'Stand Your Ground' Trial in Florida Ends With Manslaughter Verdict
They need to scrap or change these dumb laws, when someone starts a confrontation and then kills someone with a gun, they need to be held accountable.
In a test of the self-defense law known as "Stand Your Ground," a Florida jury on Friday night found Michael Drejka guilty of manslaughter for killing Markeis McGlockton after an argument over a parking spot escalated outside a convenience store in Clearwater, Fla., last summer.
After fatally shooting Mr. McGlockton, who was black and unarmed, officials did not arrest Mr. Drejka, who is white, for three weeks because of the state’s self-defense laws, according to the local sheriff.
They need to scrap or change these dumb laws, when someone starts a confrontation and then kills someone with a gun, they need to be held accountable.