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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I remember seeing that. I think it was on this thread.
I graduated in 1969 in the deep south. We integrated my senior year. The black kids were given a choice as to which school to go to. I think it was 6 black kids who came to the white school. There was no problem and most of us became friends. At our 30 years HS reunion one of the black girls showed up and I hugged her and kissed her on the cheek. I did get a few stares.
The next year they integrated all 12 grades. They attempted to make everything equal. Back in those days the students voted for the cheerleaders. But they decided that there would be 4 black cheerleaders and four white cheerleaders. And they dumbed down the passing requirements. In 1969 we had to make 70% to pass. The next year they dropped it to 60% and kept getting lower. Now I think everyone passes if they show up.
Now it’s hard to find a teacher who can speak English or knows anything about politics. Remember the teacher who told the student he could be arrested for saying something bad about obama? Lots more teachers like her than there are who know better.
Those are government teachers, right?
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