Trayvon Martin: Spike Lee Settles With Family Forced to Flee Home

The Los Angeles Times ^ | Thursday, March 29, 2012 | Michael Muskal

[kristinn]

Spike Lee has reached an agreement with the Florida couple forced to flee their home after the film director retweeted their home address and they fled to a hotel to avoid problems associated with the shooting of Trayvon Martin, it was announced Thursday.

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. Lee then retweeted the McClains’ address to his followers on Twitter.

The McClains have a son, William George Zimmerman, who is not related to the George Zimmerman who shot Martin and whose arrest is being sought by Martin’s family and civil rights supporters.

“The McClains’ claim is fully resolved,” Matt Morgan, their attorney, said in an email. “Mr. Lee personally called them to give a very heartfelt apology. Further, he agreed to compensate them for their loss and the disruption to their lives.

“The McClains were very moved by Mr. Lee's apology,” Morgan said. “They would like the Lee family to be left in peace,” Morgan said.

Earlier, Morgan had said that the McClains wanted to resolve the issues with Lee quickly to illustrate that whites and blacks could work together to settle their differences without escalating racial tensions

[Cementjungle]

At least he apologized

He only apologized because he published the wrong address.

[Terry Mross]

Archie: Rabinowitz, Rabinowitz and ...what’s the other guy’s name?

Edith: Rabinowitz.

Archie: That’s right. The three wise men.

[immadashell]

Apology NOT accepted. Spike still has evil intentions against the real George Zimmerman. And unless and until he apologizes for his idiot intentions to harm the real victim (Zimmerman) then Lee has not done enough.

At a minimum, Lee was criminally negligent when he tweeted the wrong address. If the couple had been physically harmed, Lee would be guilty of attempted murder. If they had died, Lee would be guilty of second or third degree murder. If the address were correct and Zimmerman was killed by a modern day lynch mob, Lee would have been guilty of abetting a first degree murder.

Question: For which of the above felonies is a monetary sentence or an apology appropriate?

[cherry]

financially, he acted fast to quash the problem...smart idea...saved himself a million or so...