Editing Spike Lee (section)

=== Legal issues ===
In March 2012, after the [[killing of Trayvon Martin]], Spike Lee was one of many people who used Twitter to circulate a message that claimed to give the home address of the shooter [[George Zimmerman]]. The address turned out to be incorrect, causing the real occupants, Elaine and David McClain, to leave home and stay at a hotel due to numerous death threats.<ref name=tsgtwit /> Lee issued an apology and reached an agreement with the McClains, which reportedly included "compensation", with their attorney stating "The McClains' claim is fully resolved".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/28/justice/florida-teen-spike-lee/?hpt=us_c2 |title=Spike Lee apologizes for retweeting wrong Zimmerman address |work=CNN |date=March 29, 2012 |access-date=March 29, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-trayvon-martin-lee-settlement-20120329,0,7063902.story |title=Trayvon Martin: Spike Lee settles with family forced to flee home |first=Michael |last=Muskal |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=March 29, 2012 |access-date=April 1, 2012}}</ref> Nevertheless, in November 2013, the McClains filed a negligence lawsuit which accused Lee of "encouraging a dangerous mob mentality among his Twitter followers, as well as the public-at-large".<ref name=tsgtwit>{{cite web |url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/spike-lee-tweet-lawsuit-675413 |title=Elderly Couple Sues Spike Lee Over Tweet |work=[[The Smoking Gun]] |date=November 8, 2013 |access-date=November 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/spike-lee-sued-over-george-zimmerman-tweet-165719017--abc-news-topstories.html |title=Spike Lee Sued Over George Zimmerman Tweet |work=ABC News |author=Colleen Curry |date=November 11, 2013 |access-date=November 11, 2013}}</ref> The lawsuit, which a court filing reportedly valued at $1.2 million, alleged that the couple suffered "injuries and damages" that continued after the initial settlement up through [[State of Florida v. George Zimmerman|Zimmerman's trial]] in 2013.<ref name=tsgtwit /> A Seminole County judge dismissed the McClains' suit, agreeing with Lee that the issue had already been settled previously.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.centrictv.com/entertainment/articles/2014/08/08/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-against-spike-lee-over-george-zimmerman-tweet.html |title=Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Spike Lee Over George Zimmerman Tweet – What's Good – Entertainment – Articles – Centric |first=Centric |last=TV }}</ref>