Trayvon Martin's friend and a key witness made a lot more sense than you think

[TorchTheWitch]

87. she dictated the letter to a friend

Whoopdie-doo. Every one of my bosses is guilty of that. Hell, most of them didn't bother to even sign themselves, and I forged their signatures for them. Gads, I even had a boss who had me forge his signature on briefs filed in court that he never bothered to read.

Every one of these "lies" are petty and reasonable and have nothing to do with her character or what she witnessed.

So she lied to Martin's family why she didn't attend the wake or the funeral. Whoopdie-doo. She freely admitted that she lied to them about it, her explanation for it was entirely reasonable, it has nothing to do with her character (in fact it speaks well of her character that she was too emotional to attend) nor does it have anything to do with her reliability as a witness. I would have done the same. Even in my mid-twenties I was emotionally incapable of attending the funeral of my grandmother who died of totally natural and expected causes and told my family I couldn't go because I was sick. So what. It says nothing about my character nor truthfulness in entirely different matters. All it shows is that I was too embarrassed to tell my own family that I was too emotional about it to go. Frankly, wakes in particular disgust me... I have no desire to look upon a dead person that I knew in life. Though I realize that some people find comfort or closure in doing so to me it is repulsive and bizarre.

I also once had someone else sign a birthday card for me and add a couple of lines I asked them to write for me. Whoopdie-doo. Nobody would consider that nefarious or some kind of blemish upon my character. Having a friend write a letter Rachel dictated to her to send to Mrs. Martin speaks well of Rachel's character in that she wanted the letter to have proper diction and penmanship for such an important and emotional document that Mrs. Martin wouldn't have difficulty deciphering nor humiliate Rachel for her lack of education. I only wish my own mother dictated her letters to me since she writes in cursive which I struggle to read and medical abbreviations I don't always remember what they mean since my mom has used such abbreviations in letters and notes to us all our lives as if we SHOULD know what they meant just because SHE did. Frankly, if my diction and penmanship and inability to write in cursive existed I would want to dictate the letter to someone else to write for me as well.

I can't even believe anyone is falling for these gross petty grasping at straws the defense has been harassing every witness over yet here they are. Good thing they aren't on the jury.