CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — A white Florida man who told detectives he was irritated by people who illegally park in handicapped spots was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison for the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man outside a convenience store. Circuit Judge Joseph Bulone called 49-year-old Michael Drejka a “wanna-be” law […]
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — A white Florida man who told detectives he was irritated by people who illegally park in handicapped spots was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison for the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man outside a convenience store. Circuit Judge Joseph Bulone called 49-year-old Michael Drejka a “wanna-be” law […]
Michael Drejka, then 47, shot and killed 28-year-old father of 4 Markeis McGlockton, last summer during an altercation over a handicap parking spot in Clearwater, Florida. Of course Drejka claimed stans your ground, but, Attorney Ben Crump says this time Florida got it right. He told the Tom Joyner Morning Show crew that the all […]
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Markeis McGlockton‘s father knows the manslaughter case against the man accused of killing his unarmed son outside a Florida convenience store will take months, possibly years. He’s talked to others who have been in a similar position — notably, the family of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin. Attorneys have briefed […]
