A sheriff said last week that under Florida's "stand your ground" law, Michae Drejka was defending himself. He turned the case over to the state attorney's office for a final decision on possible charges

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'Stand Your Ground' Law Under Scrutiny

NBC 6's Steve Litz speaks to a local lawyer about the "stand-your-ground" law. (Published Monday, July 23, 2018)

An attorney for the family of an unarmed black man fatally shot by a white man in a Florida parking lot said Thursday that race is the reason no charges have been filed after the videotaped altercation.

Attorney Benjamin Crump, who gained national prominence representing the family of Trayvon Martin after the black teen's fatal shooting by a Hispanic man in 2012, said Michael Drejka committed "cold-bloodedhave no obligation to retreat. Under a change made by the Legislature last year, prosecutors must then prove the law doesn't apply.

The soundless store security video shows the altercation began about a minute after Jacobs pulled into the handicapped-accessible spot. She told reporters last week McGlockton had just picked her up from her job as a nursing assistant, the parking lot was busy and they were only stopping for a minute. McGlockton and his oldest son got out and entered the store.

Drejka pulled up in his SUV seconds later, parking perpendicular to Jacobs. Drejka got out, walked to the back of Jacobs' car, looked at the license plate, and then went to the front, apparently looking for a handicapped sticker there. He appears to say something to Jacobs