Florida security guard admits killing unarmed black man: ‘I was arrested because of George Zimmerman
A Miami security guard blamed George Zimmerman for his arrest after gunning down a black man and paralyzing another during a shooting in a strip club parking lot. Lukace Kendle, who is acting as his own attorney, was charged with murder in the June 1, 2012, shooting death of Kijuan Byrd outside Club Lexx in North Miami-Dade, reported the Miami Herald.
The 29-year-old Kendle, who has been declared mentally incompetent twice before the trial, insisted on representing himself after being rehabilitated — but the judge has warned him against citing the Zimmerman case.
“The reason the evidence was fabricated is because I’m white,” Kendle told jurors. “The subjects I shot were African-American, I can prove that,” he continued. “What they’re not allowing me to tell you is that I was arrested because of the George Zimmerman shooting.”
Like Zimmerman, the volunteer neighborhood watchman who was acquitted in the Feb, 26, 2012, shooting death of unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin, the Homestead man is claiming self-defense under Florida’s “stand your ground” law.
Kendle is also accused of wounding Michael Smathers, who remains paralyzed, after spotting him smoking a joint with Byrd in a pickup as the security guard began his 11 p.m. shift.
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