Officials, in court documents, have cited three other drivers who
said Michael Drejka threatened them during confrontations that preceded
his parking lot run-in with Markeis McGlockton -- a case that revived
debate over Florida's "stand-your-ground" law. Two of them said he
displayed a gun.
A black man who drives a septic truck told
Pinellas Sheriff's Detective George Moffett that he parked in the same
handicapped-accessible spot three months before McGlockton's July 19
videotaped shooting, the court documents show. The man said Drejka, 48,
began yelling at him and said he would shoot him.
The driver said
he left, but as he pulled away, Drejka shouted racial slurs. The man's
boss told Detective Moffett that Drejka later called, telling him "that
he was lucky he didn't blow his employee's head off."
In separate 2012 cases, drivers reported that Drejka waved a gun at them
during road rage confrontations. In both cases, officers stopped Drejka
and found a gun in his car, but he denied showing it to the other
drivers.
On Tuesday, a Florida judge kept bond at $100,000 for Drejka, who was charged with manslaughter in
the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old McGlockton, a black man who shoved
him outside a convenience store in a dispute over parking.
Judge Joseph Bulone in the Pinellas County court said that if Drejka
posts bail, he must surrender all of his guns to the sheriff, wear an
ankle monitor and not leave the county. He said he didn't have the money
to hire a private attorney, which means a public defender will be
appointed.
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