Spike Lee Apologizes for Threatening Tweet
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SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — 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 the 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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Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:17pmThe sad thing is that the violence that Spike Lee and his race racketeering friends are trying to provoke (and we know for a fact the roits are is coming, they have been scripted and they will come) is going to happen in black communities, destroy black nieghborhoods and likely lead to the deaths of more young black men. But those egging it on, be they Sharpton, Jackson, Lee, or members of congress, do no live in those neighborhoods, they live in mansions.
Report Post »cracker_
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:27pmPuppets and puppetmasters.
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:35pmHe did this because he‘s getting sued by the couple in Florida who’s lives he turned into a nightmare.
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:36pmHey, Spike, the phrase, “too little, too late” mean anything to ya?
Report Post »Soul Leister
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:42pmThis is America (not african-America)… if they want to burn their own stuff… have at it… its their stuff… be advised, my stuff is not their stuff… do whatever you want on that DNC plantation you have grown accustomed too… please do not open my can of whipass, please don’t… that genie will not fit back in the bottle, (I havea dream… and in it cooler heads prevail).
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:54pmSpike should get nailed for creating havoc in these people’s lives. Millions
Report Post »Ivehadenoughtofthisgovenmentcrap
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:14pmAmen….what goes around comes around…..Heavenly Father protect us all….. Things are going to get much worse. The Holy Sprits grip is loosing up…..every day !
Report Post »db321
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:21pmSome of the Bravest Men I have ever met that have serve this Country have been Black – from Sargent‘s to Colonel’s. They are truly American Heroes and great American citizens. What Spike did was mean, hateful and cowardly and his apology was even more pathetic.
Spike Lee could not hold a candle to the men I met!
Report Post »oldguy49
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:32pmsaw the facebook pic of the black kid that was shot in florida and it doesn’t resemble obama at all
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:35pmTOO LATE Spikey
You didn’t do the RIGHT thing
LOSER
OMG 2012
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:51pm.
Spike need to tamp out that Blunt, and put dat 40 down. Before his Racist-Self gets someone Killed…..
I can hear that “My People Built this Country” Crap, and they still Killing Us. Just whipping up the Black Africans into a Frenzy. To go Kill a Hispanic and burn down thier own neighborhood…….
Report Post »greenherring
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 2:12amWhat happened to “do the right thing” spike? Punk a55 b1tch!
Report Post »piper60
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 6:00amSoros and Obama did the orchestrating.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 7:49amHe smells that distinct odor of a lawsuit cooking. Arrogant one per-centers are good that way, sock it to him.
Report Post »mwhaley
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 8:07am@ SOUL LEISTER. I agree. I also say let these DNC plantation fools destroy themselves. You are so right.
Report Post »79USMC83
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 8:10amtres·pass
[tres-puhs, -pas] Show IPA
noun
1.
Law .
a.
an unlawful act causing injury to the person, property, or rights of another, committed with force or violence, actual or implied.
b.
a wrongful entry upon the lands of another.
c.
the action to recover damages for such an injury.
2.
an encroachment or intrusion.
3.
an offense, sin, or wrong.
There are many types of gated communities and they have ONE purpose. To keep trespassers OUT !! Why do many need “ VOLUNTEER ” COMMUNITY WATCH Organizations? Because of TRESPASSERS and THEIVES !! You would think the “Speech Giver” and the FAR-LEFT would be applauding Zimmerman !!!
This has turned into one big “Dog and Pony” show to see whom can say the most OUTLANDISH thing. !! These Congressmen and WOMEN are a disgrace to the WE THE PEOPLE that they represent in THEIR districts. That is what there job is !! They feel that they represent the NATION. The truth is they are hired to represent the WE THE PEOPLE in THEIR DISTRICTS. Shut the hell up and mind your own business. I wonder how many murders take place in Shelia Jackson, Waters, Clever, Rush and all the other BLOWHARDS Districts !!!
Report Post »I lived near Jacksons district for years and it is OFF LIMITS to WHITES !!! The police know if you are white and hanging out there, you are probably looking for drugs. !!
Nothing will change in this country until WE THE PEOPLE demand TERM LIMITS NOW !!! and get these RABBLE roser, HIDDEN A
SECUREOURBORDERSNOW
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 9:36amLet’s see, the shooting happened about 4 weeks ago. After Sharpton and Jackson and NBPP show up to inflame the residents, students ransack a Walgreens. The McCleans should have sued Lee already. Doesn’t anyone see that the race baiters need to be removed from this situation. They are only fanning the flames of disobedience. Maybe there is a violation they should be charged with. No ransacking of stores until Sharpton, Jackson, NBBP show up. Pretty well sums up their usefulness. The Rev C L Bryant has “Runaway Slave” movie extolling the fact that African-Americans need to get off the entitlement train and stop being enslaved by the federal government. Pull yourself up by your boot straps. BHusseinO wants this country to resemble Greece. Anybody but Obama, 2012.
Report Post »gbo
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 1:34pmKudos to Spike for making the apology. Now let the criminal and civil prosecution against him begin in good faith. The upside will be, after successful litigation in favor of the McClains, Spike will be able to represent the 99% from within it’s own ranks.
Report Post »oregon scott
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 2:14pmSoul Leister
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:42pm
This is America (not african-America)… if they want to burn their own stuff… have at it… its their stuff… be advised, my stuff is not their stuff… do whatever you want on that DNC plantation you have grown accustomed too… please do not open my can of whipass, please don’t… that genie will not fit back in the bottle, (I havea dream… and in it cooler heads prevail).
Report Post »Soul Leister *******************
What you are saying would be great, but Honestly, most of the things that will be destroyed will be the homes and cars and the belongings that were bought and paid for by every one that actually works and pays taxes. White, Black, Hispanic, Asian. if and when the riots start, how it all ends will not be pretty. BTW, Has any one heard a single Black person rage on about the two White guys killed by the black youth in Florida? They were tourists from the UK . One single word? any one?
Spike, Rev Jackson, any one?
Crush_Liberalism
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 2:51pmWonder how a weak apology like that would have been received from the opposite of Spike. He is a racially charged hate stirrer, and if a white supremacist tweeted the wrong address of a target of racial tension, I am speculating that it would have been exponentially more “outrageous” in the media, and no such flimsy apology would be accepted. Just saying…
Report Post »BuzzardSays
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:13pmSpike Lee? Is that a name I can place into any relevance other that someone who has clumb the pole high enough to show his backside.
Report Post »000degrees
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 8:38pmMaybe they will try and coordinate their coming riot(s) with the nba playoffs/championship….
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:17pmToo little, too late by far. I say this is one case that if the elderly couple sues him for the danger they have been placed in, I would have no problems at all.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:35pmAwefully white of him, dontcha think.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:00pmI agree .. too little too late .. he is only sorry that he got caught giving out the wrong address .. not that he incited violence and have harmed two innocent people. .. SUE HIS BU T T!
Report Post »Brooke Lorren
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 6:14amLoss of use for their house, loss of value to their house, and pain and suffering. That’s what they deserve.
Report Post »Brooke Lorren
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 6:15amWhat I meant was, Spike Lee needs to reimburse those people for those things.
Report Post »Lost Rebel
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:12pmTalk IS cheap!!!!!
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:08pmBfd
Report Post »JerkyMiester
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:03pmtoo late, spiky! civil lawyers are lining up to punk your dumb zzzz
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:09pmDoes this mean Gloria Allred won’t be showing up on T.V. with the family demanding justice?
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:21pmI put your lives in danger, almost got you killed by an angry mob I sic’d on you, made your home a dangerous place and trashed your property value, and did it all to self-promote myself.
Yeah, saying, “sorry” sounds like the right amount of “social justice” don’t ya think?!?
Report Post »possom
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:00pmThat’s it? they need to sue the snot out‘a spike then have their kid’s show up at his house and kick the crap out of him for being an idiot!
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:08pmWould going down on Sheila Jackson Lee be punishment enough.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:16pmAnd stay down there for forrrrrrrrrrr a month
Report Post »possom
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:17pmNo but it’s a start!
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:26pmHe’d need to bring a whip, chair and a service .45.
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 10:10amI suspect that their retirement fund will substantially increased.
Report Post »ComingUnglued
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:59pmNow everything is all better! Put your sorry’s in a sack mister
Report Post »TRONRADIO
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:58pmI had to do a double take on the front page of the Blaze. Condoms? That’s a trippy little ad, ain’t it?
Report Post »TurkE
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:58pmToo little too late. Should have manned up earlier. I wonder if the POTUS will be calling the McClains to see if they are OK. I’m sure neither he nor Spike will be calling any time soon.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:17pmNope Obama will not call them unless it becomes to his political advantage.
Report Post »michael48
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:33pmevidently they’re not “white black” enough…or the teleprompter told him “it’s thier fault”…
Report Post »Marnin
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:58pmGee, I’m sorry I posted the wrong address…How about Gee, I‘msorry I posted anything incendiary like that at all and let the investigation run it’s course without rushing to judgement.
Report Post »Lee Ann
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:58pmOh yeah and his apologies are not accepted took his azz to long to do it… Your a Loser Spike..
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:58pmAbout time. Now only time will tell if it was “A Day Late, and a Dollar Short”.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:57pmToo late you POS You took the lives of 2 elderly people and destroyed what time they had left
Report Post »momrules
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:57pmToo little, too damned late!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 1:25pmPee Wee needs to pay up or shut up. Sorry doesn’t get it done.
Report Post »Pilgrimsarbour
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:57pmToo bad he‘s not sorry for trying to tweet Zimmerman’s address–definitely a move to try and get him hurt or killed.
Report Post »Lee Ann
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:56pmMaybe this fool should have thought about that before he retweeted info… He is such a dumb idiot… Him and his 40 acres and a mule company I hope goes out of business and he becomes homeless. And I hope there is no bridge for him to get under for protection from the rain… I hope there are no boxes for him a home… And no liquor stores to feed his needs… Just herion for an overdose… Peace and Love. Lee
Report Post »familyguy
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:56pmI still hope they sue errr. redistribute his wealth.
Report Post »TurkE
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:55pmToo little too late. He should have owned up a lot earlier. I wonder if the POTUS will call the McClains and see how they are doing? I‘m sure Spike won’t.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:59pmNo, but he’ll call spike…just to check that he isn’t too upset by all the people who think spike is a worthless piece of crap.
Report Post »martinez012577
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:54pmWho cares. The deed is done. We have more important issues. If we nominate a Obama clone we get 4 more with Obama is not a new style of government with King Obama.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:54pmHopefully, the McClains will seek “Justice In Court” and sue Spike Lee for every penny he’s got.
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:59pmI am totally not litigious, but I am totally hoping they get every dime of his money.
Report Post »Restored One
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:04pmI am usually not one to suggest Lawyering up, but if I were these people I would get the best attorney! This is cyber bullying! Isn;t that a crime now. Go for it McClains. I hope we have not heard the last of this story. They made that Rutgers student a face for cyber bullying, lets make a celebrity pay too!!!!!
Report Post »tothestars2
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:54pmwonder how much his lawyers charged him for that move?
Report Post »Amica
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:51pmProbably plenty, and he could have saved it (and whatever else he will be spending on legal fees in the near future) by having one of his minimum wage staffers do the slightest bit of research to determine whether or not it was the correct address. It’s kind of the twitter equivalent of counting to ten before you speak.
Report Post »TRONRADIO
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:54pmHey Spike, whadaya like? To cause trouble, irritate rational people; disturb private citizens, annoy the general thinking public–that’s what you like. Spike, you’re a subacious cist under the skin of this country.
Report Post »Pilgrimsarbour
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:01pmA sebaceous cyst? I myself tend to think of him more as a bezoar. :-)
Report Post »TRONRADIO
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:03pmI knew someone would help me with the spelling. {:
Report Post »Pilgrimsarbour
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:11pmHa ha! Google, my friend. Google!
Report Post »TRONRADIO
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:16pmYes, I was just too lazy. LOL!
Report Post »Zer0
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:54pmAwe, Spike what’s wrong? I thought you wanted Southern style lynch mob justice?
Report Post »frogface
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:53pmThe only reason Spike finally apologized, is because the Zimmerman couple have Morgan & Morgan on retainer now – possible law suit. Spike – Take a hike!!! Everybody is over your sorry butt, fool!
Report Post »shustring
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:00pmYou mean the McClain family ?? they are the ones with Martin and Martin law firm.
Report Post »sunlover
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:08pmIs this the same Morgan and Morgan that hosted an Obama fundraiser (attended by Obama) in his Orlando home a couple of months ago.
Report Post »shustring
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:52pmI hope they sue the crap out of ALL involved !!!
http://p.washingtontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2012/mar/28/picket-elderly-fla-couple-lawyers-after-spike-lee-/#.T3O6AikVqDM.facebook
Report Post »hatchetjob
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:54pmMe too!
Report Post »frogface
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:08pmShustring – I do too! Poor, older couple having their lives turned upside down like that! You know darn well, if the tables were turned and the Zimmermans had been a poor, older “black” couple and Spike were white – OMG! Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and the other media whores, would be all over this like white on rice!! I hope they sue the tar, (or feathers – just kiddin) out of Lee just to teach the idiot a lesson. Unfortunately, he won’t get the lesson here.
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