey nice views. It is a bit much!


47 posted on 06/27/2013 5:16:39 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather (Yuri Bezmenov (KGB Defector) - "Kick The Communists Out of Your Govt. & Don't Accept Their Goodies.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The legal analyst for Channel 9 in Orlando (whose feed I was watching) said...or seemed to be saying...that the defense had the budding rocket scientist on the ropes for some time but she wound up being an overall plus for the state.He also said something about a few questions the defense put to the woman just after our semi literate pal...that the defense asked her several questions regarding GZ's general demeanor that opened the door for the state to introduce his "violent" past to the jury.He described it as a massive ("huge" was his exact word,IIRC) error by the defense.

I sincerely hope that Saint Trayvon (who,I learned today was 6' 2" when he died) becomes well known to the jury.

48 posted on 06/27/2013 5:16:52 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Civil Servants Are No Longer Servants...Or Civil.)
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To: dennisw

Nonsense. I was recently in the home of Cuban inmigrants who don’t speak any English - and probably never will - whose ten year old son spoke perfectly and was also smart and probing.


49 posted on 06/27/2013 5:17:50 PM PDT by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: cripplecreek

“our word”.

That’s funny! Sherry Shepard went on and on about Paula Deen and how the N word was their word and only THEY were allowed to use it because of it being THEIR culture.


50 posted on 06/27/2013 5:19:53 PM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: MrEdd

Unless this is intended as sarcasm, it is terrible and represents the opposite of Conservative values.


51 posted on 06/27/2013 5:20:15 PM PDT by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: cripplecreek
I am sorry that you are unaware of this but: the constitution is written in english and is available in printed form.

Here is another news flash: Not one word of the constitution has a different meaning when printed than it had written longhand.

Sad for you to hear, I understand. These kids today don't know how to chop wood, shoe a horse, plant a garden, butcher a hog, or much else once thought essential.

Much of the criticism of the education we see in the US is justified. No longer wasting time on penmanship is not justified.

52 posted on 06/27/2013 5:21:41 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: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

Again, the “time marches on” meme represents the opposite of Conservative values.


53 posted on 06/27/2013 5:22:49 PM PDT by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

She;s a LIBERAL chick....pathetic.


54 posted on 06/27/2013 5:23:39 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: boxlunch

There’s a reason it was illegal to teach slaves to read.

Interestingly enough in the early days of American slavery, slaves were often taught to read because it was expected that they would eventually be free and independent.

George Whitfield started out as a supporter of slavery as a means of freeing blacks from the barbarism of Africa. He encouraged people to teach their slaves to read and eventually he turned fully against slavery. Phyllis Wheatley was an emancipated slave who became a fairly well known poet in the 1700s eulogized Whitfield at his funeral and wrote glowingly about him.

George Washington’s slaves were educated to varying degrees and his personal servant (Billy Lee) was rumored to be nearly as well educated as Washington himself.

Almost to a man, our founders stressed education as one of the most important keys remaining a free nation.


55 posted on 06/27/2013 5:25:23 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: VietVet

Those same skills can be learned just as well engaged in other tasks that are not obsolete.

Cooking, mechanical work, art, etc. I would point out soldering but that is becoming obsolete as well.

I am not against developing motor skills, but lets do it in a useful task. And lets get them typing and programming early.


56 posted on 06/27/2013 5:28:40 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: MrEdd

Obviously you take a very liberal view of miseducation.

It leads to a nation in bondage.


57 posted on 06/27/2013 5:30:01 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

STAR WITNESS. Liar that can’t read or write.


58 posted on 06/27/2013 5:30:31 PM PDT by showme_the_Glory (ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government)
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To: vladimir998
From the ABC article:

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.

Huh? I could see it sending a murmur, but reporting that it 'sent a hush' is nonsensical.

59 posted on 06/27/2013 5:32:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: VietVet
"As a teacher, I observed that the fine motor control learned in cursive (and calligraphy) seemed to help develop critical thinking skills."

Interesting. Thanks for the info. Solves my problem LOL. Whenever I have to make plans or write something I start at the computer to save on paper. It's easier to delete or fix sentences. For some reason I always end up using a pen and paper after staring at a screen for a while. Now, I'll go straight to doing things the old fashioned way.

60 posted on 06/27/2013 5:34:21 PM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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