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Lol bye bye future. Next I hope we find out his wife is sick
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(CNN) Michael Drejka, who fatally shot Markeis McGlockton after McGlockton shoved him in a Clearwater, Florida, convenience store parking lot, has been charged with manslaughter, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said Monday.
"Consistent with the decision-making process established under Florida law in this case, the State Attorney conducted his review and decided to charge Drejka with manslaughter," Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said in a news release.
Drejka was arrested Monday morning and booked into Pinellas County Jail. His bail is set at $100,000, the sheriff's office said.
His first court appearance is set for Tuesday afternoon.
McGlockton's family issued a statement praising the decision to charge Drejka.
"This man killed Markeis in cold blood, without a second thought about the devastating impact his actions would have on our family, but this charge gives us a measure of hope that the truth will win and justice will prevail in the end," a family statement said.
The family's attorney, Michele Rayner, commended the state attorney's office for the manslaughter charge.
"This is a big step forward in the direction of justice, not only for Markeis' family but also for society as a whole," Rayner said in a statement.
Previously, Gualtieri said the state's "stand your ground" laws prevented him from arresting Drejka last month.
"To arrest, it must be so clear that, as a matter of law, 'stand your ground' does not apply in any way to the facts and circumstances that you're presented with," Gualtieri said.
His comments came after McGlockton's family and girlfriend slammed the decision not to arrest Drejka. Drejka, 47, is white, and McGlockton was black.
McGlockton, 28, died July 19 after the altercation with Drejka, which began as an argument over a parking space. McGlockton's girlfriend, Britany Jacobs, had parked in a handicapped parking space, and Drejka confronted her while McGlockton was inside the store.
McGlockton came outside, approached Drejka and shoved him to the ground, surveillance video shows. Drejka pulled out a handgun, and as McGlockton backed away from him, shot him in the chest.
"My decision not to arrest is merely doing what Florida law compels," Gualtieri said at the time. "A whole bunch of people have offered a whole bunch of different opinions. ... I'd suggest to you that the mere fact that so many people have so many different opinions validates the decision not to arrest Drejka (at) this stage."
Pinellas and Pasco County State Attorney Bernie McCabe told CNN he came to his decision to charge Drejka after a nine-day review that began August 1.
"We interviewed witnesses and looked at all the available surveillance video, and we made our decision to move forward based on all the information available," the prosecutor said.
Florida's "stand your ground" law, perhaps the strongest in the country, grants immunity to the person acting in self-defense and puts the burden of proof on the state.
"I support the State Attorney's decision and will have no further comment as the case continues to work its way through the criminal justice system," Gualtieri said in his Monday statement.
They fired him already and probably revoke his licenseLol bye bye future. Next I hope we find out his wife is sick
They even found out her daughter is a model for a white supremacist company called the swag shoppe and its logo is a monkey
They even tracked down the name and identity of the actual white woman in the background laughing and instigating, making fun of the situation- Background Becky: Lana Orloff of Maryland. Thinking she was safe by being on the sidelines, internet said - "nah biiihh u can catch one too". Internet racist detection activism never loses...
LANA ORLOFF in Washington Life Magazine
We found the ***** daughter work information.
Association of Dance Conventions and Competitions - Member public profile
The founder of Porsche was a Nazi who helped develop cars and engines for Hitler, also used slave labor in their facilities. white supremacist+cac-asian+ entitlement +racism+elitism=five degrees of separation.
WASHINGTON - A woman had to be taken to the hospital after a verbal altercation on a Metrobus turned violent.
Emergency crews were called to a bus stop near 2nd and H streets in Northeast D.C. during the Tuesday evening rush hour as a fight spilled out onto the street.
Metro Transit Police said it all started at around 6 p.m. when two women got into an argument on the X2 Metrobus. It is unclear what sparked it.
Cellphone video of the incident posted on Twitter, which has been viewed tens of thousands of times, begins in the middle of the altercation between two riders, with one woman calling others the n-word while exiting the bus along H Street. However, the video clip cuts off after that.
The next video clip appears to show that same woman lying on the street with a bloody face and head as the bus drives away. People on the Metrobus can be heard on the video yelling back at her.
One day later, blood still sits on the sidewalk where the physical altercation occurred. Metro Transit Police told FOX 5 the woman was treated at the hospital with lacerations to her face and head, but she is expected to survive.
Police said two suspects were stopped nearby and identified, but no arrests were made. The investigation is ongoing.