Sunday, March 23, 2014

Barr Sued over tweet by Zimmerman family


The article that I read is called “George Zimmerman's parents sue Roseanne Barr over tweets” this article was received from CNN. The article discusses how George Zimmerman, the man who was charged with the murder of young teen Trayvon Martin and was found not guilty. His parents are suing comedian Roseanna Barr for the tweets she sent out back in 2012 a month after their son killed Martin. The tweets contained Zimmerman’s parents’ home address, phone number and some bold statements from the comedian. These bolds statement that were written by famous comedian entailed of her going to the Zimmerman’s house herself so that justice can be served for what happen to Martin. The reason why the parents are suing Roseanna now after two years is because the parents say that the comedian caused a lot of trouble for the family. The trouble that Barr caused, claims the parents was that they had to leave their home in the middle of the night and never returned because of all hate mail and mobs outside their home causing emotion stress.it was reported that the Zimmerman’s, "suffered emotional pain and suffering, mental anguish, loss of the capacity for the enjoyment of life, incurred additional living expenses due to the inability to live in their home and have suffered a loss in value of their home,"  Which is what the parents are suing for. The news article wrote how the family has not publicized how much the parents are asking for in damages.it is written by CNN that the suit wishes to have a trial by a jury. 

This incident is a very debatable one. The article wrote how Barr violated Tweeters contract by putting people’s personal information out to the public. But then again how did she find out the address in the first place? Most likely from public source. The article expresses that Barr, because she has a large fan following had caused tremendous amounts of problems because if one fan retweets than another, then it becomes a sparling situation. Was Barr’s actions valid? Most people have mix emotions, on the one a lot of people say that it was not the parents who kill the young teen, but their son. Some say how a parent raises their child reflections on how they may turn out in the future, causing their son to do what he did. Are the points valid? To a certain degree, on the one hand I see what people are saying, it was not his parents who did the killing. Not like I would, but if I commented an act like their son, I would not want my parents to be the blame for my actions. I am an adult, and can make my own decisions just like their son, George did. I feel Barr should have never posted their parents’ home address, I feel she should have done their sons to be honest, but then there’s a problem with his wife being harassed. So I guess Barr was wrong. I understand the anger and frustration on her part, but her actions was not justice it was anarchy. In the end, I honestly feel she shouldn’t be sued for what she did, even though it was wrong the reason for this is because I feel the family waited too long. They should have don’t something right when it happen. I feel they just want money. Because Barr wasn’t the only person who posted their information to the public! I also feel that is this goes to trial, Barr with be found not guilty, because people already feel that Zimmerman got away with murder.

 

1 comment:

  1. Yes, how you think about George Zimmerman is irrelevant to this story. I would be completely outraged if I became targeted by strangers because of something one of my children did - and George Zimmerman's parents have an excellent chance to win a harassment lawsuit. I don't see a case like this proceeding to trial, but I would be interested in how it is settled.

    That said, how has this case been discussed in the media? Are pundits discussing the relative merits of this case? Is this story being largely ignored? Zimmerman himself seems to be very good at attracting the wrong sort of attention - threatening his girlfriend and agreeing to a celebrity boxing match against DMX (subsequently cancelled). But, however you view Mr. Zimmerman, his parents don't deserve grief at all. They have done nothing wrong.

    Consider how media attention ebbs and flows around Mr. Zimmerman. He is not a very sympathetic figure - even to those who tried to make him a hero for "standing his ground." He is a tabloid curiosity now - a pariah who is trailed by paparazzi in case he does something - a new type of media celebrity. I'm not sure what that says about our society...

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