— Imani Gandy, senior legal analyst at Rewire, with the reaction shared by a lot of people upon hearing the news that George Zimmerman is suing, inter alia, the parents of Trayvon Martin. Also on the receiving end of Zimmerman’s legal ire is Martin family attorney, Ben Crump; Florida prosecutors Bernie de la Rionda, John Guy, and Angela Corey; trial witness Rachel Jeantel; book publisher HarperCollins; the Florida Department of Law Enforcement; and the state of Florida. The lawsuit alleges widespread “witness fraud,” claiming prosecution witness Rachel Jeantel is “an imposter and fake witness” as detailed in the new film The Trayvon Hoax: Unmasking the Witness Fraud that Divided America.
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