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The perception of the shooter is critical. And Drejka's perception was horribly skewed. Poor perception is not a reasonable excuse for self defense.Putz, I didn't say he "lied." I said he was "wrong." He even admitted had McGlockton not been coming at him, there would have been no reason to shoot him.You can argue till you're blue in the face whether or not McGlockton was retreating. What there is no question about is that he was not still advancing on Drejka when he was shot -- which is what Drejka thought and why he said he shot him. Now that we see he was totally wrong about that, his excuse for shooting McGlockton goes out the window.Still wrong. Drejka's fear of imminent death or great bodily harm stemmed from his perception that McGlockton was coming at him when he shot him. The video proves McGlockton was actually backing away, rendering Drejka's fear unreasonable.
As pointed out intelligent people have disagreed regarding whether or not the thug was retreating. As posted the expert witness who is adept in understanding body language testified that the black guy was not retreating based on his body language...if you look at the photo posted you will note the blacks left foot pointed towards drejka just one of the indicators that he was not in real retreat.....otherwise his foot would not have been pointed towards drejka.
As pointed out previously also the black thug with a history of assaulting others(did you see his mug shot)was simply in a 'reflex mode' like if one touches a hot stove your body reacts without even thinking. He thus in his reflex mode took a few halting steps back and slightly turned his body. Is this actually retreating? Certainly not. If you want to see someone retreating watch the white guy hot on the heels of the black dude as they came out of the store When he sees the weapon coming out he runs and hides behind some cars....that is retreting.....but the black guy did not leave the scene....recoiled bac a few steps and stood there...still very close to drejka, still a threat.
If the black crazy had wanted to retreat he would have taken off running like any normal person would if they see someone pointing a pistol at them.
But this thug was not a reasonable person...this black thug was irrational from the gitgo...storming out of the store and attacking drejka for no reason...other than the mere fact that a white man dared to argue with his wife...no sensible person would be so upset over that as to committ criminal assault.
Yet a black racist obviously would. Also...as previously pointed out--if his fate had not been determined already...he could be facing a hate crime charge. Too many black folks hate whites....they learn this in the public schools...aka.....dat white folk holding dem down. dat cuz dey great,great,great, grandfathe might have been a slave they are entitled to assault a white man arguing with their wife.
Not to forget the drugs--- when a black thug pre-disposed for violence, has a history of violence and is high on drugs, a very high level of an illegal drug in his system....then it is quite impossible to predict with accuracy what he might do.
Yet, all those who want to condemn drejka for defending his life want to believe they could perceive that the black thug was no threat...well, of course easy for them to do--their life was not on the line.
Ridiculous....drejka was not lying....in his altered mental state due to being violently assaulted to raise up and see a black thug hovering over him....he was certainly within a reasonable fear of life....and thus impaired by the trauma of the threat, being slightly dazed, disoriented and in a mild state of shock did not percieve what some percieve when they watch the video in slow motion....drejka was in fear of his life and acted according.
He literally surrendered his own claim of self defense.
One has to remember drejka was interrogated a very short time after the incident....he waived his miranda rights because he was convinced he was innocent and thus had nothing to fear. A lot of innocent peeps have made that mistake ---not contacting a lawyer and have him present ...instead... talking on and on and then have their words spun and twisted to use against them later.
It is police dept policy not to interview aka interrogate a policeman who has been involved in a deadly shooting right after the event. They give him a few days to let him get over the trauma of the incident before the interview. But not drejka....they hauled him down to a interrogation room and grilled him for 6 hrs right after the event whilst he was still in state of shock.
Any sane, objective and intelligent person cannot reasonably conclude that drejka was not in fear of his life an in such a state --what he was focusing on was how to eliminate the threat to his life. He focused on getting his gun out and getting it ready to fire, focusing in on the thugs body mass and aiming his weapon and then pulling the trigger....he did not notice drejka had stumbled backward for a few steps...he was still close, still looking at him and thus undeniably a threat...within l2 ft is very close....the thug could have covered that distance in one quick leap been on top of drejka...snatched the weapon and then used it to kill drejka with his own gun...not like that it has not happened before and very well may have happened in this case if Drejka had not managed to get his weapon out and fire. A very reasonable thing to do under the circumstances.
All those who want to condemn drejka make the same mistake....with hindsight and after watching the video in slow motion it is their perception that the thug is in retreat...certainly not according to some experts....but it is their perception of the video not being versed in body language and its significance that contributes to their wrongful perception.
Also they lack a good understanding of the law of self defense in Florida....very few have ever read it...even though it is posted on here. People are to
lazy to do the legal research.
Under the law of self defense it is the 'perception of the defendant that is critical....aka was he in reasonable fear of his life....and the reasons he should have been in fear of his life have been listed on here....unfortunately the jury was so focused on their interpetation of the video they did not give serious consideration to the perception and state of mind of the defendant.
Thus they decided to send a innocent man to jail....quite tragic.