From my perspective, this decision was a no brainer.
From my perspective, this decision was a no brainer.
People need to learn to keep their hands to themselves.
All 3 people involved were idiots. Tragic. Solution: nuke Florida from orbit.
which decision the “stand yer grnd” or manslaughter ?
The question is whether the threat posed by the shooting victim rose to the level of threat to life and safety that justified using deadly force. Probably something a jury should decide anyway, if for no other reason than to give prosecutors something to measure the threat by.
I think it very fair to take this to the courts. I recall there is lots of history of this guy approaching, maybe attacking others over handicap spaces. For him to do so while armed, then pulling a gun and shooting the guy is a bit suspicious and overkill, pardon the pun.
Yep, shooter was assaulted, knocked to the ground, unable to retreat and “victim” continues to advance. A 2 minute deliberation to a verdict of not guilty.
Might deliberate longer if they server lunch.
This clown was certainly no George Zimmerman, but he was still wrongfully attacked. I believe it is 50/50 that he beats the rap.
About frikkin’ time. The only sad part is this guy will probably get more jail time than your average gang-banger plea deal.
From watching the video it appears the aggressor retreats upon seeing the gun, and is then shot. It looks as if the “victim” was itching to shoot someone. No winners here.
Drejka appeared to be on his way home and at the last minute, before he went through the intersection that would have saved him and his victim, he saw someone parking in "his" spot...
Self-appointed cop
If some sneaks into a parking spot I was waiting for, I go find another spot. Lots of nuts out there.
Probably a reasonable possibility that this idiot parking monitor gets convicted of manslaughter. Of course all the people involved in this ridiculous situation were not too smart.
Except that he did not start a confrontation with McGlockton.
It was the other way around.
It will be interesting to follow the case.
What a damn stupid incident!
The sheriff in this case turns out to be a complete and incompetent tool.
GOOD! he needed to mind his own beeswax in the first place.
The gun-grabbers are making a play here.
Notice the tact of the Sheriff in this case. Came right out and said - no charges...stand your ground...that’s the law.
That was NOT a mistake - they were waiting for the worst looking SYG case they could to make this statement.
At the time - It went right through me - and sounded like appropriate boilerplate.
The sheriff’s office, citing the “stand your ground” law, which allows citizens to use deadly force when fearing “imminent death or great bodily harm,” did not arrest Drejka for the fatal shooting.
“He had to shoot to defend himself,” Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said in a statement obtained by CBS News. “And those are the facts and that’s the law.”
Let’s face it - we all know this is not a shining example of SYG - and I think a lot of gun owners aren’t comfortable with this guy being a poster child for CC.
But the remarks by the sheriff look like a play by the pro-gun control crowd. They want it to appear you can be shot for anything - and the cops can’t do anything about it.
Seems like I remember shooter drove around looking for people in handicapped spaces so he could confront them!!! Hard decision but it seems he was awfully quick to choose lethal force!!!