Whoops! A school-cafeteria lunch lady (72) and her husband (70) have fled their residence after receiving “hate mail, unwanted visits from reporters and fearful inquiries from neighbors”, all because Spike Lee mistakenly tweeted out their address as that of George Zimmerman…the man that killed Trayvon Martin. That’s a pretty major mistake there, buddy. Get the details below.
(KTLA) – The woman, 70, who has a heart condition, and her husband, 72, have temporarily moved to a hotel to avoid the spotlight and possible danger, said son Chip Humble of Longwood.
The woman has another son named William George Zimmerman who lived with her in 1995 and still lives in Central Florida. He is no relation to George Zimmerman, 28, who killed 17-year-old Trayvon Feb. 26, sparking national outrage and international interest.
William Zimmerman isn’t sure how his mother and stepfather’s address became public. He said he used it to register a car, get a drivers license and vote when he lived there briefly after college.
“This is really scary, and I’m concerned for my family,” Zimmerman told the Orlando Sentinel Tuesday night. “It’s scary because there are people who aren’t mentally right and will take this information and run with it.”
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.
Lee’s tweet has been removed, but it continues to be retweeted.
“To endanger people who are innocent because people are angry is not the answer,” William Zimmerman said. “That’s not how we’re going to heal. It’s not to help the Martin family for someone else to be hurt.”
