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Rachel Jeantel Tells Radio Host Ricky Smiley She Wants To Be A Lawyer
Mediaite.com ^ | | 4:51 pm, July 23rd, 2013 | by Tommy Christopher

Posted on 07/23/2013 5:55:57 PM PDT by drewh

One of the more reluctant media figures to emerge from the George Zimmerman trial was 19 year-old Rachel Jeantel, the last person to speak to unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, aside from the man who killed him.

Her contentious exchanges with defense attorney Don West sparked conversations about cultural differences, and the way many in the media reacted to them.

Jeantel’s unpleasant experience in the courtroom hasn’t scarred her too deeply, however, as she told radio host Ricky Smiley, last week, that she aspires to become an attorney.

Jeantel’s time on the witness stand was a focal point of the trial, and was characterized by an intensely antagonistic repartee with defense attorney Don West, who seemed to be trying to provoke Jeantel into reacting negatively, and to present her as a sullen proxy for absent victim Trayvon Martin.

Since the trial, she has made several media appearances, and provided insight into the dynamic between her and West.

That dynamic apparently hasn’t soured Jeantel on West’s profession, though. In an interview with Ricky Smiley last week, Jeantel said she hopes to go to college, with a little help from Smiley and radio superstar Tom Joyner:

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: zimmerman
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1 posted on 07/23/2013 5:55:57 PM PDT by drewh
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2 posted on 07/23/2013 5:57:08 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: drewh

In Ghana or Haiti?


3 posted on 07/23/2013 5:57:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the mainland US There'd be a rifle behind each blade of grass.)
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Do they teach you to read cursive in law school?


4 posted on 07/23/2013 5:58:03 PM PDT by shelterguy
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Or a rocket surgeon.


5 posted on 07/23/2013 5:58:42 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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She will get into an all-black university, go to Howard and someone will cheat and take the BAR exams for her.


6 posted on 07/23/2013 5:58:56 PM PDT by whitedog57
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To: drewh

Does she know she will have to read?


7 posted on 07/23/2013 5:59:18 PM PDT by pfflier
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Wouldn’t even go to her for a parking ticket.


8 posted on 07/23/2013 5:59:34 PM PDT by stboz
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She’s more the psychiatrist type.......


9 posted on 07/23/2013 5:59:45 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: drewh; a fool in paradise

I suspect that rocket surgery school will offer her scholarships.


10 posted on 07/23/2013 6:00:38 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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11 posted on 07/23/2013 6:00:44 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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LMFAO!!!


12 posted on 07/23/2013 6:00:53 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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That never stopped Johnny Cochran!
13 posted on 07/23/2013 6:00:54 PM PDT by drewh
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She’s more DMV material, IMHO.


14 posted on 07/23/2013 6:01:20 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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Or worse....speak.


15 posted on 07/23/2013 6:01:45 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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I’m not 100% sure but I think you have to read cursive to be a lawyer. 2nd hurdle would be graduating high school, getting a 4 year undergraduate degree and then 3 years of law school.

What was her second choice? :-)


16 posted on 07/23/2013 6:01:50 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: drewh

Sweet, merciful Jesus.


17 posted on 07/23/2013 6:02:34 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: drewh

And I want to be the King of England, you puddle of sub-human monkey vomit, fat, pig, slut!


18 posted on 07/23/2013 6:02:59 PM PDT by Doctor 2Brains
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“Rachel Genteal goes to Law School”. This would be a great comedy on CBS.

SCENE 1:

PROFESSOR: “Rachel, you spelled I am a lawyer as “i is a loyer”. Can’t you spell?
RACHE: “Shut up, cracka’. Can’t you see I’m eating 5 cheeseburgers?”


19 posted on 07/23/2013 6:03:09 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: drewh

That’s retarded, sir.


20 posted on 07/23/2013 6:03:25 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (21st century. I'm not a fan.)
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