confrontation through his eyes and the way the defense portrayed it. but she couldn t identify with trayvon martin s female friend who what haitian-american. so that term creepy-ass cracka that rachel jeantel said trayvon used, you re saying that s simply how they talked to each other? sure. that s the way they talk. and did you see that as a negative statement or a racial statement as the defense suggested? i don t think it s really racial. i think it s just everyday life, the type of life that they live and how they re living and the environment that they re living in. so you didn t find her credible as a witness? no. so juror b-37 was part of a six-member panel. all female, one
did you find it hard at times to understand what she was saying? a lot of the times. because a lot of the times she was using phrases i have never heard before and what they meant. he looked like a creepy-ass cracka. when she used the phrase creepy-ass cracka, what did you think of that? i thought it was probably the truth. i think trayvon probably said that. did you see that as a negative statement or a racial statement as the defense suggested? i don t think it s really racial. i think it s just everyday life, the type of life that they live and how they re living and the environment that they re living in. so you didn t find her credible as a witness? no. so did you find her testimony important in terms of what she actually said? well, i think the most important thing is the time that
of this jury. i think she felt inadequate toward everyone because of her education and her communication skills. i just felt sadness for her. you felt like what, she was in over her head? well, not over her head, she just didn t want to be there. she was embarrassed by being there because of her education and her communication skills that she just wasn t a good witness. did you find it hard at times to understand what she was saying? a lot of the times. because a lot of the times she was using phrases i have never heard before and what they meant. he looked like a creepy-ass cracka. when she used the phrase creepy-ass cracka, what did you think of that? i thought it was probably the truth. i think trayvon probably said that. did you see that as a
there because of her education and her communication skills that she just wasn t a good witness. did you find it hard at times to understand what she was saying? a lot of the times. because a lot of the times she was using phrases i have never heard before and what they meant. he looked like a creepy-ass cracka. when she used the phrase creepy-ass cracka, what did you think of that? i thought it was probably the truth. i think trayvon probably said that. did you see that as a negative statement or a racial statement as the defense suggested? i don t think it s really racial. i think it s just everyday life, the type of life that they live and how they re living and the environment that they re living in. so you didn t find her credible as a witness? no. so did you find her testimony
their side. no offense to the jury. they old. that s old-school people. we in a new school. our generation. my generation. [ applause ] let s talk about creepy-ass cracker. people have said that that is a phrase used by black people, cracker, to describe a white person. is that true? no. like i said how do you spell it, first of all? cracker. well, you could there s no e-r, right? no. it s an a at the end. c-r-a-c-k-a. yeah. and that s a person who act like they re a police, who like security guard who acting like that s why i said to them, trayvon said creepy-ass cracka. it means he thought it was a policeman or security guard. acting like a policeman. and then he keep telling me that the man still watching him. so if it was a security guard or a policeman, they would come up