A
A 10NEWS
A 10NEWS ALERT NOW IN PINELLAS COUNTY.
A TRIAL THAT
CAPTURED THE
ATTENTION OF THE
NATION CAME TO A
CLOSE TODAY.
CLOSE TODAY. THHANKS FOR
THHANKS FOR JOINING US FOR MIDD4@AY.
I'M ALLISON
KROPFF.
20 YEARS IN
PRISON. 4@
THAT IS THE SENTENCE
JUST HAND IT DOWN A
FEW MINUTES AGO
AGAINST MICHAEL
DREJKA.
THE 49-YEAR-OLD WAS
FOUND GUILTY JUST SIX
WEEKS AGO IN THE
MANSLAUGHTER
DEATH OF MARKEIS
MCGLOCKTON OUTSIDE
OF A CLEARWATER
CONVENIENCE STORE.
10 NEWS REPORTER
ERIC GLASSER IS LIVE
AT THE PINELLAS
COURTHOUSE WITH
DETAILS BEHIND THE
SENTENCING.
ERIC?
SENTENCING. ERIC? 4@
ERIC? 4@
ERIC? 4@ LET'S GO STRAIGHT
TO 10NEWS REPORTER
ERIC GLASSER.
ERIC, THE
SENTENCING HEARING
JUST WRAPPED UP.
MICHAEL DREJKA
MICHAEL DREJKA FACED UP TO 30 YEARS
BEHIND
BEHIND BARS. BUT THE JUDGE DECIDED ON 20, CITING
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>>>
>>> TODAY
>>> TODAY THANKS TO THE PROSECUTORS AND THE JUDGE, HE
SA4@ID IN AMERICA THIS DAY WE
WOULD HAVE EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER
THE LAW.
THE LAW.
THE LAW. BRITTANY JACOBS4@ CAN TELL HER
FOUR BABIES BUT THE KILLER OF
THEIR FATHER DID NOT GET AWAY
WITH MURDER,4@ WAS NOT ABLE TO
SWEEP HIS LIFE UNDER THE RUG,
AND FOR PEOPLE 4@OF COLOR THAT
SUCH AN IMPORTANT PRECEDENT.4@
IT OVERTURNS THE PRESIDENT SET
SEVERAL YEARS AGO4@ WITH A JURY
IN 4@FLORIDA.
IN 4@FLORIDA. PINELLAS COUNTY HAVE SET A NEW
PRECEDENT WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO
THINK THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY
TO KILL A MINORITY BASED ON
STAND YOUR GROUND.
SO4@ 4@EACH DAY WE GET A LITTLE
CLOSER TO JUSTICE. THE JOURNEY
TO JUSTICE IS LONG.
THANK YOU ALL FOR LEADING THAT @
JOURNEY, BRITTANY, MONICA, 4@AN
MICHAEL.
MICHAEL.
MICHAEL. AND CERTAINLY WITH THIS 4@GREAT
LAWYER, MICHELLE RAYNER.
>> THAT IS BENJAMIN CRUMP,
ATTORNEY FOR MARKEIS
McGLOCKTON'S FAMILY.
McGLOCKTON'S FAMILY. THE SENTENCE JUST CAME DOWN
FOR MICHAEL DREJKA .4@ HE WAS
SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS BEHIND
BARS.
BARS.
BARS. THE
BARS. THE FAMILY MADE IMPACT 4@4@
BARS. THE FAMILY MADE IMPACT 4@4@4@
STATEMENTS EARLIER TODAY DURING
THE SENTENCING FOR MICHAEL
DREJKA WHO WAS FOUND GUILTY.
WE WILL LISTEN AND JUST ANOTHER
MINUTE, MORE FROM THE FAMILY.
>>4@ FAR TOO OFTEN WHEN BLACK
LIVES ARE TAKEN, OUR LIVES ARE
NOT VALUED AS MUCH 4@OR AS
EQUALLY.
EQUALLY.
EQUALLY. THAT IS WHY THERE IS A MOVEMENT
CALLED BLAC4@K 4@LIVES MATTER.
I'M SO THANKFUL WE HAD A
PROSECUTION TEAM THAT VALUED
MARKEIS McGLOCKTON IS LIFE.4@
IT WAS APPARENT IN TRIAL AND
ALSO APPARENT IN 4@THE
SENTENCING.
SENTENCING. IT WAS ALSO APPARENT IN 4@THE
SENTENCING, THE REFRAIN THAT
ALWAYS TENDS TO HAPPEN WHEN 4@
SENTENCING, THE REFRAIN THAT ALWAYS TENDS TO HAPPEN WHEN 4@4@
BLACK PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY THE
HANDS OF WHITE FOLKS, THAT ONCE
AGAIN THERE IS VICTIM SHAM4@ING
HANDS OF WHITE FOLKS, THAT ONCE AGAIN THERE IS VICTIM SHAM4@ING@
THE VICTIMIZATION, THE
CRIMINALIZATION RATHER, 4@
ESSENTIALLY THE ASSASSINATION4@
OF MARKEIS McGLOCKTON'S 4@
CHARACTER.
CHARACTER. I'M GLAD THE PROSECUTION DID
NOT LET 4@THAT HAPPEN.
>> YOUR LISTENING IN TO THE
FAMILY MEMBERS OF MARKEIS
McGLOCKTON.
McGLOCKTON. MICHAEL DREJKA WAS CONVICTED OF
SLAUGHTER IN THE CASE ONE YEAR
AGO WHEN HE SHOT AND KILLED
MARKEIS McGLOCKTON OUTSIDE OF
A CONVENIENCE STORE IN 4@
CLEARWATER.
CLEARWATER. THAT SENTENCE WAS JUST HANDED
DOWN A FEW MOMENTS AGO.
20 YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR
MICHAEL DREJKA.
MICHAEL DREJKA. ERIC HAS BEEN IN THE COURTROOM
ALL DAY 4@TODAY.
HE WILL HAVE TO WRAP UP OF WHAT
HAPPENED TODAY IN COURT COMING
UP AT 5:00.4@
YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACT
STATEMENT AND 4@A