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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The problem is that schools, starting at a very early age, should fail students who don't know anything.
My company had a big problem with workers unable to read hazmat safety precautions and MSDS sheets. All of the applicants are now screened for literacy. On testing day, about five applicants will remain to complete the hiring process from a pool of 15 - 20. Most of them are black.
What a chilling comparison. Without a conviction the Boers would have extended the war. With it, a once great nation sold its soul.
With what is going on at SCOTUS since the Roberts court started, to quote Claudius, “When sorrows come, they come not single spies but in battalions.”
So who is our “Lord Kitchener”?
I hope the defense keeps her on the stand for days
And recalls her again later
and keep at it until she admits the prosecution coached her
THAT will be worth watching
Wait...
Didn’t she hear Zimmerman shouting “Take that *pow* you N*****r, and that *bam* I hate all N*****rs”
I bet if she thinks hard enough , she would remember that
Alrighty then. She needs to be prosecuted then for lying. And the person who wrote the letter as well.
Unreal...
why would a donkey need you to do printing ?
Don’t be surprised if a literacy test in the near future is deemed discriminatory, for just that reason.
Several companies are currently being sued by the NLRB for asking about arrests on their applications because of higher arrest rates for blacks.
"Convicted? No, never convicted."
I’m stoked I can finally read and write a code language!!!
Disable the touchpad!! Why in the world they have the touchpad below the keyboard has always been a puzzle to me. Nerds! sheesh!!
“Don’t be surprised if a literacy test in the near future is deemed discriminatory, for just that reason.”
The way we are going it won’t be long until private employers must list all job openings with the US Department of Labor. Department civil servant, in consultation with the appropriate union, will send the company a government vetted individual to fill the position. Employers will not have any discretion in hiring or firing.
Of course employers will be held liable for any acts of the employee while on the job.
Voted for Obama, free stuff, free phone, free money. Product of gov’mint school system. Can’t read. Can’t write. Just create new Obama voters by the dozen.
Jeez, it’s like watching a big, black Honey Boo Boo.
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