Stand-Your-Ground Law Protects Shooter Who Killed Black Man Over Handicapped Parking

8/13/2018 update: Bernie McCabe, the state attorney for Pinellas County, announced his decision to file charges against Drejka 12 days after receiving investigative reports on the case from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.

“We have filed a formal charge, and he has been arrested, and he will now go through the court system,” McCabe said in a statement.

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Britany Jacobs, 24, parked at the handicapped parking space of a store in Clearwater, FL without a permit. Michael Drejka, 47, arrived at the store. Drejka checked Jacob’s car, and did not see decals or permits. He confronted Jacobs, and they got into a yelling match. There was no physical violence and no threats.

Jacobs’s boyfriend, Markeis McGlockton, 28, was in the store and learned of the disturbance in the parking lot. He exited the store. No words were exchanged between McGlockton and Drejka. McGlockton slammed Drejka to the ground. Drejka, a legal concealed carry permit holder, fired one round. McGlockton was taken to hospital and was pronounced dead.

Jacobs told the media that McGlockton died from a “wrongful death” as a result of Drejka’s actions. “It’s messed up. Markeis is a good man … He was just protecting us, you know? And it hurts so bad.”

Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said that the facts are clear; McGlockton violently shoved Drejka to the ground and Drejka feared for his life. Because of that, he is covered under Florida’s Stand Your Ground law.

At Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri’s press conference, he explained the “Stand Your Ground” law in detail and answered reporters’ questions.

The most important difference between stand-your- ground law and self-defense law:

stand your ground: subjective
self-defense: objective

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