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.
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I live within a 2 hour radius, saw it on the local news, they are streaming the whole thing.
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/
How dare you call her illiterate! She can read perfectly well. She just can’t, um, read cursive.
The prosecution is state law enforcement, with the help of the DOJ, right? Crump can’t file criminal charges on his own. This raises serious questions about the motives of state and federal law enforcement, given that they brought forward a witness who can’t even read what she claims to have written. Either they are all incompetent, or they are ALL guilty of a political prosecution.
There are a LOT of people who need to be answering a LOT of questions, as a result of this.
“face of genius” - lol
Maybe we already are. She could already have kids, and be receiving welfare despite still being in school.
Her idea of reading is... “ I B C U 2da “
many ny public schools have stopped teaching cursive writing
The defense should ask her to demonstrate her writing skills if she still claims she wrote the note. Just like the glove..if it doesn’t fit..you must.
If she doesn’t writ than you must..
Didn't the government in the 16, 17 and 1800's also make it a crime to teach slaves how to read/write.
Coincidence?
It’s a cross between the “Faces of Death” and “Real Men of Genius”!
I just about died laughing when I read your post.
Then if she can’t read or write who pray tell wrote the letter..Could it have been the Thugs mama or daddy that wrote it? I also wonder who is coaching her for one thing I could not understand a word she said yesterday when there was a short piece from the trial came on FOX..
Now that’s funny, I don’t care who you are, that’s funny right there!
Dammit! Does that mean I have to draw 7?
It does almost cover the noticeable absence of frontal lobes.
Immediate mistrial. Obvious intimidation by him using his fingergun.
Thank goodness he didn’t have a semichewed pastry to brandish.
Ugh.
Of course.
Thanks for making my day.
I agree. So what does that tell you about the “failing” school system? The motivation of the student is rarely, if ever, figured into the equation of the failing school system. Teachers are supposed to motivate, but if the student is not receptive, is it the teacher’s fault?
If your case is S**T, you must aquit - George Zimmerman Trial
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