Not only does she call Caucasians Crackers but she makes fun of the Mentally Challenged by calling them RETARD and any question she doesn't like RETARDED... And the State Attorney General believes her.... I suggest he get another job.
Now this is coming from a junkie who can't read, who is a drunk and cant graduate High School because she is too high to comprehend her school work.
I am going to put in my gut reaction. I believe this uneducated Jeantel egged Trayvon on to fight Zimmerman. Not if Trayvon was at the house of his Father's girlfriend why didn't he just go in and not confront Zimmerman.
You need to read between the lines to get the full picture.
'That's retarded sir': Trayvon Martin prosecution's star witness reacts badly when dragged over the coals by defense - leaving doubts about her credibility
- Rachel Jeantel clashed with George Zimmerman's defense attorney Don West today - replying 'That's retarded sir' to one of his questions
- Grew annoyed and confused several times throughout her second day of testimony
- She said she believed the encounter was racially charged because Trayvon called Zimmerman a 'creep-a** cracker'
- Had to admit that she couldn't read cursive in court
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The star prosecution witness in George Zimmerman's murder trial finished her testimony today - leaving behind serious doubts as to her credibility after the defense attempted to pick apart her testimony.
During an often tense and uncomfortable cross-examination, Rachel Jeantel clashed with attorney, Don West - at one point replying 'That's retarded sir,' when asked if Trayvon Martin attacked George Zimmerman.
The difficult exchanges between the young woman who was on the phone with Trayvon Martin moments before he was shot dead, revealed inconsistencies in the story she told Martin's parents, their lawyer Benjamin Crump, and to prosecutors in the aftermath.
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Tense: Witness Rachel Jeantel, left, continues her testimony to defense attorney Don West on day 14 during George Zimmerman's trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Florida
And in an embarrassing moment, Jeantel was forced to admit in court today that she could not read a letter she allegedly wrote last year about the teen's shooting, saying, 'I don't read cursive.'
The 19-year-old's time on the stand became so awkward and testy that Martin's parents were left shaking their heads in dismay at times as she gave her answers to West.
West challenged Jeantel about her claim that the encounter was racially charged and about her differing accounts of what she heard over the phone when Zimmerman and Martin first exchanged words.
The often-testy exchanges between Jeantel and defense attorney Don West came a day after Jeantel admitted to lying about her age and lying about why she skipped Martin's funeral.
End of Testimony: Witness Rachel Jeantel leaves the courtroom for a break during George Zimmerman's trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, on Thursday, June 27, 2013
Witness Rachel Jeantel smiles towards the end of her second day testimony during George Zimmerman's murder trial for 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Florida
Jeantel was on the phone with Martin as he walked from a convenience store through the neighborhood where he was visiting, and she was the last person to speak with him before his encounter with Zimmerman on February 26th, 2012 at the Retreat at Twin Lakes townhome complex.
Zimmerman, 29, could get life in prison if convicted of second-degree murder. Zimmerman followed Martin in his truck and called a police dispatch number before he and the teen got into a fight.
Zimmerman has said he opened fire only after the teenager jumped him and began slamming his head against the concrete sidewalk. Zimmerman identifies himself as Hispanic and has denied the confrontation had anything to do with race, as Martin's family and their supporters have claimed.
Rachel Jeantel testified on Thursday for the second day in a row, in which she said she thought the encounter between Trayvon and George Zimmerman was racially charged because of her friend's description of Zimmerman as a 'creepy-a** cracker'.
In a painfully embarrassing moment in an already awkward and tense cross examination, defense attorney Don West asked her to read the letter aloud and she said she could not.
He asked her: 'Are you able to read at all?'
She appeared sheepish and bowed her head as she mumbled into the microphone: 'Some but not all. I don't read cursive.'
The only thing she could read was her name. West then read the letter to the court.
Hostile: Witness Rachel Jeantel, right, continues her testimony to defense attorney Don West on day four of George Zimmerman's trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford
Confusing: Rachel Jeantel testified on Thursday for the second day in a row, saying she thought race was an issue because Martin told her he was being followed by a 'creepy-a**' man
Defendant: George Zimmerman listens to Rachel Jeantel's testimony on the fourth day of his second-degree murder trial
Fate: Zimmerman is pleading not guilty to second-degree murder in Martin¿s fatal shooting. He claims self-defense and faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted
Cursive: Rachel Jeantel's letter to Trayvon's parents, which was written by a friend but signed by her, was read out in court today by Don West
He then grilled Jeantel about the letter - which she had a friend write for Trayvon's parents in the weeks after the February 2012 incident.
It described the phone conversation she had with her friend as he walked from a convenience store back to his father’s fiancee’s home.
'I DON'T READ CURSIVE': THE LETTER RACHEL COULDN'T READ
'I was on the phone when Trevon [sic] decided to go to the corner store It started to rain so he decided to walk through another complex because it was rainy to [sic] hard.
'He started walking then noticed someone was following him. Then he decided to find a shortcut cause the man wouldn't follow him. Then he said the man didn't follow him again.
'Then he looked back and saw the man again. The man started getting closer. Then Trevon [sic] turned around and said Why are you following me!! Then I heard him fall.
'Then the phone hung up. I called back and got no response. In my mind I thought it was just a fight. Then I found out this tragic story.
'Thank you, Diamond Eugene'
West pressed her on what he indicated were inconsistencies between the letter and Jeantel's subsequent depositions and testimony - in particular her recent revelation that Martin told her he was being followed by a 'creepy-a** cracker.'
He asked her why this was the first time she has disclosed that Trayvon referred to Zimmerman in this way.
She said: 'Nobody asked me.'
Jeantel wrote the letter for the teen's parents so she could give her account of the phone call. She said she never intended for it to be made public.
The letter said: 'He started walking then noticed someone was following him. Then he decided to find a shortcut cause the man wouldn't follow him. Then he said the man didn't follow him again.
'Then he looked back and saw the man again. The man started getting closer. Then Trevon [sic] turned around and said Why are you following me!! Then I heard him fall.
'Then the phone hung up. I called back and got no response. In my mind I thought it was just a fight. Then I found out this tragic story. Thank you.'
Grilling: Witness Rachel Jeantel enters the courtroom for her second day of testimony
She signed the letter Diamond Eugene, a name she said she is sometimes known by.
West painstakingly questioned her about an April 2 interview she gave to prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda in which she talked about the same phone conversation she had with Trayvon.
In it, she claimed she could hear the teen saying, 'Get off'. Jeantel was difficult to understand on the audio, which was played without the jury in the room.
'You didn't say "I couldn't hear it was Trayvon" or "I couldn't know it was Trayvon?"' West asked, before questioning her about the noise she heard on the phone which she believed was of Trayvon being hit.
'You don't know that, do you?' West said. 'You don't know that Trayvon got hit. You don't know that at that moment, Trayvon Martin didn't take his fist and drive it into George Zimmerman's face, do you?'
She responded: 'No sir.'
He continued to push her on this topic, at times growing angry and impatient with the witness. At one point Judge Nelson had to tell him to lower his voice.
When asked how she knew Trayvon didn't start the fight, she said it was because he didn't tell her he was planning to confront the man who was following him.
If he was planning on starting a fight, he would have called her back, she said.
'You figured if Trayvon Martin was getting ready to sucker punch someone and get in a fight, he would have told you, "Let me take care of this and I'll call you right back?"' West asked.
'No sir, he would not allow me on the phone with him if he was about the have a fight,' Jeantel answered.
At one stage, Jeantel says to West: 'That's real retarded sir.'
West asked her: 'Are you able to read at all?' She appeared sheepish and bowed her head as she mumbled into the microphone: 'Some but not all. I don't read cursive'
Hearing: George Zimmerman's murder trial is expected to last two to four weeks. The jury is made up of five white women and one Hispanic woman
Former resident of the gated Sanford community where Trayvon was shot Jenna Lauer took to the stand this afternoon.
She said she heard two 'flustered' voices having a conversation outside her home before hearing shoes scuffling on grass and the pavement. Grunts then turned to yelps, which turned to cries of help, she told the court.
When her 911 call was played to the court, Sybrina Fulton left the courtroom. She has always maintained the cries for help came from her son.
Lauer said the screams sounded desperate and noted, 'the person really needed help'.
De la Rionda later points out to the court that Lauer follows George Zimmerman's brother on Twitter.
She responded that she has tweeted a total of zero times and does not even know how to use the social networking site.
Another former Twin Lakes resident testified on Thursday that she heard the scuffle behind her home and heard someone yelling 'help.'
Speaking through a translator, Colombian-born Selma Mora testified that the person who was on top during the scuffle was the one who survived the fight, and that he got up and walked away after the gunshot was heard.
The person on top was wearing a garment in 'some sort of a pattern between blacks and reds,' she said, which were the colors of a jacket that Zimmerman was wearing that night.
Witness Selma Mora, (right), reenacts a scenario for defense attorney Mark O'Mara as Judge Debra Nelson, (back center), looks on during George Zimmerman's trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford
Witness Selma Mora answers a question for the prosecution during George Zimmerman's trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford
Former resident: Witness Jennifer Lauer describes the desperate screams for help she heard outside her home on the night Trayvon was shot and killed
Recognize: This picture, which has become crucial to the case, was taken at Jenna Lauer's request because she did not want to go over to Zimmerman on the night he shot Trayvon
Before the 19-year-old testified for the first time yesterday, postings on her Twitter account were reported on by the Smoking Gun, where she wrote about the case, getting high, drink driving and tweeted a picture of her 'court nails'.
Overnight, her account appeared to have been cleaned up, with more than 40 tweets deleted, including the picture of her nails.
The references she made to Trayvon’s death and the case, including having 'jackass lawyers on my ass', were also deleted.
The Smoking Gun reported that on Jeantel’s sanitized Twitter account, the number of published tweets plummeted from 202 to 146.
Four tweets referring to drinking alcohol and taking drugs from February 24 were also deleted. At 19-years-old Jeantel is two years shy of the legal drinking age.
'Party time let get high', 'Omg everybody high' and 'Lol we going to hell for smoke on Sunday I need some more drink' have all been removed as has another reference to drink driving in which she said: 'I hope I dnt hit no one tonight lord plz watch my driving.'
Clean-up: More than 40 tweets were removed from Rachel Jeantel's Twitter account which spoke about alcohol and getting high
Girlfriend: The government's star witness in the George Zimmerman prosecution is 19-year-old Miami woman Rachel Jeantel
Testimony: Rachel said Trayvon told her he was going to try to lose the man and go home, but Zimmerman kept following him
When asked about why she lied about not going to the funeral, she said: 'I felt guilty...I was the last person that talked to their son', before breaking down in tears
Pause: Jeantel also said the screaming voice on 911 calls, which she heard through media outlets after her friend's death, 'sounded like Trayvon'
Zimmerman is pleading not guilty to second-degree murder in Martin’s fatal shooting. He claims self-defense.
Yesterday, Jeantel testified about the last phone call Trayvon made before he was shot dead in which he described how George Zimmerman followed him.
She said Trayvon told her he was going to go home but the man was still following him, saying 'Oh sh**, the n**** is still behind me'.
'I just told him to run,' Rachel told the court, adding that she heard a 'hard-breathing man' in the background.
The pair then got cut off and when she called him back he told her he was back at his father's fiancee's house and he thought he had lost the man.
Manicure: Rachel tweeted a picture of her 'court nails' on Sunday and later deleted it, though it is still on her Facebook
Day three: George Zimmerman enters the courtroom for the third day of his trial in Seminole circuit court on June 26
'It was about to rain when he was going to 7-Eleven', said Jeantel. They talked about the All-Star game which Trayvon left at halftime to go to the store.
It was raining, so Trayvon took a shortcut on his way back home, she said. That's when he revealed 'a man was watching him'.
Jeantel said she told Trayvon she was worried the man was a rapist. Trayvon said to 'stop playing with him like that'.
She then told the jury - made up of five white women and one Hispanic - she heard Trayvon ask the man, 'Why are you following me?' and that he said, 'What are you doing around here?'
She then said she heard Trayvon’s phone headset fall and him saying: 'Get off!'
When asked about why she lied about not going to the funeral, she said: 'I felt guilty...I was the last person that talked to their son', before breaking down in tears.
Jeantel also said the screaming voice on 911 calls, which she heard through media outlets after her friend's death, 'sounded like Trayvon'.
After Martin's death, Jeantel said she found out about the incident from a friend's text message and decided not to go to his wake because she didn't want to see his body.
At times during her testimony she dabbed away tears, as did the father of Trayvon Martin.
He would come to her neighborhood to ride bikes and play games, she said. They met in second grade but lost touch until 2006. She denied being his girlfriend as she has frequently been described as up to this point.
Hard to hear: Trayvon Martin's parents listen as Rachel Jeantel talks about the last phone call Trayvon made before he was shot dead
Opposing teams: Assistant state attorney Bernie de la Rionda, left, and defense attorney Mark O'Mara, right, speak during a recess in George Zimmerman's trial
