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In reply to the discussion: I dont think Trayvon's friend is helping the case much. [View all]hack89
(39,171 posts)282. When you have other prosecution witnesses confirming Zimmerman's account
that Martin was on top of him and pounding the shit out of him then perhaps that bullet hole won't be enough.
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I agree. She needed to be continually asked to speak up and she seemed very annoyed.
EOTE
Jun 2013
#2
Isn't one of the attorney's maxims "Never ask a question you don't already know the answer to"?
EOTE
Jun 2013
#14
I'm sorry, turning 19 doesn't magically gift you with the ability to speak like a grownup. A kid n/t
ScreamingMeemie
Jun 2013
#36
Good for you. She's a kid. To expect her to sit on the stand and be perfect. Pfffft n/t
ScreamingMeemie
Jun 2013
#55
Again, not expecting her to be perfect. Just for her to have a bit of a clue as to why she's there.
EOTE
Jun 2013
#67
There are a number of jurors who are going through the same thing? Only much more so?
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#239
I've seen her wiping tears a number of times. Is that because she's petulant, too?
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#246
I (and virtually everyone I grew up with) was *far* more articulate at age 19 than this woman.
Rod Walker
Jun 2013
#93
"she isn't helping the prosecution with the right group" I am wondering if those appalled by her
bettyellen
Jun 2013
#201
Coaching is against the rules, will indicate they may have told her what to say.
uppityperson
Jun 2013
#47
Except the actual **CONTENT** of the testimony supports the prosecution's picture
Tommy_Carcetti
Jun 2013
#141
What specifically is she saying that weakens or undermines the prosecutions' case?
LanternWaste
Jun 2013
#21
I don't really see how testimony that neither weakens not invalidates the prosecution's case
LanternWaste
Jun 2013
#71
Disagree. I caught the prosecution's questioning. I think she presented a vivid account.
pinto
Jun 2013
#9
I think this is far outside her way of communicating. And she's young and scared and upset.
nolabear
Jun 2013
#28
Ann Romney? What in the world does she have anything to do with the subject at hand?
Rod Walker
Jun 2013
#219
Your questions have been answered by other people in this thread. Do read up.
Democracyinkind
Jun 2013
#158
It seems his "Ebonics-to-Foreign language" clinic has already been shut down.
Democracyinkind
Jun 2013
#162
Nye thinks our high schools should teach us to speak and write as the British are taught
CreekDog
Jul 2013
#284
so a 19 year old whose friend was murdered needs to speak like a Harvard Law grad?
CreekDog
Jun 2013
#218
I wasn't referring to racism or bigotry, but more to culture and ethnic identity.
LiberalAndProud
Jun 2013
#252
I think she's doing fucking great. She stands up to that asshole defense attorney.
DevonRex
Jun 2013
#40
I'm guessing the Defense is going to try to argue that the Martin family used her to concoct a story
Tommy_Carcetti
Jun 2013
#48
There's the trap. He's drawing parallels between two things she said that weren't true.
nolabear
Jun 2013
#51
I can't believe Don West is spending 5 minutes over friend vs. girlfriend.
Tommy_Carcetti
Jun 2013
#62
we talked about the exact thing last night, very typical teenager..."I don't want to be bothered"
uponit7771
Jun 2013
#151
I've gotten kind of fond of her during the course of this. It's a look into a teenager's world.
nolabear
Jun 2013
#66
Yes, her instinct for wanting to be anonymous was a good one. This stuff eats you alive.
nolabear
Jun 2013
#76
Given the OP's track record, I feel good knowing about the witness knowing she feels bad about it
CreekDog
Jun 2013
#214
She's doing very well..in fact I think the defense's treatment of her is poorly
msanthrope
Jun 2013
#84
I agree ... thinly veiled beneath her "Yes sir"s are simmering "Fuck the hell off".
Myrina
Jun 2013
#217
She was deposed by him before and understandably finds him annoying. She is sick of him.
Glimmer of Hope
Jun 2013
#121
There are OPs calling people racist if they do not agree with Obama all the time.
djean111
Jun 2013
#135
Trayvon Martin's friend's name is Rachel Jeantel and my heart breaks for her.
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#164
I am not confused about anything. I hold these truth's to be self-evident.
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#179
I'd venture to guess your grandsons didn't attend Miami inner city schools, as did Ms Jeantel.
lpbk2713
Jun 2013
#224
So is it the Miami inner city schools, or the Florida school system, as post 182 suggests?
bike man
Jun 2013
#259
Odd. I have one 19 yr old grandson, just finished first yr college, and he reads
bike man
Jun 2013
#184
Found this on google...Wahingotn Post article.....but there are many other sources.
Gin
Jun 2013
#188
Some of them must be getting it from somewhere. Where would we place the blame for
bike man
Jun 2013
#193
Don't need to check their ages, I've known them since they were babies. And here
bike man
Jun 2013
#256
The 19 yr old in your example probable would not be a prosecution witness, either.
bike man
Jun 2013
#258
As is assigning all sorts of reasons to justify poor performance. No one here
bike man
Jun 2013
#273
If this person is the prosecution's "star witness", the prosecution is in big trouble.
Nye Bevan
Jun 2013
#178
I like her. She's obviously not going to take crap from that horrid defence attorney.
applegrove
Jun 2013
#265
The inference is that the state influenced her to get the statement they wanted
hack89
Jun 2013
#279