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Prosecutors admit Trayvon Martin’s girlfriend lied under oath
The Daily Caller ^ | March 6, 2013 | Patrick Howley, investigative reporter

Posted on 03/06/2013 2:05:24 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

The murder case against half-Latino neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman was dealt a devastating blow Tuesday, when prosecutors acknowledged that their star witness, the 19-year old former girlfriend of the late Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, lied under oath.

The woman, who also told police she was on the phone with Martin shortly before his death, falsely testified that she was in the hospital on the day of Martin’s funeral — perhaps to garner sympathy.

“In fact, she lied,” defense attorney Don West said. Prosecutors also acknowledged her lie, but were reportedly vague about whether they would charge the woman with perjury.

The woman’s lie demonstrates another hole in the second-degree murder case against Zimmerman.

Zimmerman faces trial for second-degree murder after he shot and killed 17-year old Florida teenager Trayvon Martin in February 2012. Martin was suspended from school at the time of the shooting. Zimmerman claims he acted in self-defense while Martin pummeled him with punches, slammed his head against the pavement, and reached for Zimmerman’s gun. Photographs from the night of the shooting showing cuts and gashes on the back of Zimmerman’s head seem to corroborate Zimmerman’s version of events....

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: florida; georgezimmerman; trayvon; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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To: jiggyboy

That’s quite a thread.

I wonder if any of those girls there was Crump’s 16 year old DeeDee???

I noticed at the hearing that there was a noticeable change of demeanor with this judge after this all went down as if she now knows that the jig is up — though she still wouldn’t relent and make the prosecution tell the defense when the state became aware that their 18 y/o DeeDee was lying or let the defense have their DeeDee’s address.

However when she came back out from the break she gave the defense a whole bunch of records which I suspect included DeeDee’s address[es].

I hope they videotape her deposition. It would be a youtube sensation.


21 posted on 03/06/2013 3:04:11 PM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Yeah, but no mention that he’s 1/4 black. That’d ruin the meme.

It's long been established that somebody who is 1/4 black is black. Except if he's conservative.

22 posted on 03/06/2013 3:08:50 PM PST by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I do not expect to see Scott re-elected, should he decide to run.


23 posted on 03/06/2013 3:18:49 PM PST by Arm_Bears (Ted Kennedy's Oldsmobile has killed more people than my guns.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They will find another way to slam Zimmerman behind bars for having a Jewish-sounding name and for killing someone who could look like 0’s sons.


24 posted on 03/06/2013 3:20:23 PM PST by I want the USA back (Ask me my opinion.)
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To: Charles Martel
The state's case must be boned if the media is now referring to George as "half-Latino".

Good call!

25 posted on 03/06/2013 3:24:24 PM PST by Ken H
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Team Obama (which includes the media) carefully selected this case for Obama to weigh in on for his election-year boost, so come hell or high water, they absolutely have to win this to save face.


26 posted on 03/06/2013 3:24:46 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: PapaBear3625
From what I understand, Zimmerman is 1/2 white (his father's side), 3/8 Hispanic, and 1/8 black (his mother's side, which is Peruvian). In the US anyone with any known African ancestry is "black" unless they are Hispanic, in which case the Hispanic label takes precedence.

Zimmerman's grandmother was Afro-Peruvian (one-half black). The media wanted him to be a Southern white racist, so that's how he was initially portrayed, and that could be how the jurors think of him.

27 posted on 03/06/2013 3:28:57 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: PapaBear3625

“Except if he’s conservative. “

From what I’ve read, Zimmerman is a democrat.


28 posted on 03/06/2013 3:29:55 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Charles Martel

Is Half-Latino/ Half-White anything on the order of Half-Kenyan/ Half-Assed?


29 posted on 03/06/2013 3:36:04 PM PST by GOYAKLA (Waiting for the Golden Screw to be removed from Obama's navel and his a$$ falls off!)
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To: Arm_Bears

Crist will be his opponent so...

But to be honest, I don’t see any remarkable difference between Crist and Scott.

Perhaps Scott should consider spray painting himself orange to further confuse the FL electorate.


30 posted on 03/06/2013 3:57:14 PM PST by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

“Except if he’s conservative. “

“From what I’ve read, Zimmerman is a democrat”

Probably Not Anymore


31 posted on 03/06/2013 4:30:45 PM PST by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: Verginius Rufus

The media and others were trying to paint Zimmerman, not a s your ordinary southern white racist, but as a racist southern Jew....not just white, but an EVIL JEW !!

When that tanked, they were left to grab on to whatever they could.


32 posted on 03/06/2013 4:37:38 PM PST by Ouderkirk (Obama has turned America into an aristocracy of the unaccomplished.)
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To: GOYAKLA
Is Half-Latino/ Half-White anything on the order of Half-Kenyan/ Half-Assed?

Although Obama is Half-Kenyan/All-Ass.

33 posted on 03/06/2013 4:43:23 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (Obama's vision - No Job is a Good Job)
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To: Ouderkirk
I think definitely Sharpton and some others assumed that Zimmerman was Jewish because of his surname.

In fact it is not necessarily a Jewish name (it just means "carpenter" in German and that occupation was hardly monopolized by Jews).

Ethel Merman's real name was Zimmerman and she was not Jewish. Arthur Zimmermann, of the infamous Zimmermann Telegram in 1917, does not appear to have been Jewish. I had a classman in high school named Zimmerman who was a Catholic.

34 posted on 03/06/2013 5:00:48 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.

MARK LEVIN -— I have an idea!!!
Posted on 03/06/2013 4:03:24 PM PST by LTC.Ret
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2994225/posts


35 posted on 03/06/2013 7:19:11 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: VeniVidiVici

Agreed but I was not talking about Madame O.
But of course he is the bigger of the two.
It’s a cool(51) evening on the west side tonight.
Wekiva, Bob


36 posted on 03/06/2013 7:40:00 PM PST by GOYAKLA (Waiting for the Golden Screw to be removed from Obama's navel and his a$$ falls off!)
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To: GOYAKLA

About 49 here now. Doesn’t it know it’s March already? :-)


37 posted on 03/06/2013 8:17:17 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (Obama's vision - No Job is a Good Job)
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To: Cementjungle

Not necessarily. Obama got his election year year boost. Crump and Sharpton were useful idiots.


38 posted on 03/07/2013 9:52:59 AM PST by reagandemocrat
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