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Well, the (Leftist) Tampa Bay Times cites several incidents of LEOs responding to reports of Drejka’s hostility, even brandishing a firearm in 2012 from his truck. If the prosecution can get the officers to testify it could show a clear pattern of aggression, ultimately leading to 1st degree manslaughter.

The state has a lot of dots to connect to prove manslaughter and disprove self-defense. Their quick filing tells me they believe they have what they need.

Pinellas county arrests thousands of ppl a week. They made a cursory review of the tape and saw self-defense, as I did. They didn’t have the time to get to the history of the shooter. The state investigators otoh have the time and resources to dig into events for a more comprehensive review.

The defense will try and limit the trial to the act of self-defense, which imo, is marginal but legal. A lot of time passed before Drejka’s second shot and McGlockton was not advancing toward him. Does that constitute a lack of reasonable belief in imminent bodily harm? Was the right of self-defense inapplicable at the second shot? It’s debatable.

With the manslaughter charge the long pause can now be asserted as illustrative of Drejka’s intent. An intent he had displayed for years prior on several previous occasions. It could be cited as an example of his intent to enter into a confrontation which would reasonably cause the death of another. I.e., manslaughter.

I’m hearing only one shot fired. Where are you getting this second shot stuff? I also reviewed the sheriffs lengthy news conference. The sheriff stated very clearly we wouldn’t be here if M would not have assaulted Drejka to begin with. The sheriff is also a lawyer. Good luck when the defense calls him to the stand. It’s going to be an uphill battle to say the least for the prosecution to prove Drejka s arrest free past forced M to commit assault.

With the manslaughter charge the long pause can now be asserted as illustrative of Drejka’s intent. An intent he had displayed for years prior on several previous occasions. It could be cited as an example of his intent to enter into a confrontation which would reasonably cause the death of another. I.e., manslaughter.

It was thoughtful of Drejka the Poisonous Toad to call up the boss of the septic tank truck guy and repeat his threat to kill the guy over the parking space, since that was one of the incidents that wasn't documented by police involvement...