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southernyankeebelle

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23. Well I understand that. My own mother came from another country and has a heavy accent.

Thu Jun 27, 2013, 06:43 PM

Jun 2013

I usually do pretty well with accents. I also have worked around young people of all kinds of backgrounds. I just think the girl comes off terrible because she mumbles a lot. It seems she has a hard time communicating what she means and how she says it. I don't think the girl is lying. I think she gets confused with the defense. I feel bad for her. But she does need an attitude adjustment. I think the prosecutor will clean it up and bring her back on point. We shall see. I pray that she isn't the only important witness. I think the blonde lady that was before her was a real good witness. This young lady even said why she lied about her age and why she didn't want to go to the funeral. I don't like the way they are beating up on her in the internet world and twitter. That's not fair after all she is only 19 and I think an immature 19 yr old.

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Give people more credit. Last night on the last word upaloopa Jun 2013 #2

good point. I think I understand what the writer is saying, but I think most of us can empathize spooky3 Jun 2013 #11

read todays thread about the live feed and upaloopa Jun 2013 #15

I'm white... Wait Wut Jun 2013 #3

Research shows that juries typically work hard to make unbiased judgments. I think bad outcomes spooky3 Jun 2013 #13

I'm Black, John2 Jun 2013 #14

but fortunately, it is not her job as a witness to have to make the defense attorney look stupid spooky3 Jun 2013 #17

I've been John2 Jun 2013 #19

You may well be right - my point is just that I am not as pessimistic as some people here are. The spooky3 Jun 2013 #20

'what white people dont understand' markiv Jun 2013 #4

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I watched about 5 minutes of her early testimony from yesterday Schema Thing Jun 2013 #6

Thanks for pointing this out. I am white and I "thought" russspeakeasy Jun 2013 #7

I understand her and I am as white as this background Skittles Jun 2013 #8

i don't think this article is about any particular white person, like the Duers in this thread noiretextatique Jun 2013 #9

I understand what you're saying. hamsterjill Jun 2013 #10

Knock, knock? HockeyMom Jun 2013 #12

I don't think she comes off well because you just can't understand what she is saying. southernyankeebelle Jun 2013 #16

There is John2 Jun 2013 #22

Well I understand that. My own mother came from another country and has a heavy accent. southernyankeebelle Jun 2013 #23

She is credible and never swayed from her testimony. JimDandy Jun 2013 #27

She stood her ground. But she was a terrible witness. But I hope the jury just looks southernyankeebelle Jun 2013 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author JimDandy Jun 2013 #34

Well I pray your right. There was so much clutter in the conversation but she did stand her ground. southernyankeebelle Jun 2013 #36

Yes, because white people can't possibly understand... bobclark86 Jun 2013 #18

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Very good point. People who are curious and learn about others are flamingdem Jun 2013 #28

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I hope this author is wrong. yurbud Jun 2013 #25

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That's how. Mira Jun 2013 #32

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