Posted July 20, 2018 4:10 pm by Comments

By Brandon Curtis

A recent shooting in which a concealed carrier in Florida shot a man after being pushed is raising eyebrows. Some defend the armed man’s actions, stating Stand Your Ground laws, while others think that he took things too far.

Here’s the story;

Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri told reporters during a Friday press conference that Thursday’s shooting death of Markeis McGlockton, a 28-year-old father of three, is “within the bookends of stand your ground and within the bookends of force being justified,” the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Watch the surveillance video below, and then continue with the rest of the story.

Surveillance video obtained by The Post shows McGlockton walking up to Michael Drejka, 47, who was arguing with McGlockton’s girlfriend, Britany Jacobs, 24, over a handicapped parking spot at the Circle A Food store on Sunset Point Road in Clearwater on Thursday.

Detectives from the sheriff’s office said Jacobs had parked her 2016 Chrysler 2000 in a handicapped spot without a permit, leading to the argument with Drejka that prompted a witness to alert a clerk inside.

That’s when McGlockton, who is black, exited the store and approached Drejka, shoving him …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation

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