I was aware these relationships. Although I thought the article was referencing something new.

Depending on what he said yelling at someone for the parking space probably was legal. Civilian have pet peeves about infractions of the law every day. The manager did ask him not to harass customers over the handicap space, but he hadn’t been banned from the property. The larger issues are how the burden is set by…

More like people in Florida want to live in the Wild West. That is what they are trying to do. Not about subjugating any group. The gun culture has romanticized the concept of personal protection to the degree that almost anyone carrying a gun wants to respond to strong violence from anyone with deadly force.

Except for that one time. Lol

The arrest doesn’t affect the prosecution. The District Attorney can challenge the SYG claim in a hearing, but the burden is on the State of FL to prove that a majority of the evidence does not support SYG.

The family defense angle is weak. McGlockton never tries to descalate his GFs argument with Drejka before shoving him, and Drejka wasn't intimidating or threatening his GF in the 200. Yelling happens.

Also, Danielle you’re not watching the entire video. The shove was not the escalation of an argument. Drejka was never arguing with McGlockton. Drejka was arguing with McGlockton’s GF over her use of the handicap parking space illegally, which he does care strongly about. She never got out of the car, and Drejka…

If you watch the interview with the Sheriff, he explains how the Florida legislature made it easier to use Stand Your Ground and harder to prosecute shooters. This non-prosecution was not an issue of law enforcement discretion. The law specifically is meant to protect the use of deadly force against someone that the…