Spike Lee apologizes for wrong address retweet

(AP) SANFORD, Fla. - Spike Lee has apologized to a Florida couple who say they were forced to leave their home when a Twitter posting that the director helped spread listed their address as that of a man who shot an unarmed teenager.

Elaine and David McClain are in their 70s and say they have a son named William George Zimmerman who lived in their Sanford-area home in the mid-1990s. They say he is no relation to 28-year-old George Zimmerman who killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26.

The killing has touched off widespread public outrage and protests across the country, including from Lee and other celebrities, because Zimmerman was not arrested. He says he acted in self-defense.

Lee tweeted late Wednesday: "I Deeply Apologize To The McClain Family For Retweeting Their Address. It Was A Mistake. Please Leave The McClain's In Peace."

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[wattie12117]

Can someone please help me track down Mr. Lee's address and post it everywhere we can online? All i found is........
Spike Lee is represented by William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, located at 6901 Wilshire Blvd., 3rd Floor, Beverly Hills, California 90210. Their phone number is 310-285-9000.

[audemus]

If someone is injured or killed because of what Spike Lee has done, he should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. This is the kind of non-sense that happens when people try to take events into their own hands.

[credibility2]

Lee's apology is hardly sufficient. I agree with those calling for his arrest for committing a hate crime and deliberately inciting others to commit violence against others. So where is Holder and Obama on this sort of stuff...including the bounty and hate crime of the New Black Panther Party taking out a bounty, organizing vigilante justice and deliberately inciting others to commit violence against others? More racism...

[wfw3536]

The way these poor folks have had to suffer because Spike is too dumb, and now he thinks he will get off with a belated appology. I hope these folks have a good attorney and take Spike to the cleaners.

[endpcnow]

Sue the blatant racism right out of his bigoted, pea brain. He should also be arrested and charged with assisting to incite violence. What if these innocent people had been harmed???? Spike Lee would have said "Oops, my bad . . . but I hope they were white". Spike Lee will never be held accountable, partly because he's a celebrity (why I'll never understand), and partly because he's black and he was hoping to do harm to another race . . . therefore he gets a pass in PC America.

[jnostromo]

he should be brought up on charges...The couple should file a lawsuit against this moron..

[arkynurse]

Spike Lee should be arrested for that. He put those poor peoples life in jeopardy. Why in the world would you do that? If some idiot had gone there and killed someone he would be just as guilty.

[Socialization]

Spike Lee is about as dumb as mud.

[FormerUSMCSergeant]

Lee is an idiot.

[arkynurse]

Yes he is!!

[Big-Daddy-Kahuna]

Anyone smell a lawsuit here?

[parrots7]

For what ?? For re-tweeting or for the creator of the original tweet ?? Dumb Dumb Repugs !!

[Big-Daddy-Kahuna]

For what? Man, you are stupid!