[precisionshootist]

This was a wrongful conviction, pure and simple. This man was violently attacked and he responded with justified lethal force. It matters not if the attacker had appeared to be turning away. The attacker may well had began to turn in order to circle around the defendant and continue the attack from another angle. Attackers don’t stand still they will circle the victim and come at them from behind if possible. There is zero reason to believe the attack was over or that the defendant having already been knocked to the ground was out of danger. There is also no reason to believe the deceased would not be alive today had he not initiated a violent attack. This conviction needs to be overturned.

[kiryandil]

This was a wrongful conviction, pure and simple. This man was violently attacked and he responded with justified lethal force. It matters not if the attacker had appeared to be turning away. The attacker may well had began to turn in order to circle around the defendant and continue the attack from another angle. Attackers don’t stand still they will circle the victim and come at them from behind if possible. There is zero reason to believe the attack was over or that the defendant having already been knocked to the ground was out of danger. There is also no reason to believe the deceased would not be alive today had he not initiated a violent attack. This conviction needs to be overturned.

I agree with all this, except for the part where Drejka was on his way home a couple of blocks from there, and chose to pull in and ride his favorite OCD hobby horse instead.

He actually told the store owner here earlier that he couldn't help himself with his OCD thing.

[4Runner]

I argued the same as you have just done, weeks ago on a similar post, where I was the OP for an article that reported Drejka's conviction by the jury.

I got the hell flamed out of me for defending him, from just about every FReeper on the thread. Hard to believe you can actually have enemies with that kind of influence here. One or two started it, and the rest just piled on.

Looks like you'll be okay however.

[DesertRhino]

Bullcrap. A man walks out and finds another man harassing his wife. He shoves him away. That does not entitle the aggressor to murder the unarmed man who was defending his wife.

Bad shoot and I’m glad the idiot if off the streets. And this is one of those cases where everyone would change their tune if the races were reversed.

Imagine a white guy, comes out and finds the black dude harassing his wife. He is unarmed but shoves him away. Black dude shoots him down. Everyone would be calling for a murder charge.

[Iscool]

This conviction needs to be overturned.

I agree...He took a pretty hard hit...His vision may have been blurred slightly, enough to see movement but not sure in what direction the attacker was moving...