A week ago, I received an advanced copy of a new book and film combo called The Trayvon Hoax containing explosive and compelling evidence that the key witness in the trial of George Zimmerman was a complete fraud. In the course of a yearlong investigation, filmmaker Joel Gilbert had amassed significant evidence that Rachel Jeantel -- the woman the prosecution claimed was the last person on the phone with Trayvon Martin the night of his death -- barely knew Martin and certainly did not talk to him on that tragic night. During the trial, Jeantel testified that Martin had told her that he was trying to lose Zimmerman, buoying the narrative that Zimmerman had instigated the fight resulting in Martin’s death. If this was a lie and Jeantel wasn’t even on the phone with Martin in those fateful moments, then the subsequent protests, riots, and increased racial tensions that roiled the nation were based on deception – a hoax. Even though George Zimmerman was...(Read Full Post)