Yarddog
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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.
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.
That is your view using hindsight and a slow motion video...neither of which was available to the man with his life hanging in the balance.
Anyhow it is not relevant that his perception may have been skewed.
According to the law on self defense which you obviously do not understand....the most important and the critical question being in order to follow the law being.... was drejka in reasonable fear of his life'?
Let us do a quick review....drejka in the process of legally checking out whether or not a vehicle was authorized to park in a handcap spot was verbally assaulted and threatened by the black woman.
Then 'her man' rushed out of the store with no clue as to what was going on and not even to mention in a state of impairment due to 2 illegal drugs in his system, violently assaulted drejka.
No rational reason why he would do that. Even the foreman of the jury admitted that was not needed. Aka no legal or rational reason for the black thug to assault drejka.
Thus the question...why? Why did he assault drejka?
Possible motive....he was high on drugs and had a pre-disposition and a history of violence and assault...thus his violent nature and the effects of the drugs triggered him to attack a white man who dared argue with his wife.
The race of drejka being a critical factor here no doubt--the thug would never have attacked a fellow black without trying to figure out what was going down.
Thus his attack very likely being of a racist nature--- if he had lived he could have been charged with a hate crime.
Immediately upon being assaulted drejka should have been and was in fear of his life or of grievious bodily harm. Just plain common sense. As pointed out over and over we have all seen some of the videos that circulate on the internet showing black thugs knocking down and then beating their victim to death and or kicking him to death.
Most likely drjeka had seen such videos which if he had would even add to his legitimate and reasonable perception that he was in fear of his life or of grievious bodily injury.....which justifies the use of lethal defense under the florida law on self defense.
Now of course the liberals believe that lethal force should never be used by whites against blacks....that is just their hypocritical nature. You do not see them getting upset over all the mayhem in Chicago. They only get concerned when a white guy kills one of their darlin lil darkies.
Anyhow after the violent assault drejka looks up and sees the black thug hovering over him...from that moment his concentration and motivation was to do what he could to insure his life....getting his weapon out, clicking the safety off, raising the weapon and due to his injured right arm he had to use his left hand to support the weapon--then he had to sight the weapon on the center of the thugs body mass...which is what drejka was looking at...not looking at the thugs feet, not even noticing the thug had taken a few halting backward steps...his concentration was on the center mass of the thug ...and as soon as he was able he pulled the trigger. Certainly a reasonable thing to do for anyone interested in preserving their life.
No, after watching the video, It wasnt justified. the shooter was knocked to the ground after having words with a mans girlfriend. McGlockton wasnt continuing any attack. Sometimes fights happen, sometimes you get your ass handed to you, but In my book, thats not a right to kill someone. The shooter was either a coward or full of hate for some reason.
Even if your stupid statement was correct. You would still be wrong.
Under the law someone can be a coward and full of hate and still be able to use lethal force to defend their life if they are in reasonable fear of their life.
There was more than enough evidence for a competent jury to have understood drejka was in fact...in reasonable fear of his life or great bodily injury.
Well, you have a right to your opinion. Sorry If I don't agree. He got knocked down one time.I didn't see any kind of beating taking place... IMO, you cant make pulling the trigger that easy or people will be getting shot for looking at someone the wrong way.