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vt_native

(484 posts)
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 07:20 PM Jul 2013

Rachel Jeantel is being re-victimized/"otherized" by the white juror

"I didn't understand her" I couldn't connect with her/ discounted her testimony. I saw her(Rachel) on Piers Morgan reacting to the hurtful remarks of the juror. I am ashamed of some of my fellow white people.

On TYT right now.

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Rachel Jeantel is being re-victimized/"otherized" by the white juror (Original Post) vt_native Jul 2013 OP
I understand Ms. Jeantel much bettter than any Zimmerman apologist Skittles Jul 2013 #1
Rachel Jeanel's interview handmade34 Jul 2013 #2
b37's interview with Anderson Cooper was not so excellent JI7 Jul 2013 #4
B37 and Rachel handmade34 Jul 2013 #5
Hoity, Toity, Rich, White, Transplant Woman HockeyMom Jul 2013 #3
Rachel has nothing to worry about TorchTheWitch Jul 2013 #6
Rachel has the offer of a fully paid scholarship while B37... Spazito Jul 2013 #7
Rachel Jeantel told a number of lies, both under oath and otherwise. Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #8
She was a terrible, terrible witness. Bake Jul 2013 #9
Who told more lies than Zimmerman? madashelltoo Jul 2013 #10

JI7

(89,262 posts)
4. b37's interview with Anderson Cooper was not so excellent
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 07:55 PM
Jul 2013

she came off as a fucking dumbass.

isn't it something when someone is so wrong about themselves and others and how others view things.

i wonder how badly it hurt to know that people are so disgusted that the book deal was dropped by the publisher. she really thinks she was someone people would identify with and connect with and view Rachel the same way she did.

handmade34

(22,757 posts)
5. B37 and Rachel
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 08:03 PM
Jul 2013

live in different universes... I much prefer Rachel's... unfortunately, jury of his (Zimmerman's) peers was all too literal... there was no one to understand and protect Trayvon... no empathy on that jury

 

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
3. Hoity, Toity, Rich, White, Transplant Woman
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 07:53 PM
Jul 2013

Seen many of them since moving to Florida. My neighbor was one of those. I avoided her like the plague. Thankfully, she moved.

Edit: The house was bought by a Mexican/Puerto Rican family with 3 kids. Much nicer neighbors than that snooty woman and her husband.

TorchTheWitch

(11,065 posts)
6. Rachel has nothing to worry about
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 08:07 PM
Jul 2013

That juror is such a buffoon she either slept through the trial or she's missing several essential marbles upstairs.

Spazito

(50,444 posts)
7. Rachel has the offer of a fully paid scholarship while B37...
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 08:14 PM
Jul 2013

found out nobody wants anything she has to offer and running away from her as fast as they can.

The court of public opinion takes over once the legal system is finished and it is clear who the court of public opinion is supporting.

Go Rachel!

Link to thread about Tom Joyner's wonderful offer to Rachel:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3272247

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
8. Rachel Jeantel told a number of lies, both under oath and otherwise.
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 08:25 PM
Jul 2013

Perhaps this reduced her credibility in the eyes of the jurors.

Bake

(21,977 posts)
9. She was a terrible, terrible witness.
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 08:29 PM
Jul 2013

Probably did more harm than good for the prosecution.

Bake, Esq.

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