More ambiguous than I thought— although the deceased didn’t have the sense to turn away from the shooter.
Agree. If I see a gun, I’m GONE!
I didn’t see a single action in that video that was the best one to have taken.
Not so much in my opinion.
McGlockton was bigger,younger, stronger, and struck without warning. The first blow effectively put Drekjka down and out of the fight. That would have been assault and battery right there. But McGlockton still could have walked away from any trouble. He did not do so.
McGlockton continued in a combat threatening stance for another four seconds. That was a continuation of the fight that made him the aggressor from a legal standpoint and presented a "reasonable" prospect of imminent crippling or lethal injury to Drejka.
Drejka fired only one shot to "stop the threat".
He was clearly within the legal definition of self-defense for the State of Florida.
Drejka may have been a jerk about the parking space. That has no bearing on a claim of self-defense. It is not a crime to be an officious busybody - at least not yet.
The only controversy in this incident arises because the decedent was Black and the shooter was White.
Blacks are supposed to get a pass, no matter how badly they behave towards Whites - or other Blacks. That narrative is not going to continue.