Just in: Elderly Couple Abandon Home after Spike Lee Re-Tweet (Update - Apology Issued)

can't they sue him for a fuckton that's like slander and endangering them right

The son (mistaken for shooter Zimmerman) attempted to straighten things out, and this is what he got for his efforts:

Zimmerman traced the tweets — which he said have been retweeted by actor-director Spike Lee — to a man in California. Zimmerman has implored the man to stop and said he received this response, "Black power all day. No justice, no peace" and an obscenity.

He needs to buy them a new house, pay for all relocating expenses and fly there personally in person to apologize for ruining their lives.

Slander - speech

Libel - written

This would fall under libel.

I do not even know where to begin on how irresponsible it is to tweet an address. Even if it was the correct address, Spike Lee is putting the lives of innocent family members & neighbors in jeopardy, not to mention the life of a man who has NOT been proven guilty of anything & could die at the hands of a lynch mob.

Something! Yes. Good grief. The rage is overwhelming basic human decency (as you can see from my second post).

This is sad.

Bet they cant return home. Probaly have bricks thrown in the window.

What bothers me most is that the mob wasn't called off.

I've seen nothing in the news to indicate that the person that initiated it (and Lee re-tweeted), retracted the information.

From what I see in my second post, people are beyond caring about doing what's right.

Grr this makes me so angry! Not only should he be forced to pay for their moving expenses and a nice new big house for them (and any medical bills they incur from this stress), but he should face criminal charges for libel and for putting endangering their lives. And how about inciting violence? God I hope this irresponsible POS get whats coming to him. Being rich and famous should not mean he is above the law!

Related update!

An elderly Florida couple have been forced to move into a hotel after their home address was wrongly tweeted as belonging to the man who shot teen Trayvon Martin.

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Please little baby Jebus, Please make Spike Lee Tweet my address cuz I want to win the Spike Lee Lottery too, baby Jebus.

Spike Lee and his cunt family should be sued... :)

Provable monetary damages and provable mental anguish. Automatic win in court.

Is spike drinking and just throwing addresses out?
He needs to ditch his twit account.

Tomorrows headlines.


Spike Lee joins the "Twitness protection program".

i've only read the headlines, but, why isn't Spike Lee in JAIL right now....or at least being held responsible for this? he should be paying for this couples' hotel stay!

I hope they are getting a good lawyer right now.

I sure as heck would be!

They would have to file a civil suit to recover expenses.

As for why the folks that tweeted the address are not at least being investigated? Look at the names. Enough said.

This seems like a clear cut case of domestic terrorism and the Obama administration is nowhere to be found. Too busy shaking down the elderly and children at the airports, huh?

All of you are forgetting that there are two standards, nothing will happen.

Um. Huh?

so lets tweet spike lee's address? someone has to be able to find it.

I'm not one to repay evil with evil, but there is a thread about that floating around already.

I don't get it. Some stoopid kid in the U.K. gets 56 days in jail for a racist twitter rant and these guys post something dangerous and.....

Ha Spike or any other celeb spoke up?

Lawyers should be tripping over each other to try to get this case.

Article dated today:

Spike Lee Silent After His Tweet Jeopardizes Elderly Couple's Lives


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Tell them to stop wearing t-shirts and looking white.

It's that simple.

If you can't do that simple task.

Then why should black people be removed from the Earth?

Stupid fat lazy white people?


Yea. seems legit.

That's some sick shit. Also exposes what this is really about; they're trying to start a race war, they want to piss people off until there's violence in the streets. The racist bastards don't care that it's the wrong address, that only makes it even more effective as an agitation tool.

This.

Plus no one in the right mind is going to buy that house from them.