White Man Who Shot & Killed Black Father of 3 Over Parking Spot in Florida Wont Be Charged

 

Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri announced Friday that his agency will not arrest a man deputies say shot and killed another man during an argument over a handicap parking space.

The incident falls under Florida’s self-defense law known as "stand your ground," the sheriff said during a news conference. The law gives immunity to those in fear of their lives who use force to defend themselves.

The shooting "is within the bookends of ‘stand your ground’ and within the bookends of force being justified," the sheriff said, later adding, "I’m not saying I agree with it, but I don’t make that call."

The agency will forward the case to the State Attorney’s Office for a final decision, Gualtieri said.

The confrontation between Michael Drejka, 47, and Markeis McGlockton, 28, took place in a convenience store parking lot Thursday afternoon. According to deputies, Drejka confronted McGlockton’s girlfriend, Britany Jacobs, about parking in a handicap space without a permit.

McGlockton went up to Drejka and "slammed him to the ground," the sheriff said. Drejka, seconds later while still on the ground, pulled out his handgun and shot McGlockton in the chest. The father of three was pronounced dead soon after.

Drejka could not be reached for comment Friday. But Gualtieri said Drejka told deputies that he was he was in fear of being attacked again. He owned the gun legally and had a concealed carry permit.

"Our job and our role is not to substitute our judgment for the law and what the Legislature has crafted as the framework," he said, "but to enforce it equally and fairly as we’re required to do."

In an interview Friday, Jacobs expressed a different opinion.

"It’s a wrongful death. It’s messed up. Markeis is a good man … He was just protecting us, you know?" Jacobs, 25, said Friday. "And it hurts so bad."

She broke down in tears.

McGlockton was her high-school sweetheart, she said. The pair had been together since 2009, when she met him at a friend’s house while attending Dunedin High. 

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This is the same law that George Zimmerman used when you murdered Trayvon Martin. Sadly this law is literally an easy way to kill people who you feel threatened by although there's no real threat, rather than calling the police and filing charges after a dispute. The shooter in this case wasn't even in any real danger, he was the one who initiated the  confrontation after confronting the victim girlfriend. The victim was walking away when he was shot and killed.