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Baitball Blogger

(46,716 posts) Wed Mar 28, 2012, 10:22 PM Mar 2012

You all know that Spike Lee just stepped in it, don't you?

He made a classic mistake. He got the wrong Zimmerman and twittered the wrong person's address.

The case is now in the hands of Morgan and Morgan.

Trayvon Martin: Couple who fled home after Spike Lee tweet hires Morgan firm

A couple who say they were forced to leave their home after director Spike Lee re-tweeted their address to his Twitter followers has hired the Morgan & Morgan law firm to represent them.

"At this point, they have retained us to protect their interests" and their safety, attorney Matt Morgan said of Elaine and David McClain, an elderly Sanford-area couple in their 70s.

The couple's address was tweeted by a man who believed he had uncovered the address of George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watchman who shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin last month.

The problem is, the address does not belong to Zimmerman, but to the McClains, who have a son named William George Zimmerman who lived there in 1995 and still lives in Central Florida.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-03-28/news/os-trayvon-martin-spike-lee-morgan-firm-20120328_1_spike-lee-tweeted-address

Does anyone have access to legal software or sources that can confirm family relationships? Someone gave me a good source, but I want to take it a step further to go beyond the immediate family. You can PM me for information.

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You all know that Spike Lee just stepped in it, don't you? (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Mar 2012 OP

No, the "Classic Mistake" was publishing ANY address... brooklynite Mar 2012 #1

Correct. Baitball Blogger Mar 2012 #2

Correct. He shouldn't have done it. If it costs him money, that's the price he'll pay. freshwest Mar 2012 #3

IF it costs him money??!!! WillowTree Mar 2012 #7

What do you think Morgan and Morgan will be asking for the couple in the hotel? freshwest Mar 2012 #11

Seems to me that some forms of "justice" is doled out in the courtyards of gated condo complexes notadmblnd Mar 2012 #8

Why don't they sue the guy that originally sent it out? HipChick Mar 2012 #4

Previous DU discussion thread on this issue here: PoliticAverse Mar 2012 #5

That's a good thread. Thank you. Baitball Blogger Mar 2012 #9

total azzclown move.... Do the right thing..... n/t IamK Mar 2012 #6

Out of reverence, I'm doing my best not to chuckle. Baitball Blogger Mar 2012 #10

Lee has been and will always be a self important douche bag. -..__... Mar 2012 #12

Did people actually gather there and screw with these people? DefenseLawyer Mar 2012 #13

Spike Lee will probably write the check and shrug it off. Baitball Blogger Mar 2012 #14

I thought he would have known EC Mar 2012 #15

brooklynite

(94,581 posts)

1. No, the "Classic Mistake" was publishing ANY address...

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Wed Mar 28, 2012, 10:25 PM

Mar 2012

...because this is a Country where we dole out justice in the Courts, not in someone's front yard.

Baitball Blogger

(46,716 posts)

2. Correct.

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 28, 2012, 10:26 PM

Mar 2012

I shuddered when I read it.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

3. Correct. He shouldn't have done it. If it costs him money, that's the price he'll pay.

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 28, 2012, 10:31 PM

Mar 2012

If it had been the right address, and Zimmerman had been there... And a mob gathered to get street justice...

Okay, a lot of IF's... It would all be on Spike Lee's head for inciting a riot.

He really put his foot in it, alright.

WillowTree

(5,325 posts)

7. IF it costs him money??!!!

Reply to freshwest (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 28, 2012, 10:33 PM

Mar 2012

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

11. What do you think Morgan and Morgan will be asking for the couple in the hotel?

Reply to WillowTree (Reply #7)

Wed Mar 28, 2012, 10:37 PM

Mar 2012

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)

8. Seems to me that some forms of "justice" is doled out in the courtyards of gated condo complexes

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 28, 2012, 10:34 PM

Mar 2012

in central Florida

HipChick

(25,485 posts)

4. Why don't they sue the guy that originally sent it out?

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Wed Mar 28, 2012, 10:32 PM

Mar 2012

oh yeah..that's right ...he has no money

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

5. Previous DU discussion thread on this issue here:

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Wed Mar 28, 2012, 10:32 PM

Mar 2012

http://www.democraticunderground.com/101484287

Baitball Blogger

(46,716 posts)

9. That's a good thread. Thank you.

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 28, 2012, 10:35 PM

Mar 2012

IamK

(956 posts)

6. total azzclown move.... Do the right thing..... n/t

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Wed Mar 28, 2012, 10:32 PM

Mar 2012

Baitball Blogger

(46,716 posts)

10. Out of reverence, I'm doing my best not to chuckle.

Reply to IamK (Reply #6)

Wed Mar 28, 2012, 10:36 PM

Mar 2012

-..__...

(7,776 posts)

12. Lee has been and will always be a self important douche bag.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Wed Mar 28, 2012, 10:37 PM

Mar 2012

Whatever little respect I might have had for the angry little POS's movies, I lost all of it when he threatened to sue Spike TV because the name usage could have harmed his reputation.

DefenseLawyer

(11,101 posts)

13. Did people actually gather there and screw with these people?

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Wed Mar 28, 2012, 10:38 PM

Mar 2012

I can't really tell from the story. It was a dumb move which could have turned out very badly and I'm sure he'll write them a check, but it looks to me like their actually damages are pretty minimal.

Baitball Blogger

(46,716 posts)

14. Spike Lee will probably write the check and shrug it off.

Reply to DefenseLawyer (Reply #13)

Wed Mar 28, 2012, 10:42 PM

Mar 2012

Of course, with his kind of money, the question is, why didn't he bother to get a fact checker?

The time it would have taken to look up he could have used to cool down and not do something so boneheaded impulsive.

EC

(12,287 posts)

15. I thought he would have known

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Wed Mar 28, 2012, 11:27 PM

Mar 2012

better than to twit an address. His own "Do the Right Thing" shows the danger in not thinking before doing.

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