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Moe_Nox  Title: In Moe We Trust
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Yukishiro1 posted:
Moe_Nox posted:
Badjar speaks true. He tweeted that address knowing the bounty was issued, despite it being the wrong address. Even an average DA could twist that into charges.
This is your original stupid statement. You don't have to be a skilled DA to file charges. You just type some crap up on a paper. ET could do it.
Right, caliber of the attorney is irrelevant. 
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Yukishiro1 Posts: 3,243
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I think you just proved my point. That DA managed to file charges just fine. Despite being probably ET-level stupid.
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Vydor  Posts: 248
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Spike Lee has reached an agreement with the Florida couple forced to flee their home after the film director retweeted their home address and they fled to a hotel to avoid problems associated with the shooting of Trayvon Martin, it was announced Thursday.
Elaine and David McClain, in their 70s, left their Sanford, Fla., home after their address was tweeted by a man who thought he had found the home of George Zimmerman, the 28-year-old who shot Martin, 17. Lee then retweeted the McClains’ address to his followers on Twitter.
The McClains have a son, William George Zimmerman, who is not related to the George Zimmerman who shot Martin and whose arrest is being sought by Martin’s family and civil rights supporters.
“The McClains’ claim is fully resolved,†Matt Morgan, their attorney, said in an email. “Mr. Lee personally called them to give a very heartfelt apology. Further, he agreed to compensate them for their loss and the disruption to their lives.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-trayvon-martin-lee-settlement-20120329,0,7063902.story
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Moe_Nox Title: In Moe We Trust
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No one changed any law to get them filed. Most everyone is speaking of a competent attorney to win a civil case for some modest damages. I concur with that.
I also said that a talented DA could find a way to charge him with something minor beyond civil.
And a talented DA could. But that will never happen due to race, celebrity, connections, etc of Spike Lee
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Abaddon_Ambrosius Title: Retired Theurgist TL
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Excellent Vydor, thanks.
Any bets that it is substantially what I mentioned, excepting the 'punitive' part is instead just a 'disruption cost'?
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DemonicXH  Title: Camelot Vault Staff
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Registered: 2003-12-1 08:14:17
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Vydor posted:
Spike Lee has reached an agreement with the Florida couple forced to flee their home after the film director retweeted their home address and they fled to a hotel to avoid problems associated with the shooting of Trayvon Martin, it was announced Thursday.
Elaine and David McClain, in their 70s, left their Sanford, Fla., home after their address was tweeted by a man who thought he had found the home of George Zimmerman, the 28-year-old who shot Martin, 17. Lee then retweeted the McClains’ address to his followers on Twitter.
The McClains have a son, William George Zimmerman, who is not related to the George Zimmerman who shot Martin and whose arrest is being sought by Martin’s family and civil rights supporters.
“The McClains’ claim is fully resolved,†Matt Morgan, their attorney, said in an email. “Mr. Lee personally called them to give a very heartfelt apology. Further, he agreed to compensate them for their loss and the disruption to their lives.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-trayvon-martin-lee-settlement-20120329,0,7063902.story
Sounds like he stepped up and did the right thing.
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Yukishiro1 Posts: 3,243
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Vydor posted:
“The McClains’ claim is fully resolved,†Matt Morgan, their attorney, said in an email. “Mr. Lee personally called them to give a very heartfelt apology. Further, he agreed to compensate them for their loss and the disruption to their lives.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-trayvon-martin-lee-settlement-20120329,0,7063902.story
So basically things turned out how I suggested. I am glad to see they were more sensible than all of you. I am also glad Lee was sensible enough not to try to fight them, even though by the letter of the law I doubt he owed them anything.
It is sorta sad lawyers had to become involved at all but I guess that's what you get in this society. People can't work out their problems on their own any more.
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Abaddon_Ambrosius Title: Retired Theurgist TL
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Yukishiro1 posted:
So basically things turned out how I suggested. I am glad to see they were more sensible than all of you.
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Groucho48 Posts: 821
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95% of medical stuff any reasonably experienced layman could do. Back in the day, when I was an orderly working in the ER, after a few months, I could figure out what was going on with a patient just as quickly as the doctor. It's the other 5% where a good doctor would make a difference over an average or poor doctor. I'm sure it is pretty much the same with lawyers. Oftentimes with lawyers, it matters more how much time they can devote to your case rather than how good they are. Unless you are in some area where you have to invent some incredible new interpretation of the law, it is much better to have an average lawyer who can devote 20 hours a week to your case than a great lawyer who can only devote an hour.
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Moe_Nox Title: In Moe We Trust
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Abaddon_Ambrosius posted:
Yukishiro1 posted:
So basically things turned out how I suggested. I am glad to see they were more sensible than all of you.
All of us said Lee was in the wrong and owed the old people something.
Spike Lee apparently agreed with us.
We have learned that Spike Lee is smarter than thought to be, and Yuki is a dumdum head.
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