Stand Your Ground, the Florida law that has
allowed the likes of George
Zimmerman to get away with murder, has struck again, reported TheGrio.
This time in Clearwater, Fla. as an argument over a
handicapped parking spot ended in a 28-year-old black man being gunned down.
Markeis McGlockton was shot and killed – collapsing and dying in front of his
five-year-old son – after he was shot by 47-year-old Michael Drejka.
Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri announced that
they will not arrest Drejka despite video showing him killing McGlockton over a
handicap parking space at a convenience store.
Gualteri said that the senseless killing falls under
Florida’s “stand your ground” law which gives immunity to those who claim to be
in fear of their lives and use force to defend themselves. The law has led to a
number of instances in which people have been gunned down under dubious
circumstances, including those when the shooters instigated the confrontations.
“[The shooting] is within the bookends of ‘stand your
ground’ and within the bookends of force being justified,” Gualteri said, later
adding, “I’m not saying I agree with it, but I don’t make that call.”
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