TheGreenHornet
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"As has been said when liberals perceive they have lost an argument they always, always resort to playing the race card"You betray your lack of knowledge of the law on self defense in Florida as most on here do. I have only noticed 3 or maybe 4 posters who seem to have a good understanding of the law on self defense in Florida.
First of all what you saw or what any of the jurors saw on the video is of little relevance....the law of self defense in Florida is based on the perception of the defendant....as in...'was he in reasonable fear of his life or of great bodily harm?'
That is the essence of the law on self defense in Florida....now very intelligent people can and do have different perspectives on whether or not the black thug was retreating.
But that is neither here nor there....what the jurors should have concentrated on was whether or not Drejka had a reasonable fear of his life being in danger or of great bodily harm.
All this b.s. we see on here of folks going on and on about he had no business pointing out to someone they were illegally parked is irrelevant...has no legal bearing on this case at all.
I think where the jurors dropped the ball was that they were concentrating on their own opinions of whether or not the black guy was retreating.
What they should have been concentrating on was whether or not there was enough evidence to indicate Drejka could have been in reasonable fear of his life or of great bodily harm. That would have been following the law.
In the prosecutors summation he kept going on and on about how they should watch the video...of course watch the video but do not let your opinion of what happened divert you from your real duty............of determing whether or not Drejka could have been in reasonable fear of his life or of great bodily harm.
But the prosecution did not try to enlighten the jury on that they just harped on watch the video, watch the video...understanding the jurors would forget what they were really supposed to to do as in to concentrate on whether or not Drejka was in reasonable fear of life.
Here are the facts that need to be considered in regards to whether or not Drejka could have been in reasonable fear of his life or of great bodily harm
First of all he had been assaulted---slammed to the ground without reason. He was doing nothing illegal and had done nothing illegal. All he had done or was doing was within the parameter of the rights of any citizen.
Now what was Drejka likely to have thought about that? The jurors should have considered how that could have affected Drejka......violently slammed to the ground....very definitely it most likely put him in fear....how could it not...he did not even know who it was. When he is able to raise up he sees a black guy still hovering around him. It is only natural and reasonable to believe that put him in fear of life or at least of great bodily harm.
I think it is perfectly reasonable to believe he may have been in fear of his life or of great bodily harm....very possible and reasonable that he was in fear of his life.
Maybe not everyone would be...maybe none of you would be ...but we have to remember you and the jury have the benefit of hindsight and watching a slow motion video.
Drejka did not have the benefit of hindsight nor the ability to watch a slow motion video to figure out what was happening. All he knew was that he had been slammed to the ground for no justifiable reason and the perp was still very,very close the estimates range from 10 to l2 ft. how much time would it have taken the black guy to cover that distance...he could have been back on top of Drejka in a split second. That is the reality of the scenario on that parking lot.
Also they should have considered but I really doubt they did that Drejka had been dazed and was disoriented and at least in a mild state of shock. Did this affect his ability to determine whether or not the black guy was retreating?...of course it would and most likely did....but also we must remember that what Drejka was concentrating on was---how to neutralize the threat...that was his number one responsibility in order to preserve his own life.
To do that he had to get his weapon out which was difficult for him because his right arm had been injured....but he did managed to get it out and as soon as the black guy saw the weapon he stopped his advance on drejka....that is correct ...even after he had already slammed drejka to the ground he was still going towards Drejka...that is on the video as well but most seem to have not seen that. Why would he be doing that...he had already seperated Drejka from his wife which some claim is all he wanted to do.....nonsense....he wanted to inflict more damage on drejka as in kick him in the head etc.
Drejka fter getting his weapon out he had to bring it up to sight it on the threat...since his right arm was injured he had to use his left arm to support the weapon as he sighted it on the target. After doing all that he only had a couple of seconds to make a life or death decision.....to fire.....or not to fire.
What any of you or any of the jurors would do is irrelevant....the only relevant thing is was Drejka in reasonable fear of his life?
And the answer to that question is "no".
You base that on your perception of the video....thus like the jury...you are not following the law. The law of self defense in florida is based on the perception of the defendant ...as in whether or not he was in reasonable fear of his life...I have laid out all the reasons regarding why he was or could have been in fear of his life or great bodily injury.
For anyone to logically claim he was not in fear of his life you would need to point out why he could not possibly have been in fear of his life or of great bodily injury.
Your hatred of black people has you saying stupid shit. If that nonsense you are spouting was true, then all anyone would have to say is that they felt threatened. That isn't how the law works. I can take no more of your ignorance. Dismissed.
bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaa another one bites the dust. As has been said when liberals perceive they have lost an argument they always, always resort to playing the race card.....you a waycist, you a waycist LOL
Again...you make it quite clear you have no understanding of the law of self defense in Florida though I explained it to you in a manner that even a 6yr old should be able to understand it.
The key woids being....IN REASONABLE FEAR OF THEIR LIFE or OF GRIEVIOUS BODILY HARM
I laid out all the reasons why it would have been reasonable for Drejka to be in fear of his life or of great bodily harm.
The guy is not stupid....he has a degree in math and physics...... he would have had no reason to pull the trigger if he had not been in fear of his life or of great bodily harm.
You and all the others on here he want to dispute the fact that he was in reasonable fear of his life or of great bodily harm are the ones that are being un-reasonable and illogical not even to mention with no good understanding of the law. Pathetic but I needed a good laugh....thanx. LOL
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PredFan is not a Liberal. You lose yet another argument.
"The key woids being....IN REASONABLE FEAR OF THEIR LIFE or OF GRIEVIOUS BODILY HARM"
Again.... it's not reasonable to think you face imminent death or great bodily harm from someone walking away from you.
bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa what a idiot. He was not walking away doofus.
He backed up a lil bit stopped and turned slightly sideways.
And....and...and...still within striking distance of his victim and as I have pointed out numerous times already...it has also been shown that very intelligent people have different opinions on this....again in the trial the expert witness on what constitutes retreat, self defense, body language as in the placement of his feet and his posture demonstrates that in fact he was not retreating.
Not even to mention that the mental condition drejka was in makes it perfectly reasonable he did not even notice the movement of his attacker.
He was focused on getting his gun out, raising it to a position to fire(difficult for him because of his injured arm) clicking the safety off, aiming and pulling the trigger all of which took time and time was something he had very little of.
It is obvious none of the posters on here have ever been in such a traumatic situation or otherwise they would have some understanding of the disorientation and stress Drejka was under not even to mention he was dazed and in some degree of shock...all of which makes it very reasonable he did notice the movements of his attacker.
BTW did i say Pred fan is a liberal?...I do not pay that much attention to screen names.
Anyhow that was no argument. At best just an erroneous observation.
Is he the one I said was a p.c. republican? I do recall that....sounded like a liberal....he denied it and then i pointed out if he was not a liberal he must be a p.c. republican.
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