How can this guy think that he was not to blame for this?!?!?! He instigated the entire event. Sure, the victims should not have parked in the handicap spot illegally, if that is in fact what they did. Either way, that was none of his business, also, he parked illegally as well. He wasn’t even in a parking space. Had just parked, and entered the store to do whatever it was that he was stopping there for, this horrible tragedy would never have occurred. I feel horrible for the victim and his family, Especially his children that witnessed their father being murdered in cold blood.

Exactly. No where does it ever even say if one of them was allowed to park there and not only that but we do t even know what that spot looked like. It might not be obvious it’s a disabled spot


The biggest tragedy is the son who had to watch his dad die in front of him.

That a nice thing to say. But we all know the bigger tragedy was the dude who died. Get real.


This is ironically the third episode where a Floridian felt threatened enough to pull a gun to defend. These videos are  awesome documentaries. NOT JUSTIFIED and NOT truly unjustified. What's the odds that 3 criminal cases on multiple channels were 3 stories of white men feeling they were threatened by black men encounters. Is this a southern concept??? If you grew up in Brooklyn NY I lived a similar fear of "cultural" or "race" misunderstanding. Sure haters will say I'm a Yankee from NYC but the ripple effect of slavery-era American history haunts me and will my son and his kids.

We will not all think or act the same... Ever! We have a different history and upbringing. All our discussion is not going to erase English domination or colonization (including slavery). The realism is that despite our ugly past, the present (survivors) are still battling whether the confederate flag should appear embossed on State flags. Whether Statues of Christopher Columbus should be staged in city parks. We here in the USA just celebrated MLK Day. For many it is a day off from school and work.

Instead of erasing history, celebration of people that made (at the time acceptable choices) Let's not erase our past but pose counter statues in those parks, accept (not mistakes) but consider it was the norm and without those (looking for words YT will find offensive) people who were [Hitler-like] enslaved tens of thousands to be enslaved. Made this country great and something we all should be benefiting from.

I say forget tearing down the memorials and focus on moving forward. What is to come next... blow off 2/3 of the Mount Rushmore monument because someone disagrees? Rename the capitol of our country and a state? Slave owners. Discredit them all but you can't change the future by forgetting your past. Everyone suggesting Washington as a hero was only made so by his use of slave labor. SO easily forgotten.

I've said too much and will clearly draw haters.
I believe we should all get along as Christ would want us to. I hate politics but I love my fellow man regardless of skin color, faith or origin.
It's a New Year... I wish all that read my sermon to find peace and happiness for themselves and their families and let's all work to make this a better life (outside of the media and politics)


"no need to be in a defensive state of mind"<br>As an extremely defensive person, to my own detriment, being defensive is 100% not an indication of guilt.

"no need to be in a defensive state of mind"
As an extremely defensive person, to my own detriment, being defensive is 100% not an indication of guilt.


I dunno man, the moment you pulled a gun on someone that arent with a gun or a knife on hands, you pretty much won the encounter 9 out of 10 times, because anyone who has at least 3 working braincells know you dont try to draw when you are on someone's aim.


Never, ever, talk to the police without consulting a lawyer first.


Wow, he is very confident in himself interacting with those police officers as they take him into the interview room for somebody who shot someone!


If I’ve learned anything from this channel is not to talk to the police without a lawyer.


Case in point. He hasn't fought anyone who wasn't half his size since he learned a lesson in his twenties. That's when he bought a gun. Just in case someone his size reacted to his nonsense again.


"There's no reason to go overboard." Says the person who just murdered a man in cold blood for pushing him. 🙄🙄🙄

To be fair. In that moment I don't think he knew the other guy was dead. He waited in his car for the police. The man wasn't declared dead until he got to the hospital. Before you talk to your lawyer they are very tight lipped about information. He probably didn't know the guy was dead during this interview.


I like how people think that their last ditch effort doesnt just make it worse, its a paradox


OMG, NEVER talk to the cops without a lawyer, especially if you think you're justified in what you did. He dug his own hole.


I've now learned after hours of this: Don't talk to the police without a lawyer. Also don't kill anyone


If we would all just mind our own business , what a great world we could have.


imagine being the loved ones and families of the victim and hearing that your dad who was unfairly taken from you was the one in the wrong and the man who killed him was the victim. that would just be heartbreaking on every single level.


There was plenty of parking at that store,... It looked to me that the disability parking spot was father than all the other empty parking spot,. I'm disabled and there are some occasions that people irresponsible,. And take a spot for hurt people and that can be irritating,... That poor family, honestly didn't probably see the spot,... This guy is a nut,.,. He should never be let out of prison


When told the man he shot is dead, he had no reaction whatsoever. His speech, reactions, everything, was pure video game. Not real life.


Imagine being a lawyer, seeing the video, and still defending the man. Wow. Lawyers man


The opposite of this cry baby coward is the cop who proudly, rightfully so, retires never having discharged their firearm. Kudos to not using too much force.


I've seen so many cases where the prosecutor mixes up the plaintiff and defendant's names and I just want to scream at the video and correct them lol


After read Miranda rights, best thing to do is refuse to speak until your lawyer is present.


I wonder if the victim would push the wacko to the ground if he knew he was packing heat. My bet is no, he wouldn´t.  I say this because during a confrontation what you want is a de-escalation, not snapping into physicallity and pushing a possible nut-job to the ground. Either you should call the cops straight away or at least calmly talk to the guy and try to make him realise how much of an idiot he was being at that moment. I find it always sad to see someone die, but this was perfectly avoidable if the victim didn´t decide to play the hero in a country where black people are deemed as a threat even by police let alone gun-happy wackos.

You don’t get into a shouting match with a man’s wife or girlfriend with their small children in a car over a parking spot.

Some people pack heat because they think it saves them from consequences, and the shooter seems to me like a prime example. I don’t understand why you’re more upset about the shoving rather than the shooting


27:00 basically translates to "I can start all the arguments I like, because I've made sure I will win them. Yeah, the other guy might be dead, but I knew I'd be fine."

Personal weapons are a really bad idea.


Conceal carrying,super truck driving, training in close quarters combat disciplines,puts time in on the range regularly and most definitely shoots with heavy bore long range rifles....starts moving his arms and body like a robot and could pretty much be wearing slings for both his arms cos he got shoved and or pushed with slightly excessive force and hit the ground.


This is the type of person who makes legal gun ownership look bad. Irresponsible and cowardly. If you won’t confront someone without a weapon you have even less business confronting them with a weapon.

Wanna know the worst part. This guy would have been a self described "responsible gun owner" before this incident. I wonder how many more "responsible gun owners" there are out there that are just like this guy. Living their lives every day hoping for the day they get to use their gun.


Not cool to park in a disability space, but this guy didn't even need the disability space. He could have just kept his mouth shut and called the police.


"That's my store"...... "I live just around the corner" - and that extends to he owns the store carpark, the street, and everybody who dares enter the area.  Territorial issues, among other things.


i love how in America there are people like this walking around with guns.


I might have missed it, but appears no words spoken.  First person knocked second person to the ground with no warning. Second person shot first person, again with no warning.   They both over reacted to a real or perceived threat and no one said a thing.


So he illegally parked to ask why someone else was illegally parked? Why pick that car or bother to harass the woman?

This guy had a hard on for his gun and is obviously a racist. He approached her because he saw a black woman.

Sometimes it is as simple as that. There are bad people in this world and they show it in varying ways.


I hadn't heard about this case and was literally holding my breath waiting for the verdict. I think I would have thrown my phone in disgust if he been found not guilty. What an absolute waste of a life... I am so glad that these entitled despicable people are arrogant enough to believe they don't need a lawyer.

@Keith M Rookie mistake! Never read the comments until after ;) Sorry though! Still awesome x


Don’t be a placard police. Let it up to the real cops.


The father's first instinct was to protect his partner. After getting shot, his first instinct was to run back to his kid inside. Even with no sound you can see how tragic the situation was. That poor brave man and his family suffering by the cruel hand of an evil coward.

@F R «argues»? The man came up to a black woman w her child unprovoked JUST because they were parked in a handicapped spot. He was dangerous.

@F R if you think shoving a guy who is actively threatening your wife and kids over a parking spot, (micheal would’ve pulled the gun if mcg didnt come out of the store btw. Hes done that to another mother w kids bc of road rage…) is unreasonable and unjustifiable, i really hopr your partner and children gets threatened by a guy w a gun. Lets see what you do.

@Jon Mancuso Go try and make some friends kid. That way you wont be bored wasting your time with useless comments on youtube.

@F R trailer park mentality right? Thanks for interpreting the situation for us all to understand. We appreciate your experience.

@Sophia Goodman-Merel Well that act of transgression cost him his life and left a fatherless child. If you have to resort to violence when someone argues with you, then you are just as guilty as the shooter. Absolutely no pity for neither of them. And people who share your mentality of justifying a violent act when someone who poses no physical threat, are the reason we have overcrowded prisons. <br>Think of it this way. If we were arguing about this in person, and I had a loved one near me, would I be justified to knock you down simply because I want to protect my loved ones?? Absolutely not.

@Sophia Goodman-Merel Well that act of transgression cost him his life and left a fatherless child. If you have to resort to violence when someone argues with you, then you are just as guilty as the shooter. Absolutely no pity for neither of them. And people who share your mentality of justifying a violent act when someone who poses no physical threat, are the reason we have overcrowded prisons.
Think of it this way. If we were arguing about this in person, and I had a loved one near me, would I be justified to knock you down simply because I want to protect my loved ones?? Absolutely not.

@F R I totally agree that they should not have parked in the handicapped spot and that him pushing him was unnecessary, but he was scared for his partner and the kids in the car. I understand one act of transgression to protect loved ones. He also stopped when he realized how much the situation escalated, it's not like he also took out a gun or beat the guy's face in. He didn't deserve to get shot for his actions. Just because you don't approve of what someone does doesn't mean they deserve death.

@meme lord 9000 Is that really what you understood from my comment?? Try reading it again. Read it as many times as you need in order to grasp what I meant. Maybe ask your parents help if you have to.

@F R So you're telling me that if someone walks up to someone you care about and start arguing with them for--to you--no apparent reason, you wouldn't get confrontational?

You literally just saw an hour long video proving how violent force was unjustified, and here you are praising the victim who also used unjustified force in a verbal argument. The sweet irony. Both these guys should not be free to roam in the streets if they have to resort to violence in a situation where violence was not needed in the first place.

Crazy part about it he didn’t park in a designated parking spot. One of those “look in the mirror” moment.


This entire thing gave me second hand embarrassment 😩what kind of defense was that? I’m not laughing at the situation. God rest this poor man’s soul and God be with his little family😔 but this idiot really thought he was doing something great. He’s a racist mall cop who wanted brownie points for murdering an innocent man


Thank you for pointing out that womans face around 44:34, that absolutely kiilled me


For a parking spot come on man.  Mind your own business and you do you and this never happens


He said he was smart but he ratted on himself for 60 minutes 😂😂😂


So he had numerous cases where he threatened other motorists with a gun and they didn’t lock his ass up then? They didn’t do shit to him until he murdered a man for a physical assault, after confronting the victim’s wife over a parking violation, only because he was armed and felt powerful enough to bully her.


Imagine ending someone else's life ALSO your life for parking?.. people who uses gun to win an argument are cowards.

he'll get out when he's 70 don't think he ended his life quite yet lol


i don’t understand why people think that just because they claim “sELf dEfEnSe” that they will get off scot free. Sometimes even abuse victims or actual self defense victims get jail time.


He’s had firearms most of his life but I bet he hardly has had any interactions with black people.


These goons that like to play war heros… All this “eliminate the threat” and “neutralize him”. He reminds me of Todd kohlhepp.


I gotta say, he had a really, really poor defense, I could her people yawning and falling asleep


he did get assaulted first but he had no right to use the gun, though they have the evidence


Why is it so difficult for some people to just mind their own business? The entitlement of some individuals to just say and do what they want and think they’ll face no consequences, is just lost upon me🤦🏽♀


its amazing how easy it is for self defense to turn into a violent crime. If the guy did take a step towards him it would have very easily been considered self defense. Drejka is a fool for firing his weapon at that time. situation was defused for at least 2 and a half seconds.


I know a lot of people will disagree with me, but situations like this are why I generally think it's a bad idea to walk around armed all the time. I don't think the guy should have shoved him, but there was no reason to escalate the situation that much farther. It's not like the handicapped parking spot was going to thank him for defending it against people who don't have the appropriate placards. This reminds me of the Michael Dunn case where he shot at the car and killed a boy with the whole altercation starting off because he thought their radio was too loud.


The system doesnt work, but I think in history of the Americas in some nations, the society functions when 1 life is taken, and not 2, and not many. I think Drejka shouldve been revoked and banned from owning a gun.


44:32 bro my jaw literally dropped when I heard him say that lol


I noticed at 28:00 the detective asks, "would you be willing to confront people if you didn't carry a weapon?" The suspect responds, "I've been carrying most of my adult life so I can't really answer that." The detective restates his question and the guy repeats his answer. The inability to answer or even entertain a hypothetical question is a significant indicator of cognitive impairment. This probably feeds the suspect's psychopathy, as he is unable to imagine scenarios or lived experiences that are not his own.

super interesting observation, makes sense with how he didn't seem to care about his victims face, wellbeing or anything.


Too bad he couldn’t fight him like a man after getting upset because someone parked illegally. Sounds like a wimp!


The interview at the end. I’m just an average person with average problems…. Everything about this guy is below average in my opinion


Did anyone else notice the lawyer's ears perking up at 47:08? LOL🤣


That defense lawyer sounds so unconvincing  hahahaha


I swear I remember Jim did a video on jussie smollett.? Right? It started with news clips about the “attack” then it went to him breaking down Jussie early life and how it may have impacted his approach to life and decision making or something like that?


This guy was the aggressor!…. Just because everyone has the right to carry doesn’t mean everyone should carry! WTH
Force multiplier?!! Wtf
It’s called a force continuum! 🤣😂


Nice analysis of reasonable doubt.<br>The doubt has to be reasonable. Not just a doubt.

Nice analysis of reasonable doubt.
The doubt has to be reasonable. Not just a doubt.


gun control is so important and this case can be used as an example were someone is going around confronting people with a weapon and no fear for his life, its disgusting


People need to mind their own damn business more often


Bold strategy of Drejka's to hire Garfield as his attorney.


Just to be clear. He went in there to get snacks on EBT... not with his own money... I guarantee it<br>And I'm sorry but when you assault someone you just might get shot, my opinion is his own fault

Just to be clear. He went in there to get snacks on EBT... not with his own money... I guarantee it
And I'm sorry but when you assault someone you just might get shot, my opinion is his own fault


Totally devastating. This guy is a complete arse. A whole family broken coz of his out of control behaviour. A father loses his life when all he wanted to do was get snacks for his kids. So sad. And he'll get out and be able to live his life. The wife and kids should sue him and take every dollar he has now and every dollar he makes in the future. F him.


19 minutes for a paramedic to arrive in response to a gunshot! Not okay!


in some countries you cant just pull out your gun against someone just pushing you.Forces must be equal in situation. is there something like that is US? in addition you cant just buy a gun without psychology test. İ think these are good things.


What a terrible crime against an innocent family.


This dude likely would have gotten off in trial if he’d shut up and gotten a good attorney. A good attorney likely could have convinced a jury he was reasonably in fear of his life if he hadn’t already made so many incriminating statements. Like I always say, I am glad these people talk to police without a lawyer.


19 minutes for paramedics to arrive?!  That's awful for a large city


if you belive it was self defense or not, pushing someone should NOT justify their death... some of your thought processes are messed up because micheal escalated the situation for no reason! he did not need to jump straight to the use of deadly force, and if he had just threated the guy he would be an asshole, but he couldn't stop there.


Wait they released this man after having him on camera murdering someone???


Poor family was probably terrified the 25 days he walked free makes me sick


This jerk got what he deserved. But why did the victim push him? I feel it was a moment of unbridled ego to "defend" the wife. So many cases of men doing stupid things to defend others, often females.

@Adwaita B. I know. That's just the issue, he need not have done that. Put the wife in safety, stand in front, reduce the tension, bring calm. Being the tough guy is not always smart. Remember the fireman who shot at the young black boy because his wife cried out, and the guy who killed a man because his girlfriend was angry at the man for not buying her meal.

@Justin Spirito that 'female' was the mother of his children.  She was alone with their kids when the jerk(who also by the way parked illegally) accused her of parking illegally and screamed at her. Any man who get pissed of at that. A random dude who has screaming and shouting in front of his kids


One guy starts conversation with pushing other person quite violently, the other guy immediately ends "the conversation" by shooting. Both overreacted, but obviously jail and death are not exactly the same outcome.


Tbh, I would have parked in a handicap parking space as well.


3:13 At that point you have nothing to worry about. Cowards are only dangerous when they have guns. That's why they need them.


This dude keeps incriminating himself with every second passing by. Should've shut his mouth


OMG, do you really think this man is worse than Casey Anthony?!


His defence lawyer talks to the jury as if they are children.


if this fool says the word placard one more fricken time


I live very close to the exact store where this happened. He killed that man in cold blood. The whole neighborhood knew it. The state knew it. The world knew it. I’m glad he got charged and let’s see what comes of the sentencing.


Glad to live in Canada where regular people dont carry guns


still don’t understand how anyone can just own a gun in America…


If it would mind his business that wouldn't happen


He probably creamed his pants when that detective shook his hand. What a weirdo lol


"I didnt see his face at all" proceeds to shoot guy in the face


Anybody that forces anybody to shake their left hand should go to jail


This guy complaining that his wrist hurt after he just shot and killed a man is disgusting

@The Crypto Pimp one dude died and the others life is ruined/ death sentence didn’t finish it so don’t know

Dude panicked and didn't think things through clearly. I feel bad for both of them.

I think in his own mind he is the victim and doesn't thought he did anything wrong. He assumes he is in the right. He might not even know he just killed a man

@Random Guy<br>Actually, that makes sense. Thanks for the explanation

@Random Guy
Actually, that makes sense. Thanks for the explanation

@Isaac Q That was probably calculated though, because if nothing had happened one could think it was less of a threat. By virtue of pretending to have been severely injured (oscar-worthy performance btw...) he was trying to raise the level of the threat he was under. So him getting injured and being in pain could add a further step to trying to convince that he was in fear. Let me put it this way, Scenario 1. A guy comes up and pushes you, you get pushed two steps back. Scenario 2, A guy comes to you and pushes you to the ground breaking your arm and you bang your head on the pavement leaving a bloody mark on your face. Which one of these scenarios would most likely give a better ground for  self-defense? The second clearly. I doubt his arm was really hurting much or anything, it was more about trying to demonstrate that he was injured and in pain (oscar-worthy performance by the way, how he can barely move it and then just is totally fine waving the arms around later)

To be fair, I don't think he knew the man died. But, yeah, it's disgusting. He knew he shot A man and thought his wrist hurting was more important

That's  what I was thinking. You just took someone's life and a few children's father, your poor little scratch does not matter.


I feel that people like this who own guns and are gun fanatics are secretly just hoping that there will come a day when they need to use it on someone...

@sabretechv2 I'm not saying ALL gun owners are like that. I'm only saying people like this man who think its all a game or something are like that. I understand shooting guns is a fun hobby, I've shot guns myself in the past, but when you're like this guy talking about the details like its no big deal that he just shot someone to death, that's where it's a problem.

I'm just saying it seems like this guy was just waiting for a fight to break out some time so he has an excuse to use his gun. So I agree that this guy is an example of one of those insane people in this hobby who take it too far.

 Also I'm pretty sure it wouldn't make any sense for the owner of a sports car to want to get into a fatal crash while speeding because the whole reason they own it is to have it and use it for fun. The point of a car like that is to look nice and drive fast, the point of a gun is to shoot it. Where and how you wish to shoot the gun is what makes the difference I guess.

Nah, I own a gun, guns are a fun hobby for me, and I hope I never have to use it. I don’t want the responsibility of taking a life and I don’t want to ruin my own life in the process. I have a lot to lose and I don’t want to kill someone’s son, father, brother. But if it came down to protecting my child and wife from an actual threat, like a TRUE us or them situation, I’d have to do it. Guns should be used as shields, not as weapons. Not everyone is fortunate to live in a safe area either. In the super slim chance someone breaks into my house and tries to harm us, you better bet I’m using it. Or carjack my car with my child inside.

Saying all people who are into guns are looking to shoot someone, is like saying every black guy who shoves you is a deadly threat. The world doesn’t work in absolutes. But there’s always a subset of insane people in every hobby or every mundane facet of life.

That’s like saying everyone who owns a sports car and is a car fanatic is secretly hoping they can kill someone in a fatal accident when they speed. That’s ridiculous


This man’s its a real life dwight from the office


40:00
Would you change anything?
 I think, doing it again knowing what I know now, I'd still shoot him while he backed away.
!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!


Big Barba energy coming off the prosecution lawyer


Can you imagine how many African-American people died in those circumstances? Especially during segregation? They had no voice, there were no video cameras, nothing to defend themselves.


19 minutes for police to arrive. Yet i pass a cop every mile while in Clearwater.


I seriously can not believe that they let this guy leave the police station. And also, what would have happened if that man didn't come out the store? Would Michael have justified killing the woman?!? This guy is crazy.


YouTube algorithm clearly doesn’t include comparing ads with content. Midway through this vid and a shooting game ad happens! 🤦🏽🤦♀


Hate when he uses terms to look so smart and hate when he says negative...negative...negative...he killed the family person....if he not fire the wife of that guy would stop everything...he would not end him up especially with children in car...sad when person died...because of someone feeling like he control shops parking and that ot his shop...because he goes there everyday...


this case hurts me, but I did like the attorney shit. didn't know they present like that.


To be fair, if he didn't push him he'd be alive, but he had no right to shoot either, moral of the story : calm the fuck down before you do something unessesarily stupid (yell at a car, push someone to the ground)

No, if the guy didn't shoot him he would be alive to day.

That is ultimately caused his death.
Using the logic you want we could say if Drejka minded his own business the other guy would be alive so it still comes down to Drejka


This guy cares more about the parking spot then the kids around


why don't the police ever have now a sort of contraption with 'true' or 'false'? They used to have them years ago. Surely that would help a great deal?


Let this be a lesson for women that like to get their men into fights. It's not worth it.


15 months after this interview this You Tube video was uploaded!


The suspect is a bad person and was looking for trouble. I am glad he will be locked up for a long time. But I’ve noticed very few of the comments point out that the victim should not have shoved the suspect like that. I’m not victim blaming, as obviously he didn’t deserve to die, just saying that you can’t just violently shove people if you don’t like what they’re saying. If he had just ignored him things would have turned out better. Very sad story and I hate that someone lost their life and that the victims wife and kid(s) had to experience that. But just makes you wonder what if he hadn’t done that. Although with this suspect it was just a matter of time before it happened.


“I knew he was a black guy, that’s all I knew.” Yeah, there we go. That’s a good summary of events


"I didn't see anything, I know he's a black guy that's it" - that was a real damning statement


Is this normal American behaviour? i mean from the murderer to the cops?


This was fake bravery because he had a gun.  He had no problem screaming at a woman..<br>Sorry personal opinion,  he thinks he's got authority and is a bad a$$ because he carries a gun.  These are the type of people that don't deserve to carry a gun, theybare dangerous.  A young man, father lost his life because this bully tried to enforce a rule.. he could have call the police. 😪

This was fake bravery because he had a gun.  He had no problem screaming at a woman..
Sorry personal opinion,  he thinks he's got authority and is a bad a$$ because he carries a gun.  These are the type of people that don't deserve to carry a gun, theybare dangerous.  A young man, father lost his life because this bully tried to enforce a rule.. he could have call the police. 😪


Sorry, you don't get to kill someone because they shoved you.


This is what you call jobless behaviour 🥴<br>And this guy cries about missing his DOGS!? He has just robbed a family off an important figure...a husband and father and he shows no remorse about it!

This is what you call jobless behaviour 🥴
And this guy cries about missing his DOGS!? He has just robbed a family off an important figure...a husband and father and he shows no remorse about it!


No lawyer should get people like this off by instructing their statement.. the video is clear. Yet.. that’s what criminal defense lawyers do. I hate criminal defense lawyers.


3 lessons from this case:

1. Don't escalate a confrontation by assaulting a stranger.

2. Know when to pull, or not pull the trigger.

3. Keep your mouth shut and get a lawyer whether you believe you were 100% justified or not.

@Rand Paul2024 which is what the suspect did anyway

And don't park in handicapped spaces if you are not handicapped.


22:17 He sounds like Mr Mackey from South Park.


Why does the defense attorney talk like Trump? 😂


It's situations like these that make the point clear: <br>When you carry, a gun should not be your first answer for anything. It's the last answer to a life-threatening situation. Obviously, those things happen. But if you can make sure you don't have to draw? If you can ensure the fight doesn't even happen? THAT should be your first answer. De-escalation.

It's situations like these that make the point clear:
When you carry, a gun should not be your first answer for anything. It's the last answer to a life-threatening situation. Obviously, those things happen. But if you can make sure you don't have to draw? If you can ensure the fight doesn't even happen? THAT should be your first answer. De-escalation.

wimpymind n I love it when the racists tell on themselves. What does him being black have to do with anything?

this is what happens when lethal weapons are ready and available in fucking supermarket stores.

Getting rushed from behind by a black guy younger and bigger than you, and him moving in on you once you are down, is absolutely a life-threatening situation.

Mi Miedo Exactly why I’m all for stricter regulations with guns. There are too many Drejkas in this world.

I think the immediate availability of the weapon alone compels certain people to use it, even when wholly unnecessary.

There are so, so many homicides these days over situations that likely would have ended in a fistfight in a time when less people were walking around armed.

There are responsible gun owners out there, but there are also people who believe they're responsible gun owners, yet pull their weapon after being cut-off in traffic or during a verbal dispute with a family member.

I think the immediate availability of the weapon alone compels certain people to use it, even when wholly unnecessary.

There are so, so many homicides these days over situations that likely would have ended in a fistfight in a time when less people were walking around armed.

There are responsible gun owners out there, but there are also people who *believe* they're responsible gun owners, yet pull their weapon after being cut-off in traffic or during a verbal dispute with a family member.


Somebody is dead, because people can’t mind their business!


Lol the shakers defence … the hips don’t lie hahah


47:49 that guy in the background fell asleep i guess


Feed him to the Rats cuz even rodents gotta eat


It’s amazing how the jury’s skin color always comes into play when the prosecution is black.

We live in America, which is about 13% black. Juries are chosen randomly. It’s about the luck of the draw, not skin colors of the parties.


How stupid does it sound this all happened over a FUCKING handicap spot. I’m glad he’s jailed.


The defendant lawyer sounds so simpering, condescending, and annoying.


That man was just waiting for a day he could use his gun. He wanted to be billy badass with a woman and kids in a parking spot but when the man comes to protect his wife and kids suddenly hes weak and scared for his life? Disgusting.

@Wooden Monkey so if the wife shot this guy to death because she thought her life was in danger, you’d be cool with that, right? Don’t be a hypocrite.

@Biggie Smalls pushing somebody has never in history been taking it from 0 to 100. Getting pushed on the ground is how 11, 12 year old kids fight. Pulling out a gun and right then and there because it happened to you, and then shooting the person who did it to you is taking it from 0 to 100

Yeah especially considering how they said the information came out that in the couple years leading up to this he had already been in multiple other similar situations where he threatened people with a weapon. I think it said 2 of those incidents were women too

@Biggie Smalls Nah, taking it to 100 is pushing him and immediately closing the distance to stomp his head in... or sucker punching him. You don't push someone to the ground and stand and wait for a reaction 'cause you want to kill them.

The victim shouldn't have went straight to pushing him, but you're acting like they're both as bad as each other when the shooter is much worse. He didn't need to pull that trigger and he knows it, he DID have ample time to make the decision. He didn't draw, aim and immediately fire - if he DID, that would have been much less damning than pointing the gun long enough to see that the guy is unarmed, moving away and still pulling the trigger.

Poor little man isn't going to have his gun with him if someone pushes him in the chow line while he's serving those long years in prison and I bet he won't be mr. big balls ready to start arguments over dumb shit without it either, will he? He'll just hand over his pudding and say "please don't hurt me!" 'cause he's not a dumb guy, just a bad one that felt temporarily empowered.

@Xavi If you view the situation as a man pushes someone to the ground and gets shot, your framing the situation incorrectly. nobody is defending the shooting, but pushing someone to the ground from their blind-side is assault and could be lethal if they are unable to break the fall with their hands.

I mean the dude ran over there and pushed him hard enough for him to hit the ground, over a conversation. If you on that type timing be prepared for anything people will defend themselves to the fullest

@Marielle Gonzalez I don't think you release how stressful a situation like this is. when the attacker took a step forward, that was probably the last thing his brain processed.
That being said, brandishing the firearm was appropriate because he was on the ground with no means of escape, however, he should not have shot once the attacker took a step back.
At the end of the day, the shooting was not justified, and manslaughter would be the correct charge

@d i n g d a n g If you read my comment I never excused the murder at all. Because it is nothing more than cold blooded murder. What I am saying is that the shooter did not do anything wrong until he pulled the trigger.
Complaining about someone deliberately parking in a wrong space and pulling a gun after being attacked is not illegal. I would probably do the same. What is despicable is the fact that he shot someone retreating.
My opinions would not change if the skin colours were reversed.

@Chris Hansen Alright, your idea of what happened is twisted, you don't know enough about the situation. Drejka did not start the altercation, and he did NOT yell at her first. They weren't even yelling at each other by the time the deceased walked out, making it 110% unjustifiable to walk up behind someone speaking to your wife and fucking blindside him. If he hadn't done that, and maybe just got in the middle of Drejka and his wife, this whole fucking story wouldn't be a thing. But nope, big man has to play tough guy and violently slam Drejka.... I don't think Drejka is a murderer, and it's a fucking shame he's locked up for twenty years.

@Braeden Walster Yup you say that sitting in your home watching the surveillance at 25% playback speed 10x over....... Put yourself in Drejka's shoes, you wouldn't have fucking seen that he was backing up. Stop acting like you're hot shit, In situations like this, the brain functions WAY differently than it does when you aren't in any danger.

@Sincerely Shell Okay, you say he's in the wrong for approaching the car, let's unpack that. You see somebody doing something illegal(barely illegal in this case, I know, just a minor infraction at this point), some people may just ignore it, and get on with their day. That's fine, as long as it isnt a severe crime being committed. On the other hand, some people may just find out why, which is not getting in other peoples business, because they're openly doing something wrong. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that, I have done the same thing before........
And you said "its common sense that you don't shoot at someone walking away", I don't think you understand there is a major major major difference from watching the surveillance footage 10x over at 25% speed, frame by frame, and actually being in that moment. If somebody blindsided you, and they're quite larger than you, and you are laying on the floor not knowing what just happened or what is coming next, you would definitely think differently than how you are now. Everybody likes to play tough man behind a computer screen. Sure Drejka shouldn't have shot, the situation would have been suffice with just brandishing his weapon. But again, heat of the moment situations like this, I can absolutely see how he thought the deceased was a threat.
I still think the deceased handled it just as badly. A fall like that (people in that are 40+ especially), can kill people. It happens more than you would think.
What is even worse is that the family of the deceased is playing 110% victim........ That mentality disgusts me. Assault somebody and then cry when it backfires.
Why didn't the deceased verbally amend the situation? Instead he walked out with ZERO KNOWLEDGE(aside from someone was telling his wife she was breaking the law), and fucking slammed him from behind to the ground....

@Biggie Smalls He should’ve never approached the car to begin with. He went to the store to buy whatever it is he was supposed to buy. He should’ve minded his business and went about his day. He was trying to play police when he should’ve went about his normal day. There wasn’t a handicap person in distress for the spot. He wasn’t handicap so that spot is of no importance to him. While I agree it’s ignorant parking in handicap, it’s also NONE OF MY BUSINESS. I can’t tell a man how to react to seeing another man yelling at his wife while his children are present. But I carry and it’s common sense that you don’t shoot at someone walking away.

@Ishizu09 so your saying the guy that blindsided him from behind was weak? Dude really, yeah he shouldnt of shot him but the fact is the deceased shouldn’t pushed, thats not something a weak person would do, so many people like you trying to justify assault, lol pathetic, both are in the wrong........ and if he didnt shoot him this case would have been very different, but people are ignoring the assault because he pulled a gun.

@Joe Mo he’d also be alive if the guy just minded his business, like at the end of the day, he had zero authority to get bitchy w the woman in the car bc it wasn’t his job and it wasn’t any of his concern. People keep trying to be fair by saying “moral of the story is, don’t approach someone with violence bc you don’t know how they’ll react” but are ignoring the fact that the shooter actively and knowingly (he said himself that he knew it could cause problems) put himself in a potentially dangerous situation without knowing how those around him would react. The main difference is that the shooter openly stated that he was confident BECAUSE he had his gun, this is not justified gun use and it’s good that he got time, shit the man literally had a history of threatening people with his gun, like cmon

@⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ I think this is the most acurate comment, in my opinion at least. <br>Maybe the lesson with this video is: don't let anger take control, you never know how people will react.

@⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ I think this is the most acurate comment, in my opinion at least.
Maybe the lesson with this video is: don't let anger take control, you never know how people will react.

@8jij Joo he’s not a cop he approached as a threat

Don't physically escalate situations. That was very stupid.

He would most likely be alive if he hadn't come out and attacked the dude.

@Ishizu09 How does that excuse the physical assault?

@Marielle Gonzalez If he honestly thought a man talking to his wife because he obviously parked on a spot reserved for disabled drivers was attempting to hurt them, the victim has serious problems comprehending situations.

What likely happened was that the victim realized he was in the wrong but couldn't accept that someone dared to complain about him. Afterwards he decided that starting a fight would be the best options to either look good or be "intimidating". Why else would someone attack a guy discussing something with your wife?

The shooter took the other guys action too personal and wanted revenge. I'm not justifying his action in any way.

This is the most plausible scenario:
1. Person A is lazy and parked in disabled spot
2. Person B comes in and discusses why it's wrong (I'm assuming)
3. Person A feels attacked and pushes B to the ground
4. Person B pulls out weapon, Person A retreats.

Up until this point Person B demonstrated perfectly legal behaviour. He was attacked and pulled out a gun to defend himself. Lethal action is only permitted however, if the threat continues to persist, which it definetly did not. This leads to:
5. Person B shoots Person A retreating

This changes the entire scenario. I doubt that the shooter intended to shoot the victim from the getgo, all he wanted was likely to confront the victim (which is perfect behaviour, people abusing disabled parking spots are egoistical assholes).

He was attacked by some random guy and he pulled out his gun in self defense. The guy was just yelling at a woman for disobeying the law by and he decided to get violent as soon as he saw him by pushing him to the ground. There's literally nothing wrong with that. Anyone else in that situation fearing for their life would have done the same.

@Marielle Gonzalez I think you're too imprecise. The killer was in the right until he pulled the trigger. Before that, clearly the victim was at fault for escalating a situation that was entirely caused because he couldn't be bothered to park elsewhere.

@De Kip the man that laid dead inside the store and the terrified wife and children are, at the end of the day, the sole victims. The man with the gun was shoved, yes, but there was plenty of time for him to see the guy backing up, backtracking and then running in the opposite direction.

He is a murderer. Nothing more. The only one at fault is him, not the dead man

@Marielle Gonzalez they are both at fault, but the victim was the first one to use force.

@Biggie Smalls The DEAD. man... is the ine at fault? Oh wooow, you need to check yourself

@Biggie Smalls Calm down buddy... You got the point, but that's a bit harsh, aye?

@Ishizu09 you should learn from this not justify physical assault.

@Ishizu09 no, the charge fit the crime. He definitely committed manslaughter. Hence why he wasn't charged with murder. Just because the man killed him doesn't excuse the physical assault.

@Wooden Monkey Sooooo shoving someone to the ground is now equal to shooting someone and killing him... oookkk!! cool!

Waiting for a day? Dude shoved him to the ground. You speak of this from a outside prospective in hindsight. Why are you all of a sudden justifying physical assault? He wasn't attacking her, he was using his 1A to address somthing he saw was a problem. Did he use excessive force? Maybe. But don't use that stupid shit of "hE wAs pRoTeCtInG hIs wIfE"

That is why you never start a confrontation by pushing someone to the ground. You never know if you're dealing with Mr.  Bean or Billy the Kid.


I've carried for my entire adult life too...when you carry, you don't start trouble. You don't flip the bird in traffic, you don't puff your chest out and get in shouting matches, you walk away. Really, it's a good policy whether you're armed or not, but you never create a situation where you might have to shoot someone.

@Eiraqucam I wish guns didn't exsist honestly. I just know how many are out there and a lot of them are in the hands of bad people. Also, smaller, older, and less physical people need something to equalize the force. To be honest I carry a large handgun because I spend a lot of time hiking and camping in the deep woods and I do not want to become dinner for a bear.

I disagree, deadly violence should be met with deadly violence we have a right to defend ourselves

@BS17 Your reasons are perfectly valid and truth be told, if I didn't live in Australia perhaps I would carry / own a gun myself. However, there is no justification for civilian gun ownership here and one thing that makes me feel safe in Australia is the fact that the "crazy" people you mention can't get hold of deadly weapons. Petty criminals can't get hold of them. Wannabe vigilantes like Michael Dunn can't. Truth be told, I feel bad for Americans that gun ownership feels / is necessary.

Eiraqucam American here and I am wondering why others do not carry? There are MANY crazed people out there who would love to harm a woman, sneak in my home and hurt/kill me and even my kids. There are countless stories out there where a woman has been raped and murdered in her own home and these stories will continue to happen as long as mankind exists. Sometimes, the children are even murdered aling with the mother. These types of scenarios occur much more often than many people realize. I read about this stuff because I want to remain aware and I am also curious as to how the minds of psychos work.
Anyway, when you see the things I’ve seen and have the knowledge I have, to know your life(or your kids lives more importantly)could be over in a second because you were unable to protect yourself, then you want to carry a gun. Just for protection. Or at least that’s the reason I have a gun in my home. It is under lock and key and behind a safe with a code. We also have one in a bolted down locked box beside our bed. My husband travels often at times and I will take full advantage of my right to protect myself and my loved ones.
I suppose men or women who don’t attract a lot of attention would t get as scared as I have been before staying home alone. I have had a man come into my home in the middle of the night years ago before we moved down to Tn. I had no gun then and luckily I am a very light sleeper because I have kids. I heard him before he made it to one of our rooms. He heard me on the phone with the police and likely saw the light from my phone. I heard him walk out swiftly and I ran to lock the door. To be honest, I was younger and more ignorant to what people are capable of doing to others back then. The cops took 40 mns to get to my home because it was in the middle of the night and the few on duty were on another call completely on the other end of the county. It was a terrifying experience.
With all that said, I would never ever get angry enough to shoot someone over something stupid like this fella in the video. I would absolutely be terrified enough to use a gun however in a situation where a man much larger and stronger than myself has broken into my home. I would unload on him without a single second thought.
I have a couple stories things that have happened to myself or a close relative that have caused me to feel the way I do about guns. I have a cousin who was married and had a new baby when they were young. A large man showed up one winter night to their home in the middle of nowhere. To make a very long story short, of my cousin hadn’t had a gun, he would likely be dead. The second time the police had to come to my cousins house that night, the man heard the sirens and ran off again only to be struck by a vehicle in the dark. One of his legs were ripped from his body. The police soon figured out who he was and it was found he had beaten his wife almost to death a couple miles down the road. He was trying to find a place to hide. He was out of it on drugs.
I simply don’t want to be a victim. That’s why most people carry. For protection.

@Eiraqucam Any time, always happy to help.

@SavageGerbil Thanks for such a considered response. It's very foreign concept to me so it's great to hear first hand from people their rationale. Cheers.

Yeah man  I roll extra low key if I'm holding peoples souls in my magazine

I thought that the video is the most disturbing thing, but the comments oh boy. So many proud gun carrying people. It is like reading stories from a post-apocalyptic dystopia 😱.

@Eiraqucam Of course. I carry as a plan Z, when there's no other options left but to give up and let what happens happen. That's about the long and short of it.

Few times in my life, I've had random violence spring up around and towards me, I was lucky enough to talk my way out or otherwise remove myself from the situation intact, but it just as easily could've gone the other way. I've had to call the police before, and by the time they arrive, whatever is going on has been done and over with.

Honestly, though, I think the biggest thing to understand is that it's really not an active thing. I've heard the same from locals, not just folks in other countries. "Why do you carry a gun to *?" or ever. When I leave the house, it goes in a secure holster, and it's on my belt inside the waistband of my pants.

Barring extreme circumstances, it just doesn't come into play, it's not going to go off, it's not going to FALL off. It's well concealed, so it doesn't play a role on any social interactions. It's just there. If all goes well, then the only time it's an issue is when you're a little too enthusiastic out to dinner, and you kinda wish it wasn't in your pants.

It's probably most apt to think of it like an Epi-pen. Unless something very bad happens, it's just one more thing you've got on your person. I remember a girl I had recently started dating at the time asking if I really thought I was gonna need it while we were out grabbing dinner, told her that if I thought I did, we'd be getting delivery instead.

Australian here. May I ask why you carry?

As others have said, any decent instructor will inform you of your duty to always de-escalate and avoid confrontation at all cost when carrying. This is why they say that an armed society is a polite society. Please go to a legitimate instructor and continue training with said instructor so you don't end up like this guy.

And.. always obey rules. You don't know you might run into Karen one day. And when Karens or anyone confronted you or doesn't look right, even if he's being rude to your wife, don't be hero. You never know if the Karen is armed or mentally unstable.

It already kind of is, any concealed carry instructor worth a damn does their best to hammer it into folks' heads. You've got the means on you to elevate the stakes to the highest they can go, so don't voluntarily get into anything.

This guy got into the minutiae, which I try to stamp down to the best of my ability when folks are looking for information. JCS got one thing wrong on the 21 foot rule, it does not require the person to be visibly armed. Now, if you're grounded and someone unarmed is coming at you, yes. You can shoot. You get fists or feet to the head, you can't roll with it, and you've only got concrete to stop the rearward movement.

This is the minutiae, and while it's true, it's not what a carrier should be actively thinking about. The only question that's truly important is "did you HAVE to?" This man didn't, and most people don't. Most situations, if they get to the point of a weapon being produced, end there. Unless the person is mentally deranged, too stupid, or just too hot to cease. The man in this situation was not one of those, he disengaged instantly, the man had no right to shoot. If he wanted to press charges on the matter, that would've been a reasonable course of action. The second the man stopped, he lost all right, legal and moral, to use force, deadly or otherwise.

EXACTLY,mind your business,be polite & make sure you don’t make anybody feel threatened by your actions,unless you witness someone in REAL potentially fatal danger,don’t go waving guns around,that’s not going to end in a good way for anybody.Basic rules to live by

ThaNK YOU!!!! man. <br>If only this was a universal rule!

ThaNK YOU!!!! man.
If only this was a universal rule!


I can't believe he's tryin to use "the camera wasnt hd" as his defense. It only took one time of watching it to see exactly what happened. It was more than clear enough

The defense must use everything in their arsenal

LOL yup.  He's like ahhhh... i got nothing... this guy literally sentenced himself already.


Michael seems like the ROTC kid who treated highschool hallways like an Iraqi warzone

This is a sad thing that happened , it breaks my heart for his family,<br>But you just made lol , I needed that 🤣

This is a sad thing that happened , it breaks my heart for his family,
But you just made lol , I needed that 🤣

Anakin and ahlons transformers adventure

@safnhuo ok sure you did, kid with the anime profile picture

New a dude who would practice reloading animations of guns while just sitting in class with his hands. He looks genuinely insane.

@GregK And get married to the rude popular girls that all become nurses for some reason.

Just you wait until we have space force rotc kids or guardians in training or something.

@3VILmonkey do u get to parachute a lot. Must be nice just free falling and parachuting

@Aidan Cone yea, that's exactly right. Dudes in rotc are like regular people who just happen to want to be in the military. JROTC people are like the "you're disrespecting a future US army soldier" kid 😂😭

@Focused Future ROTC is for people who actually want to be in the Army, not for people who like the idea of being in the Army for the sake of boosting their ego

*JROTC. They're the obnoxious ones. ROTC is in college, and from my experience at least, they're much more chill and not all "wannabe" or whatever.

I didn't even treat the Iraqi warzone like an Iraqi warzone. LT found a hedgehog and we named it Sonic.<br>- An actual war story

I didn't even treat the Iraqi warzone like an Iraqi warzone. LT found a hedgehog and we named it Sonic.
- An actual war story

@Natalia Kruschev This is the cutest fucking story I have ever read in a YouTube comment. You seem like a really good citizen, let alone a good parent. Congratulations on getting where you are now, I know I couldn't do most of what you did.

Yeah without knowing all the facts that's my impression

Yeah without knowing all the facts that's my impression

@3VILmonkey Let's hope for two things: They'll be able to Ranger up if the time comes, and that we never get to a point where they need to Ranger up. I've met more anti-war people in the military than I have in civilian life. And that's a good thing. It means we have boots on the ground who are smart. They know when to shake hands and when to pull a trigger.

@3VILmonkey Ranger School is difficult. I heard they lowered standards for some women, and that pissed me off. I had to meet the standards. I earned the right to have my MOS. Good to know there's a few out there who make the cut like they should be.

I wanted to go for Marine Force Recon, but then I got married to my wife and she had our kids through sperm donation, so now I'm just Missus Dad. Gonna be buying the boy his first rifle soon and taking him hunting.

Natalia Kruschev Congrats on making it to Infantry.  I met a female 1st Lieutenant with a Ranger tab a couple of weeks ago at Bragg, btw. Even through her BDUs, I could tell she was cut.  I’m sure you’re aware how ridiculously hard Ranger School<br>Is

Natalia Kruschev Congrats on making it to Infantry.  I met a female 1st Lieutenant with a Ranger tab a couple of weeks ago at Bragg, btw. Even through her BDUs, I could tell she was cut.  I’m sure you’re aware how ridiculously hard Ranger School
Is

@3VILmonkey Of course there's a need to protect yourself. It's a dangerous world out there sometimes. Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it. I was one of the few women that made 0311. We've seen the shit. Your hope for the best and prepare for the worst.

@3VILmonkey Thank you! I live in a liberal bubble and I need to read something from a person who has had to use a gun.

@06hatter They need to have that in order to break it "properly" and shape it into the much revision needed version of a soldier the U.S. wants for their military.

To clarify, I say "much revision needed" because the type of soldier they cultivate is easily susceptible to becoming the [Complete Obedience] type and or the [Control First] type. There's possibly other types, and let's not even mention the myriad of delusions or warped ways of thinking that can culminate during or after a battle situation.

@06hatter They need to have that in order to break it "properly" and shape it into the *_much revision needed_* version of a soldier the U.S. wants for their military.

To clarify, I say "much revision needed" because the type of soldier they cultivate is easily susceptible to becoming the [Complete Obedience] type and or the [Control First] type. There's possibly other types, and let's not even mention the myriad of delusions or warped ways of thinking that can culminate during or after a battle situation.

@Angie T grow up. There is no boogie man under your bed called "the government." There are many good people doing everything they can to ensure this nation keeps running smoothly and is safe from predation by enemies, psychopaths and/or liberals.

@3VILmonkey lol. We'll put. You said it better than I ever could. I met a hugely overweight, 6'5" diabetes ridden ex-bouncer who "had to" carry for his "protection." Would walk around scanning the area like he was in the middle of a conflict zone. He worked as a mall cop. Absolutely everything was about drama. Dude could make a simple woman shoplifting sound like he was out punching artillery with his bare hands in order to save his platoon. So freaking sadly  amusing to watch.

safnhuo  Thank you for sharing your story and I’m glad you beat him up.  He needed a wake up call.  Guys like that drive me absolutely crazy. Sort of like guys like 06hatter who call people names, promote lies about soldiers in YouTube comments and are probably Chinese government finger puppets.

Alienated TV  I’m not saying it’s bad to own a sidearm.  Especially because your grandfather was highly trained by the military so he at least respected it unlike this guy who obviously just wanted to kill someone.

And walked about in his grandfathers camos and with head band just like frog brothers in lost boys flick

@3VILmonkey Well, my grandfather served and owned a sidearm, he got from a German who didn't need it anymore in southern France in the summer of 1944. But it was more of a showpiece.

Unironically living, "You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself be the villian."

@Angie T look up the iraq winter soldier testimonials please

@06hatter Direct your anger to the real enemy, the government

He's the hallway monitor who aspired to be a cop but could only make it to security for a mall parking lot.

Of course he is.  He’s the guy who carries and envisions he’s gonna be some hero vigilante when he’s really just a trigger happy misfit itching to shoot someone.  Can’t believe he didn’t become a cop himself.

Agreed.  As a former US paratrooper, I've ran into a few wannabes like this.  They don't have the intelligence, courage, or mental stability to make it past Basic (if they can even get in) so they adopt the slang (poorly) and become firearm fanatics.  I'm an 11B combat vet and I don't even see the need to own a sidearm.  These guy's are dangerous because they're a sad combination of abject fear and self-hate.

lol accurate and concise.  I've met a fair few of these types and was never able to describe it so well.

@A K With no actual service to speak of! Complete joke.

@A K With no actual service to speak of! Complete joke.

Yes, the kid who grew up watching way too many military documentaries


Yet again, a small dose of “minding one’s own business” goes a long way

@Jmac Playsball is a honest mistake that shouldn't have lead to the murder of her husband

That is true. At the same time it would have been just as easy for her to park in a legal spot.


its insane how avoidable all of this was!!  none of this needed to or should have happened! so sad

@Caleb There is plenty of data and evidence but it is all suppressed because it will destroy the narrative of being able to weaponize them to create social chaos, to usher in the new world order.  Ever hear of "The Father of DNA"  you know the nobel prize winner. Expert in real science DNA. Well he disagrees with with you with facts and data, MRIs', measurements of grey matter. The "problem" is not that they are differences. the "problem" is in denying it because it prevents us from being able to have open dialog to develop solutions. Lookup James Watson, discoverer of the double-helix. When you get beyond the millennial cultural marxism and dig down into the science come chat.  People are different and that's fine. It's not fine when problems are not addressed.

@J. Doe The white guy should have minded his own business and none of this would have happened.

@TWON The point is that Drejka shouldn't have been policing parking spots. If he didn't kill this guy he probably would have killed someone else.

@tari813 but the point is that it still got him killed.

@Billy Batson ....doesnt deserve THIS...FOR PARKING IN WRONG SPOT.  STOP, REALLY.

@Zeon Eons hes not innocent if he attacked the guy

@Trusspike15 That would mean something but given his previous history (4 attempts pulling his gun on people, including a young mother) the argument would have escalated.
This still comes back to the time he pulled his gun out and paused for 2.5 secs. While all this time observing the other guys actions. Which was one to flee. He shot him regardless. People may be unpredictable but I don't hear of many people dying in car parks cos some random person decided to be a traffic warden.
You can say it's an overreaction but he fully intended to kill him.

@Zeon Eons But people are unpredictable... obviously shooting him in the chest is a massive overreaction. but had he simply walked in front of him and said: "what the hell man?" then he would still be breathing today. The best way to get out of a dangerous situation is to not be in the situation in the first place.

You definitely have a point no ones blameless in any of this and lessons can be learned on both sides. Dont park in handicap spaces, Dont play cop, Dont shove someone before even exchanging words with them, and finally Dont shoot an attacker that is clearly backing away which now neutralizes the immediate threat. It was the perfect storm an angry gun toting vigilante meets hot headed father. No one wins.

@giantpune People won't learn from this though. Some will react in all sorts of ways. Some hate confrontation regardless.
Unless they are good at suppressing their anger. If someone was hanging around my family like that, i'd be pretty fucked off myself.
Would i be more wary now after watching that incident? Yes, but in a couple of weeks i'd forget all about it if i was in a similar situation.
I am not saying he was right to shove a guy to the ground but the reaction that followed was extreme violence that the shooter could have easily avoided IF he chose to do so.

@Zeon Eons Its reality for them now.  The rest of us watching at home can learn from their mistakes.  I'm not suggesting any of them can do squat about it now.  But maybe it helps somebody else see what can happen when you act as stupid as they did that day.  They let some trivial little thing escalate and snowball and it ended up hurting everybody.

@giantpune Hindsight is a wonderful thing. So is the human condition. What if buts and maybes play second fiddle to the reality now.<br>As soon as he pulled his gun out he had time to stop. He didn't. That's where he lost any sympathy and a court defense.

@giantpune Hindsight is a wonderful thing. So is the human condition. What if buts and maybes play second fiddle to the reality now.
As soon as he pulled his gun out he had time to stop. He didn't. That's where he lost any sympathy and a court defense.

@Zeon Eons I'm not disagreeing that this guy was just waiting for something like this to happen.  My point was that everybody involved acted with their ego instead of thinking.  They all 3 wanted to be right and assert their dominance.  Police the parking lot, park wherever the hell they want, pick a fight with strangers, push over strangers.  And all 3 of them lost a lot that day.  We can acknowledge and learn something from all of their mistakes.  If any one of them would have acted like a grownup that day, they all 3 would have gone home.

@giantpune If only he hadn't parked face forward in an illegal parking spot himself.
If only he hadn't gone and confronted the passenger, once he noticed her in the car with her kids. If only he hadn't been looking for an excuse that day to finally pull the trigger. His 4 other attempts had failed in escalation over the years.
The guy is now jail bait and ripe for the picking. 20 years to think of his wrongful choice to fire his weapon.

@Zeon Eons Everybody involved should have handled it better.  Baby mama couldn't be bothered to park legally.  And she let a disagreement over her shit parking turn into an argument and eventually get the police and morgue involved.  Baby daddy saw an argument and let that be his excuse to escalate to violence.  Nobody had touched anybody else till he stormed out and made things physical.  Now she's a single mom and he's worm food.  And our guy here in the video, he made somebody else's crappy parking job his business, let it turn into an argument that turned physical, and ended up in the slammer for it.

@Zeon Eons Yea this guy is pretty racist lol

@Zeon Eons This is why diversity doesn't work in my opinion. Different people have different genetics. White societies are high trust. They get pissed when you break the law. This high trust is what keeps the value of all white neighborhoods so high, clean, and quiet. African societies do whatever they want. Survival of the fittest. This is a clash. It doesn't work. The African clearly had a melt down over being confronted for doing something he was not supposed to do. Africans believe in "mind your own business" "or else". Diversity is a failure.

@Billy Batson

The parking lot was all but empty, the parking spaces beside the disabled space were just as advantageous to anyone needing a disabled place, nobody deserved to be interrogated by an armed psycho imitating a police officer let alone gunned down in front of their children because of it. Also the video stated that the disabled space isnt clearly marked.
The driver was in the car, I assume if a disabled persons car pulled up needing the space & it was explained to the parked driver that she would have moved, at the very least she would deserve to be asked before justifying the killing of her children's father in front of them just because she parked in a vaguely marked disabled space.

@Tomasz Losinski

Its easy to be wise after the event.
An asshole, an armed asshole at that, was in his own world managing his hatred n venting it upon someone who absent minded but harmlessly parked a car full of her family in a disabled spot among many other empty parking spots.
That family was also in its own world, minding their own business n looking after themselves, nobody had any right to interrupt them so its understandable that the father would react physically.
Not only is tha world we live in politically charged it is fulla creeps n perverts, any man in any country who reacted the same way would be forgiven for doing so.
It was a fucked up situation.
Its the price of freedom.
Tragic events n misunderstandings happen.

Barber Dee Right? Don't park in handicap spaces

It was a bit of a dick move to park in the only disabled parking spot, he shouldn't have got so confrontational towards the mother, the father should not have tried to calm things down by pushing him before talking to him and the guy just took it way too far. This whole thing could have been avoided if everyone involved wasn't petty in their own way. (Of course the defendant was the worse though and it's good he's locked away)

The guy was looking for a fight. It was clearly established this would have been his 5th attempt in so many years of his road rage antics, pulling his gun on people. This time he had the perfect excuse.


He was 100% sure he was getting away with this on self defense grounds


Good stories but the constant interruptions make these a bore to warch....


This dude looked for it. He had the time of his life. You can tell how proud of himself he was when he acted it all out for the detective.


To see his father fall dead in front of his eyes, the child is scarred for life.

@Tsunayoshi Sawada Yup the lesson to be learned here is dont randomly assault people over words because you never know what kind of crazy ur fuckin with. He didnt deserve to get shot over this but the rule is play stupid games win stupid prizes, unfortunately this guy won the jackpot of that game life over.

@Emily Gendreau no no I wasent offended. I just hope those kids are okay.

@Zachary Joubert I cant speak from experience so I appreciate you sharing yours. I hope your doing well, and I hope I didnt offend

@Emily Gendreau I have a very strong memory of something for the last time over 25 years later. I was only 3 years old but I remember the back seat of the cop car. I remember the blood. The bits of teeth. I dont think that goes away.

@sophiaa Stop spamming your link...nobody cares and if you insist on continuing to do so. At least have the balls to turn on comments so people can tell you how they really feel.

I feel for that child. I was 12 when I saw my 4 year old brother get run over by a truck and saw his body all the blood etc. I'm now 30 and there is not a day I don't think about it and see the imagine clear as day. The kid will remember that unfortunately 😔

@Razor Gray it clearly states he didn’t die and right how could he comprehend it I don’t know where you’re getting at but I got a snickers, here

@Morgan Freeman I don't think you understand that if someone collapses in front of someone covered in blood and his motionless they look dead I've witnessed it

@Morgan Freeman how could a child comprehend if he was dead or not if he collapsed in front of him covered in blood

@Morgan Freeman explain how stating that kids can remember trauma is out of my mind, yore clearly dence

@Razor Gray I’m saying he didn’t die in front of him, what’s so complicated, and congratulations would you like earrings? Or maybe a 6 piece?

@Morgan Freeman im a women so miss and tf you on about, im saying kids CAN  remember that shit and unless you are that kid you cant speak for him its that simple, litrally says he collapsed infront of his childs face

@Razor Gray you’re completely out of your mind

@Razor Gray  Listen Mr. Razor, .. did you talk to the kid? Do you know if he knew or not? I didn’t think so, I’m just stating facts and it looks like a weeberboi like u isn’t liking it

@FFk iTaze are you that child? kids can remember trauma i remember trauma from when i was 5 so its not unfeasible for that child to remember that

@sophiaa cringey and disrespectful to post on a comment about a young child watching his father murdered infront of his eyes

I just found my father face down in a pool of blood. I'm 50. I don't know if I'll ever get over it. I can't imagine what that would do to a child.

Hopefully he learns not to violently throw strangers on the ground.

He should of have minded his business 🤷♂

Sadly, this seems to be a pretty common occurrence with children of all ages being a witness.

@Morgan Freeman Yea nevermind that he saw the gunshot, his father fall unconscious in front of him as he bled out, none of that counts towards trauma 🙄

Watch As that becomes a villan backstory

@andoy gump If they wrre all under the age of 6, then maybe.. But it can still cause underlying mental issues even if they dint remember what happened.

hopefully he was young enough to not have conscious memory

all over something so petty too. it’s wicked. i saw my fathers body the night he died n never got the imagine out of my head. can’t imagine how much worse that would be if it had been murder. those children will NEVER forget that shit and the man responsible aint even sorry


" just so you know the guy you shot died"

" ok thank you for telling me that I did ask"    So much empathy and remorse. Just wow.


the one video on this channel… come on man


Imagine shooting someone point blank in front of their family and being like, "owww, I can't shake with this hand."

Imagine shooting someone point blank in front of their family and being like, "owww, I can't shake with this hand."

@HLLDY not all of us are weak beta soyboys who won't fight for a loved one being screamed at by a complete stranger.<br>If someone screamed at my mom, I sure as hell would have pushed him too.

@HLLDY not all of us are weak beta soyboys who won't fight for a loved one being screamed at by a complete stranger.
If someone screamed at my mom, I sure as hell would have pushed him too.

@Kingof Grim   "🐑 i swear <b>you people</b> will let the media tell you anything these days. hell i bet you think gay people should be allowed to live too dontcha ya communist"

@Kingof Grim   "🐑 i swear *you people* will let the media tell you anything these days. hell i bet you think gay people should be allowed to live too dontcha ya communist"

@SOLOWECR ones a physical confrontation of the lowest caliber. Yeah starting a physical confrontation is not good, but all he literally did was push him over, that's something a fucking primary schooler does, worst case this guy gets a bruise. His response was to reveal a gun and then start shooting, not even showing it as a threat, he goes trigger happy. One was slightly stupid but understandable, the other was absolutely fucking nutty and not understandable in the slightest

@stephen shivery and also still, ur talking about a family parked in a handicap space for a few minutes.
Was it right? Not exactly
Does it effect absolutely anyone? 99/100 times no. And I’m sure if a handicapped person came by they’d move but i digress

@stephen shivery damn. Not only did you not read my comment, but u also just over exaggerated it, saying the man was beat up….

He was SHOVED YALL

If he was not busy yelling at the wife he left wouldn’t even have fell to the ground, still pulled his gun probably, and coulda been way worse

@stephen shivery damn. Not only did you not read my comment, but u also just over exaggerated it, saying the man was beat up….

He was *SHOVED* YALL

If he was not busy yelling at the wife he left wouldn’t even have fell to the ground, still pulled his gun probably, and coulda been way worse

@kaz bonked u it wasn't far enough for the bullet to drop so yeah it was point blank range

@kaz bonked u it wasn't far enough for the bullet to drop so yeah it was point blank range

@Hello-Again man you’re so triggered 😂😂😂.  The guy was found guilty, sorry you lose. Damn it’s funny how mad you people get.

@destrocrimson bet you’ve pushed someone before. also bet you’ve started a fight before. yet still blaming the dead man 😞 what is wrong with you? do you actually think that mans actions justified murder in front of his family?

@Joshita it took more than a dozen comments...but there it is! You won the 'call someone a waycist prize!' Race card co,ment officially pulled people. 1st place goes to....

@Kingof Grim it's called diffusing a situation...its what more intelligent people do; however, if you're parked in a handicap spot, and your wife is a chicken head squacking...chances are  the husband isn't too bright either.I guess grandma has one less mouth to feed at her house.

@❤🔥 yes this is true but shoving someone to the ground for asking someone to move out of a spot they had no right or need to be in is unjustified as well

@Kingof Grim you'll beat the shit out of someone for them asking you to free a handicap spot you have no right being in? Disregard this case and who sounds ignorant now...

@SOLOWECR He was gonna stomp Michael, he pulled up his pants while walking toward him. It looks to me like he was going to assault him further.

@Kratos510e imagine being cold blooded enough to shoot a man in the stomach because he shoved you because YOU started unnecessary conflict. After the "assaulter" stepped back.

@HLLDY So shooting someone without a second thought isn’t pOor impuLse cOntROL?

@HLLDY So shooting someone without a second thought isn’t pOor impuLse cOntROL?

@Gachabrain replying to ur next comment: again, from a different perspective, most people find this pretty justified as what’s going on constitutes it in many’s minds. You’re right, he shouldn’t have pushed him, but that certainly is a viable reaction to finding someone POTENTIALLY (from his perspective) threatening or getting ready to cause harm to the people you love the most. Unfortunately we don’t know what went thru his head at that exact moment but I can say he did a wrong for the right reason, which is certainly justifiable in my and many’s opinions, but to each their own.

@Sean Reilly there’s other ways to intervene you don’t have to get physical

@Sean Reilly there’s other ways to intervene you don’t have to get physical

@Sujbubby she’s not saying it’s justified I think it pretty stupid and unjustified and both parties didn’t do the right thing

@Gachabrain interesting. I didn’t say anything about right wing in this comment. I said “next he gonna say this definition came from the media” which can be said from both, but is more used by the right wing side I can agree.

He said it wasn’t point blank. The next person put a definition of it under, showing it’s wrong. I made a joke about it and now you’re accusing me of shit lol

@Dr. Vedlkin yes, but this also doesnt excuse Michael Drejka of taking LARPing as a meter maid too far. But the woman was wrong to argue about it, the guy who died was wrong to physically Assault someone, and Michael was wrong for shooting someone retreating.

Only Michael and the mother get to live with those mistakes though.

@Sean Reilly that would be really stupid of you

@Sean Reilly that would be really stupid of you

@Gachabrain I don’t know about you but if I came out to see a man screaming at my wife I wouldn’t stop to ask questions

Imagine losing you childrens father because you were in the wrong but wanted to argue about it instead of just moving parking spots.

@Athena Familar Yes I also absolutely agree with that point, something like that should be such a minor altercation with civilised people, but yeah you never know (for both sides). And if somebody attacks you that hard from a blind spot with absolutely no other reason but blind aggression, then it's only reasonable to assume he will continue. There's been many cases like that and I have experience too.

@Dr. Vedlkin Lmao “blindsiding”. He shoved him and then immediately backed up, he didn’t have a weapon and he certainly wasn’t out to fight the man. The fact that you jump to such manipulative and emotive language to try and label the victim of murder as responsible for their own death makes it clear that you are not defending the shooter out of any sense of moral character

Imagine blindsiding someone because you parked illegally and the dude you hit was packing. oh wait, he cant imagine<br> that now nvm!

Imagine blindsiding someone because you parked illegally and the dude you hit was packing. oh wait, he cant imagine
 that now nvm!

@Peter Vansan The cop screamed at a woman over a parking spot and shot her husband over a shove, but yeah, the victim was the crazy one. The fact people like you can drive and vote is the reason why our country is doomed to always be the laughing stock of the world

@Hannes_MLBX it is as the point they made in the video. He was doing this activity knowing that it may lead to confrontation. It was none of his business to go up to the person in her car. If he had an issue he could have told the store manager to deal with the situation. Also I don’t know where you get the impression he would have continued. He already shoved him to the ground, dad wasn’t looking to pummel the guy

@Kratos510e still he shouldn’t have shot him just because he pushed him. The only time it’s justified to shoot someone is if your life is literally in danger and it wasn’t just “a women” that was his wife and his kids were in the car

@Athena Familar how was he harassing? The father didn't know what was going on, his wife could have done something seriously bad and he would still have assumed her innocence. He attacked the man without absolutely any reason in a really agressive way, it's obvious he would have continued if the guy didn't pull his gun. While I think the shot was unnecessary and this guy knows it too, I understand where he's coming from.

@Arek Imagine being childish enough to assault someone because they're arguing/yelling at a woman.

@Arek Imagine being childish enough to assault someone because they're arguing/yelling at a woman.

@HLLDY He shouldn’t have pushed him but it doesn’t justify the shooting.

@HLLDY He shouldn’t have pushed him but it doesn’t justify the shooting.

@SOLOWECR a push is childish. I push my siblings for breathing on concrete. That’s nothing to shoot about.

@SOLOWECR a push is childish. I push my siblings for breathing on concrete. That’s nothing to shoot about.

@Justin Ferguson really? Because it looks like they're pretty interchangeable.

I think we've established you shouldn't go around shoving people (not tackling, like this fool suggests. Where tf did this guy play football?). But when there's an imminent potential threat to your (wife/gf) AND your young children, you can see why things escalated. It doesn't justify a shove, but let's say husband/bf doesn't quite make it outside: now let's say gf/ wife was as confrontational as shooter suggests, after all she did get out of her vehicle. So if things had gone another way, what if gf/ wife were to be the pusher? Who's to say shooter wouldn't have popped her? With the benefit of hindsight, it seems reasonable to suggest, especially considering shooter's history, that he was waiting to use his firearm. It seemed to be the only reason he had confidence aggressively addressing someone about a goddamn parking spot at "HIS STORE." Obviously husband/bf wasn't privy to all this info, but again coming into a situation where your significant other, and by default your children, is being confronted by someone who clearly sees themselves as at the very least equal to law enforcement, including packing heat, you can see why bf/ husband responded. Not that it was the smartest maneuver, but pretending a shove that led to a scraped elbow and a point blank shot that led to a death are equal (cause some ppl still believe in eye for an eye) is ludicrous. Prosecution spelled it out perfectly, and y'all still confused.

@HLLDY you don’t think a man should intervene if his wife is getting screamed at?

@HLLDY you don’t think a man should intervene if his wife is getting screamed at?

@Athena Familar Unfortunately he has to live amongst savages who push a guy because they have low impulse control.

@Athena Familar Unfortunately he has to live amongst savages who push a guy because they have low impulse control.

Imagine asserting yourself into a situation and pushing a guy for no reason.  Joggers.

Imagine asserting yourself into a situation and pushing a guy for no reason.  Joggers.

@SOLOWECR ah yes. a shove justifies murder. good thinking!

@SOLOWECR ah yes. a shove justifies murder. good thinking!

@Lucas Duenez it was not point blank. very close is different from point blank. Otherwise you would just say very close. lol

@SOLOWECR Shooting someone who backed away after you pulled out a firearm is unjustifiable.

@SOLOWECR Shooting someone who backed away after you pulled out a firearm is unjustifiable.

@Athena Familar no his fault is walking up on someone and made a huge issue of something that wasnt his fight.  Nothing would have happened if he would have just went about his day and this is coming from someone that is disabled AND carries a firearm.  What got him convicted was how he told misinformation after that fact.  Depending on how he told his story or shut his mouth lawyered up and if he had said I was in the fear of my life after a violent push, things might have gone different.  Of course the case went nuclear and into orbit based on how present day is when a white guy shoots someone.

@SOLOWECR while I agree that the dad could have asked first what was happening, this man was harassing his wife . You don’t know wtf that guys up to. If I saw someone harassing my partner I would be ready to protect them. A shove doesn’t justify murder to any degree and trying to equate them is absolute bs.

I don’t own a gun but my brother and dad are huge gun nuts but they’re VERY vocal about gun safety first and trigger discipline.  Shooting should not have been the immediate response. Honestly this guys biggest fault was irresponsible use of a gun.

Imagine pushing an adult to the ground like some child. Who knows what that man could’ve done if he was willing to physically shove a person down over a parking altercation. Both sides acted idiotic and an idiotic outcome occurred

@Lucas Duenez Now he gonna say that definition came from the media

@Lucas Duenez Now he gonna say that definition came from the media

@kaz bonked u
(of a shot, bullet, or other missile) fired from very close to its target.

"the bullet was fired at point-blank range"

wasnt point blank but still you got a point

wasnt point blank but still you got a point


cant say i feel bad for him.  he knew wtf he was doing at every step of that situation.  sure he didnt start yelling at her because he was looking for a reason to kill somebody, but he was 100% looking for trouble and couldnt wait to have a situation that he could reasonably claim that pulling his gun and firing was within his rights.

@FullMetal_
You don't go park on a disabled spot when you're not disabled either, nor make a big stink when someone verbally expresses their objections too that, nor push that person over because of it.
But he shouldn't have shot him.

@FullMetal_ - Maybe YOU don’t, but you have no evidence that he thinks the same way.  You’re simply speculating.

@Stephen Tumlin You don't go up to people and start trouble, while having a concealed firearm, and not plan on trying to use it in some way.

@Bbfishman -  Sure buddy.  It’s called jumping to conclusions based on your bias.  You have zero evidence of his intentions.

It’s amazing all of you knew what his motivations were.  Y’all should have been at the trial to testify and let the court benefit from your super powers.

He would have got off if it wasn't for the video showing the delay between him falling, pulling his gun, and shooting.

Ironically had he drawn and fired far faster he would have been OK here

@M H THEY DID have time to react and that is why he is serving time. He waiting until AFTER the victim started retreating before he fired.

I don't feel bad for anyone at the scene. 3 people had plenty of time to prevent this from happening.


It is sooo annoying to see this wannabe fake his injury - grunting, and moving slow 🙄🙄🙄 ugh.


His reaction to him dying was emotionless. That’s bad for his defence.

@Dirk Gently i did 70 in a 65 the other day, you gunna shoot me?

@Dirk Gently 'Typical black scofflaw behaviour' That speaks volumes on you as a person. What a wonderful person you must be. Clearly an asset to society.

@Dirk Gently key word there being 'could have'.  More people are killed by guns than by a damn pavement. I've hit a concrete floor before (attacked etc) and i am still alive. I also know others who have too. I'm not excusing the guys actions. It's not good to shove people to the floor, I understand that and agree. I'd always be for talking things through with people as a first resort, before resulting to further actions. <br>However the comment, we are all replying to here, isn't about what he did, its about how he was completely emotionless to finding out he'd killed the guy over LITERALLY a bloody shove. He didn't stab him, he didn't pull a gun on him, he didn't fucking kick or do anything to him yet, other than pushing him to the ground after he was making such a scene with his wife (enough for him to hear, from within the store, and come out to see what was happening). And yes he MAY have ended up hurting him more, who knows, it never happened. But being hurt by someone still does not justify death. No sane minded person would be all 'ah okay, ah well, serves him right for pushing me'. only people void of empathy it seems.

@Dirk Gently key word there being 'could have'.  More people are killed by guns than by a damn pavement. I've hit a concrete floor before (attacked etc) and i am still alive. I also know others who have too. I'm not excusing the guys actions. It's not good to shove people to the floor, I understand that and agree. I'd always be for talking things through with people as a first resort, before resulting to further actions.
However the comment, we are all replying to here, isn't about what he did, its about how he was completely emotionless to finding out he'd killed the guy over LITERALLY a bloody shove. He didn't stab him, he didn't pull a gun on him, he didn't fucking kick or do anything to him yet, other than pushing him to the ground after he was making such a scene with his wife (enough for him to hear, from within the store, and come out to see what was happening). And yes he MAY have ended up hurting him more, who knows, it never happened. But being hurt by someone still does not justify death. No sane minded person would be all 'ah okay, ah well, serves him right for pushing me'. only people void of empathy it seems.

I think JCS said in one of his police interrogation videos that some suspects just don’t show any emotion until after the fact, just like for example if someone’s mother dies some people cry immediately don’t some don’t, you’re not a murder you just behave differently.

@Mongo Del Lango It's very easy to see that the man was stepping away when seen from where the camera is located.  However, when you're on the ground, and focussing on the front sight post of your weapon, and trying to get the proper sight picture -- aligning the fuzzy image of the rear sight with the sharp image of your front sight and overlaid on the even fuzzier shadow of your target, you don't notice movement towards you on the level of a couple steps towards or from you.  Add in a HUGE adrenalin dump, which, among other things, causes tunnel vision, and you're unaware of target motion, unless it's lateral or vertical (forcing you to swing the weapon to keep it aimed at the target).

The prosecutor also made a big deal of the fact that the shooter hit his target center of mass, and not "in the arm, or in the ankle" -- well, yeah, his target was less than 10 feet away.  If his aim was so bad at that distance that he would hit his target in the foot, he wouldn't even qualify for a concealed carry permit (states want concealed carry holders to HIT THEIR TARGET, not people or things downrange past the target).

What you do know is that your head is only a foot above the payment, and is an EXCEEDINGLY easy target if the man who just pushed you down no wants to double-down and try to remove your head from your shoulders with a kick.  In that position, one kick to the head could very easily be lethal.

I think what really got him wasn't so much what happened that day, but that he had brandished his weapon in 4 previous altercations in traffic.  If it hadn't been for that, the cops would have said, "hands down good shoot" and told the prosecutor he would be nuts to waste the taxpayer's time and money trying the case.  It's those OTHER 4 incidences (which probably weren't admissable in court as evidence, but nevertheless, would provide motivation the cops and prosecutor) which drove this case into the courtroom.
Prosecution wisely chose to prosecute for manslaughter rather than 2nd degree murder, because they never would have got a conviction on Murder-2.

@Mongo Del Lango And if you DON'T KNOW, you thereby have reasonable doubt, and must vote to acquit the shooter.  OJ Simpson was CORRECTLY acquitted because the LA Police themselves had introduced reasonable doubt into the case by being unable to account for over a quart of blood.  With a quart of their blood, I can make ANYBODY look guilty, even if they were documented to be living on the other side of the planet at the time.

@James Snow 1) being rude doesn't justify a blindsided assault with lethal force.
2) Show us in the video where the shooter was being violent the woman who had committed typical black scofflaw behavior by parking in the handicapped spot.

The basis of MY point is right there in the video and the police report.  YOUR point is on the top of your head.

@myles rucker Yes, Myles, but you and your short little bus are even more special.

@Dirk Gently you are just as sick as him

Exactly. Even if the man were beating him while he’s lying on the ground, wouldn’t it make a person emotional and upset to know they killed someone?!

@Stiffilater Plays depends on who the jury is.

Dirk Gently really? killing a man in front of his babies is completely justified by a shove? no.

@Dirk Gently I'm sure that'll hold up in court. Those exact words too lol. Instant acquittal

Notice that, even in hearing that he'd killed Markeis, he managed to cast himself as the victim with the "Thank you for telling me, no one else would tell me".

@Dirk Gently being pushed to the ground does not warrant lethal force, his life wasn't in danger and the man was backing up. Thats why that lowlife is convicted with manslaughter.

@Dirk Gently <br>You have no idea how the man in this video was speaking to the woman? He could have been incredibly rude, even violent.. Maybe the victim's behaviour was warranted? The whole basis of your point is questionable. The man in this video is most likely one of those closest racists too. Just waiting for an opportunity to shoot a black man. You have to be so weak to shoot someone over being shoved over.

@Dirk Gently
You have no idea how the man in this video was speaking to the woman? He could have been incredibly rude, even violent.. Maybe the victim's behaviour was warranted? The whole basis of your point is questionable. The man in this video is most likely one of those closest racists too. Just waiting for an opportunity to shoot a black man. You have to be so weak to shoot someone over being shoved over.

I agree. Most people would devastated if they discovered they had taken another human life, even if they felt it was in self defence. Especially if you killed a man in front of his wife and children.

@Robo Sushi especially when you know several children will now be fatherless

my thoughts exactly. no remorse at all...