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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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To: woofie

Or in Austrian


61 posted on 06/27/2013 8:07:10 PM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Obama equals Osama))
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To: Venturer

LOL! That’s so bad!


62 posted on 06/27/2013 8:10:57 PM PDT by FrdmLvr (culture, language, borders)
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To: RugerMini14

You could sell ‘Crazy Ass Cracker’ tshirts and retire a millionaire, I think.


63 posted on 06/27/2013 8:12:07 PM PDT by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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To: chris37

Well, how the heck do you think Obamanation got elected? Take the Obamaphone imbecile woman multiplied x L-rd knows many times. This “witness” is just a younger version of Obamaphone Woman.


64 posted on 06/27/2013 8:14:42 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

George is innocent!!!

Most of the witnesses are lying!!! That`s all I have


65 posted on 06/27/2013 8:16:33 PM PDT by Friendofgeorge (SARAH PALIN 2016 OR BUST)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What I cannot figure out is why the Michelin Man appeared at trial in drag with such an unspeakably bad haircut. With his money you’d think he could afford a makeover. Jes’ sayin’.


66 posted on 06/27/2013 8:16:55 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Separated by a common language.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The only question I have is this, did this Troglodyte go for the Bangs look before or after Moochelle My Belle dazzled the Nation with her new look?
67 posted on 06/27/2013 8:17:24 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (They can follow the Communist, I'll follow the Constitution...)
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To: dr_lew
It's an all woman jury ... what are they thinking of this?

G-d help Zimmereman if their cycles sync up and they deliberate during PMS week.

68 posted on 06/27/2013 8:18:01 PM PDT by lightman (Prosecute the heresies; pity the heretics.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yup, that’s why she lied and said she was in the hospital and couldn’t attend the funeral, and didn’t want to meet or discuss that night with Sabrina Fulton; she couldn’t face Trabama’s mama since she felt responsible for his death after egging him into attacking Z.


69 posted on 06/27/2013 8:18:23 PM PDT by IChing
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To: dfwgator

“I rote dis book.....”.

This woman is a good example of The Great Society.


70 posted on 06/27/2013 8:21:12 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it. Their minds have been stolen.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Key Witness Against George Zimmerman Is Hard to Understand

Lets see, 12 years of public government schooling and she can not even communicate or read...We could ask her to write a statement in her own words, but she would like dispute her own written statement.

Just think, there are millions of people like this in the U.S., actually driving cars and voting...

71 posted on 06/27/2013 8:21:53 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She looks like a Milk Dud with a wig.


72 posted on 06/27/2013 8:25:38 PM PDT by Republican Extremist
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To: EinNYC

One thing seems certain in all of this, America is in a very rapid decline.


73 posted on 06/27/2013 8:29:47 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: cripplecreek

It looks like she tried to swallow a tractor tire and it got stuck halfway down.


74 posted on 06/27/2013 8:31:39 PM PDT by Husker24
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To: SampleMan
The dumber someone is, the worse they generally are at lying.

Really? I'm pretty smart, but I'm a terrible liar, and I refrain from it largely on that basis. It's too much trouble.

75 posted on 06/27/2013 8:33:01 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I worked with some women very much like her in many ways. I’ll never forget the day that the news came out about the Nicole Simpson murder. Without exception, they all shamelessly declared that she deserved it for cheating on OJ.


76 posted on 06/27/2013 8:35:21 PM PDT by Theophilus (Not merely prolife, but prolific)
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To: Republican Extremist

She looks like half of the farm bill. Not that I am slim by any means, but I’ve never even licked a food stamp.


77 posted on 06/27/2013 8:37:44 PM PDT by Theophilus (Not merely prolife, but prolific)
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To: chris37

Brought to you by your friendly neighbor LIBERALtard.


78 posted on 06/27/2013 8:38:24 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
How credible is her version of events? Not very.

Yeah, but if there's any guilt ridden liberals or liberal blacks on that jury they'll buy it hook line and sinker.

79 posted on 06/27/2013 8:38:50 PM PDT by Bullish (Psalm 46)
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To: Uncle Chip

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

If the prosecutor got so far as putting this witness on the stand without knowing she had “problems,” he is stupid. The other choice is that he’s in on the scam and betting the jury is stupid/biased enough to go along with it.


80 posted on 06/27/2013 8:39:23 PM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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