Markeis McGlockton's Killer Gets Served!

Florida man was convicted of killing Markeis McGlockton.

The Florida man who killed an unarmed Black man in front of a Clearwater store is found guilty of manslaughter and second-degree murder. The incident that put to test Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law doesn't seem to work for some folks.

The death of Markeis McGlockton was controversial. The Pinellas County sheriff intitally allowed the shooter to walk because he concocted a story about him being attacked by Markeis.

In video footage, the shooter deliberately confronted a woman with her children parked in a handicap spot. The shooter decided to verbally abuse and threaten the woman. The shooter didn't know that Markeis was the woman's boyfriend.

He shoved the shooter to the ground. The shooter with a bruised ego decided to pull his firearm out of his pocket and shoot Markeis in the chest. The young man collapsed in front of his child.

The conviction came after 6 1/2 hours of deliberations by a jury of five men and one woman.

It was read on Friday night at 10:41pm.

The shooter looked straight ahead, standing beside his lawyers. He is looking at 30 years in the iron college. The conviction can be appealed but it's going to be hard to prove that he did it in defense.

Britany Jacobs, the girlfriend of Markeis and mother of his children threw up her hands and clapped.

A woman broke down into sobs. Markeis' father pressed his elbows into his knees as supporters squeezed his shoulder. His mother embraced the family.

Justice for Markeis.

The shooter was free on a "get out card." But once the verdict was read, the shooter was immediately taken back into custody to await his fate.

I thought the trial was going to last a month. But it ended in one week. The shooter didn't stand trial or testify in his defense. Another person who was confronted by the shooter was a key witness.

Richard Kelly said that he parked his tanker truck in a parking spot similar to where Britany parked.

The shooter confronted him.

"I should shoot you, kill you," Kelly told the jury of the shooter's previous encounter.

The case also had some controversy. A former Pinellas County detective who worked the case was fired out the cannon for being drunk on duty. The shooter's lawyers were fired out the cannon.

One of the lawyers tried to get dirt on Markeis family and tried to taint the case.

Another lawyer had personal problems.

Regardless of these mishaps, justice was served. Now this shooter has to face a sentencing hearing and we'll find out if he'll get 30 to LIFE in the iron college.