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Key Witness Against George Zimmerman Is Hard to Understand, Harder to Believe
Reason Magazine's Hit & Run ^ | June 27, 2013 | Jacob Sullum

Posted on 06/27/2013 7:15:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Yesterday and today, jurors in George Zimmerman's murder trial heard testimony from a key prosecution witness: Rachel Jeantel, the 19-year-old_friend of Trayvon Martin who was on the phone with him right before the scuffle that ended in his death. Jeantel said that Martin repeatedly complained to her about a "creepy-*ss cracker" who was following him and that she urged him to run, which he did. After the call was dropped, she said, she called him back about 20 seconds later, and he sounded tired from running. She said he told her he saw the man again, and she heard him say, "Why are you following me for?" She said she heard "a hard-breathing man" reply, "What you doing around here?" At that point, she said, she heard "a bump" as Martin's cellphone headset fell on the ground and "the sound of wet grass." After that, "I calling, 'Trayvon, Trayvon,'" Jeantel said. "I kind of heard Trayvon saying, 'Get off, get off.' Suddenly the phone hung up, shut off."

Jeantel's testimony, which continues as I write, contradicts Zimmerman's claim that he stopped following Martin and was assaulted by him without provocation. Her account implies that it was Zimmerman who tackled Martin, rather than the other way around. How credible is her version of events? Not very.

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Over all, Jeantel is a decidedly unimpressive witness, slurring her words and speaking so softly that at times she can barely be heard, becoming increasingly testy as West highlights the inconsistencies in her testimony. Virtually all of her responses so far have included the word sir, sometimes repeated several times in the same sentence, usually tinged with sarcasm. At one point, in response to West's suggestion that Martin planned to start a fight with Zimmerman, she responded, "That's real retarded, sir."(continued)

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: florida; georgezimmerman; kangaroocourt; railroaded; trayvon; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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1 posted on 06/27/2013 7:15:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I bet she gets a reality show


2 posted on 06/27/2013 7:17:21 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She was telling Trayvon to attack Zimmerman. That’s why she went off the radar when she found out what happened.


3 posted on 06/27/2013 7:18:03 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Who could have guessed that one day pro wrestling would be less fake than network news?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Is there a website from which to order my “Crazy Ass Cracker” t-shirt yet?


4 posted on 06/27/2013 7:18:50 PM PDT by RugerMini14
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To: al baby
I bet she gets a reality show.

Hate to say it, but the whole USA has become a reality show. Frankly, it's high time it was cancelled.

5 posted on 06/27/2013 7:21:25 PM PDT by madprof98
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wonder if the actual phone conversations are hidden in a NSA vault?


6 posted on 06/27/2013 7:21:32 PM PDT by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: RugerMini14

Creepy Ass Cracker t shirt Trayvon Martin t shirt George Zimmerman t shirt
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=151071814744&item=151071814744&lgeo=1&vectorid=229466


7 posted on 06/27/2013 7:21:34 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's next run. What'll you do?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Holder’s people at their best.


8 posted on 06/27/2013 7:22:13 PM PDT by lightman (Prosecute the heresies; pity the heretics.)
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To: al baby

If she married Chumlee from Pawn Stars she’d be marrying up. He’s a MENSA member in comparison. Hell, Honey Boo Boo’s mom is too. LOL


9 posted on 06/27/2013 7:23:12 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's next run. What'll you do?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I thought goiters went out with the turn of the century.


10 posted on 06/27/2013 7:23:34 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: madprof98

It’s not my country. It’s hers now. And really made to order too — nothing is expected of her, but all of her needs will be taken care of. Me? I’m just the sucker who gets screwed every day while I struggle to keep her afloat. It’s just a raw deal planet.


11 posted on 06/27/2013 7:23:43 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What bothers me is that I have heard black people on both Hannity’s radio show and Gerta’s tv show say that this women did a good job, was convincing and that the defense attorney was a bully.

The one’s I heard on Hannity’s show...They do not know ANYTHING, and they think they know everything and can be convinced of nothing.

I don’t even know what more to say about it without coming off badly, so I’ll just leave it there.


12 posted on 06/27/2013 7:23:57 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: madprof98

Sadly, you are right.


13 posted on 06/27/2013 7:24:56 PM PDT by jacquej
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
If Osama Obama had a third daughter....
14 posted on 06/27/2013 7:25:15 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Civil Servants Are No Longer Servants...Or Civil.)
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To: al baby

like to see her get perjury charges. sir.


15 posted on 06/27/2013 7:26:36 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A man is on trial for his life because the prosecutor believed this mumble mouth moron.


16 posted on 06/27/2013 7:26:37 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She’s an idiot, and one way or another, she is living her “lifestyle” on the taxpayer dime.


17 posted on 06/27/2013 7:27:41 PM PDT by TheGipperWasRight
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To: Gay State Conservative

Or a sister wife.


18 posted on 06/27/2013 7:29:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's next run. What'll you do?)
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To: al baby

She will write a best seller in cursive


19 posted on 06/27/2013 7:29:52 PM PDT by woofie
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To: Just mythoughts

Good question. Unfortunately, you are a bad citizen for thinking that way.


20 posted on 06/27/2013 7:29:54 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (You hear it here first.)
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