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Spike Lee, the noted film director and civil rights activist, is in talks to resolve complaints from a Florida couple who say they were forced from their home when he retweeted their address to his Twitter followers as part of the ongoing furor surrounding the shooting of Trayvon Martin.
Elaine and David McClain, in their 70s, left their Sanford, Fla., home after their address was tweeted by a man who thought he had found the home of George Zimmerman, the 28-year-old who shot Martin, 17.Martin, a black 17-year-old, was unarmed at the time of the shooting. Zimmerman, 28, the son of a white father and a Latina, said he fired in self-defense in the Feb. 26 incident.
The McClains happen to have a son named William George Zimmerman who lived there in 1995. Their son is not related to the George Zimmerman who shot Martin.
This elderly couple could have been killed because of Mr Lee's irresponsible tweet. This thing has gotten way out of control thanks to the race those who are inciting hatred.
LOL, you hope he goes to jail? Please. I'm he apologized though. It was dangerously irresponsible.
Tweeting someone's address isn't illegal.Damned straight I do. What he did was criminal.
Tweeting someone's address isn't illegal.
Couldn't that be considered reckless endangerment?Tweeting someone's address isn't illegal.
Well, he's rich, so the tidiness probably won't affect him.It'll make for a tidy little civil suit, though.
I suppose so, but I doubt it would work with the defense attorney Lee can afford.Couldn't that be considered reckless endangerment?
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This elderly couple could have been killed because of Mr Lee's irresponsible tweet. This thing has gotten way out of control thanks to the race baiters those who are inciting hatred.
Tweeting someone's address isn't illegal.
It'll make for a tidy little civil suit, though.
It would be hard to prove that he intended to hurt someone.Doing something like this, with the intent to inflict (potentially lethal) harm to someone else, damned well should be.
The Sanford police allowed Zimmerman's cell number to be released on the 911 tape.
should they too go to prison?
It would be hard to prove that he intended to hurt someone.
It takes one google search to link a phone number to an address. Also, Zimmerman mentioned part of his address on the tape.And that endangered Zimmerman how?
And that endangered Zimmerman how?
Doing something like this, with the intent to inflict (potentially lethal) harm to someone else, damned well should be.
You would have to prove he "intended harm" when all he did was RE-TWEET the address. He wasn't the first to tweet it.
you would have a better case with the person whom the tweet originated from, however, even that would be difficult to prove intent on that as well.
The only reason this is making news is that Spike Lee is well known whereas all the other dirt bags that tweeted it aren't getting any mention whatsoever.
It takes one google search to link a phone number to an address. .
Also, Zimmerman mentioned part of his address on the tape
The Sanford police allowed Zimmerman's cell number to be released on the 911 tape.
should they too go to prison?
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