Author Topic: McGlockton killed with Glock! (Read 381 times)

Matthew · « **on:** August 24, 2019, 08:14:09 AM »

https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-michael-drejka-second-amendment-guilty-manslaughter-mcglockton

In a case that brought national attention to Florida’s "Stand Your Ground" gun law, a jury on Friday night convicted a licensed gun owner on manslaughter charges after deliberating for six hours following a weeklong trial.
The defendant, Michael Drejka, was accused of killing Markeis McGlockton in the parking lot of a convenience store in Clearwater on July 19, 2018, after arguing with McGlockton's girlfriend over a handicapped parking space. Drejka claimed he fatally shot McGlockton in self-defense.

In surveillance video played for the jury, McGlockton is seen emerging from the store and shoving Drejka to the ground. Seconds later, Drejka pulls out Glock .40-caliber handgun and shoots McGlockton, 28, as he turned away.

“He did what he thought he had to do, in the moment, in the split-second time, given that he was attacked,” Drejka’s attorney, John Trevena, said during his closing argument, according to the Tampa Bay Times. “You may not agree with the law. But you took an oath as a juror to uphold the law.”

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“He did what he thought he had to do, in the moment, in the split-second time, given that he was attacked.”
— John Trevena, attorney for gun owner Michael Drejka

Aside from being a test of the "Stand Your Ground" law, the case also took on racial dimensions because Drejka is white and McGlockton was black.

Matthew · « **Reply #1 on:** August 24, 2019, 08:15:06 AM »

1. When I read the first paragraph, I assumed the victim was Greek or some other foreigner with a name like "Markeis". I should have seen it coming; his uneducated single mother was just bad at spelling.

2. His name! McGlockton - which basically means "Son of Glock town" was fatally shot by a Glock .40 Truth is stranger than fiction!

Struthio · « **Reply #2 on:** August 24, 2019, 08:41:48 AM »

wind to 2:40

Quote from: Florida Statutes

A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.

After watching the video this looks to me like a case to apply in dubio pro reo.

Author Topic: McGlockton killed with Glock! (Read 381 times)

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