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    Markeis McGlockton (28) was shot by Michael Drejka, who is claiming Florida's "stand your ground" defense

    https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/...488833131.html


    The victim is I'd as McGlockton's and the killer is 47-year-old Michael Drejka

    https://www.local10.com/news/florida...ng-not-charged


    . A Florida sheriff says that he will not arrest a man who fatally shot another man during an argument over a parking space in Clearwater.

    WLFA reports Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri made the announcement Friday about 47-year-old Michael Drejka. Drejka shot and killed 28-year-old Markeis McGlockton a day earlier in a convenience store parking lot.

    Authorities say that Drejka confronted McGlockton's girlfriend about parking in a handicapped space without a permit. Gualtieri said that McGlockton slammed Drejka to the ground, who then pulled out his gun and shot McGlockton in the chest.

    Gualtieri said the incident falls under the state's "stand your ground" law. He said his office will forward the case to prosecutors for a final decision.

    Florida's "stand your ground" law gained national prominence in 2012 after neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman fatally shot black teenager Trayvon Martin. The law says people have no obligation to retreat if threatened and can use deadly force if they believe it necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm. However, it does not allow an altercation's instigator to use deadly force.

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    https://abcnews.go.com/US/victims-gi...ry?id=56751894

    Here is an update the victims girlfriend accuses the murderer for provoking the shooting.

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    https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/edi...tice_170249268

    An editorial is out on why stand your ground got the way they did in Florida.

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    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida...is-mcglockton/

    Here is an update to the Stand Your Ground Issue in Florida

    A white man facing criminal charges for fatally shooting an unarmed black man in a Florida convenience store's parking lot told CBS affiliate WTSP-TV he wouldn't change what he did but apologized to the dead man's family. Michael Drejka initially wasn't arrested for killing Markeis McGlockton in July because of the state's controversial "stand your ground" law.

    Surveillance video shows Drejka appearing to yell at McGlockton's girlfriend for parking in a handicapped spot. McGlockton then shoves Drejka to the ground.

    From the ground, Drejka pulls out his gun and shoots McGlockton. "I've had plenty of time to think about it, but as far as changing anything as events ... I don't see, I really, no, not off the top of my head," Drejka told WTSP-TV in an interview at the Pinellas County Jail on Friday.

    Drejka was charged with manslaughter nearly a month after the shooting and is being held on $100,000 bond. Florida's "stand your ground" law allows people to use deadly force when fearing "imminent death or great bodily harm" without a duty to try to escape the danger.

    "I was very scared," Drejka told WTSP-TV. "I've never been confronted like that or never been assaulted like that, if you will, ever ... It felt like I was tackled or someone hit me from behind with something. I left my feet and slid along the ground before I was able to- but, yes, I was stunned, yeah."

    Drejka said he's not a racist and apologized to McGlockton's family. "I'm sorry," Drejka said.

    "It's all I can really say to them, and thinking about it would you accept those kind of words from someone? I don't think I would."

    Drejka said the way handicapped parking spots are "abused" has been a sensitive issue for him. He described his deceased high school sweetheart and his mother-in-law as handicapped.

    "It's always been a hotbed for me," Drejka said. "My whole life has always been looking for a handicapped parking spot, and it's always touched a nerve with me because of the way they're abused and used."

    Authorities have said in court documents that Drejka has been in confrontations with three other drivers. Two motorists accused Drejka of waving a gun at them, and a truck driver accused Drejka of threatening to shoot him for parking in the same handicapped parking spot as McGlockton's girlfriend three months before the July shooting.

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    He lost a fight and pulled out his gun like a punk.

    RIP Mr. McGlockton

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    Floriduh. Visit to see face eating bath salt zombies. Stay to get shot for no good reason.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Queena View Post
    He lost a fight and pulled out his gun like a punk.

    RIP Mr. McGlockton
    You spelled spineless little bitch wrong.
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    Good I?m glad this fucker didnt get away with it.

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    Meh. He should be lucky that is all.


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    Quote Originally Posted by raisedbywolves View Post
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