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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Something that interests me is why we didn’t learn for so long that she wasn’t 16, but an adult when this happened. Essentially prosecutors and the media protected her during the uproar over Zimmerman not being charged, and the only reason for that was her age. But they of course had to know right away that she wasn’t a minor, yet kept that to themselves, undoubtedly to protect her and her story. There should really be Congressional investigations into how this case was handled.
So the Prosecutor is excusing the “n-word” and the “cracker” as just the way young people speak.
She can’t read but she can eat and she knows that a lawyer is “retarded” and white people are cracker rapists.
OJ was found not-guilty with blood on him and his fingerprints all over the scene so nothing will surprise me.
Who is ‘BLDR’? I’ve missed a piece of the jargon here....
Let’s be nice to Jeantel.....She’s probably somebody’s grandmother.
Why it's the Bildebergers!
Having said that, the curriculum in schools and ed schools has been drastically dumbed-down since the 70's. But this doesn't account for illiteracy, in my opinion, only in the depth and scope of knowledge of public school graduates (and those private schools that use the same dumbed-down curriculum).
This is the inflection point where liberalism begins to collapse upon itself.... and both sides become vividly aware of it.
You can cheat for a time, but eventually u cannot.
Nah... Dan would have used a Pica typewriter this time.....
He still doesnt know there is such a thing as pica typeface.
Given the massive corruption of our government and legal system, Lord Kitchener can only be thought of as a composite. There are too many willing to sacrifice justice for political and personal gain (perceived in a worldly sense). They all speak with Lord Kitchener’s voice.
The NappyOne
more like jaba the hut from star wars
More like Pizza the Hut from Spaceballs.
Another perfect line for a Republican ad. Which means they would never use it.
Future panel member of The View!
BDLR is the prosecuting attorney,
de-la Ronda? sorry I should have figured that out...
Well said, I have Shelia Jackson Lee in my area. Talk about feed her constituents a lie, I know this because I know them and I grew up there!
I hope that you are wrong.
To understand how bad it is among all racial groups, listen sometime to Jay Leno's "Jay Walking" segment. You can laugh at their replies but it's a head-shaking laugh in disbelief at how little these young people know about government and current events.
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