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‘Black Children Have Boundaries’: College Professor Blames Austin Metcalf’s Father For Son’s Murder
Daily Caller ^ | June 14, 2026 | Jack Cowhick Contributor

Posted on 06/14/2026 6:31:28 PM PDT by Red Badger

Jeff Metcalf is to blame for the murder of his son, according to one professor at a historically black university.

Dr. Stacey Patton, a journalism professor at Howard University, accused Metcalf of failing “to teach your boy that Black children have boundaries” in a personal Substack post on June 10, 2026, a day after Karmelo Anthony was found guilty in the 2025 murder of Austin Metcalf.

Anthony, of Centennial High School, pulled a knife on Metcalf, of Memorial High School, and stabbed him in the heart at a track meet in April 2025 moments after Metcalf asked Anthony to leave his team’s tent. Several witnesses testified that Anthony refused Metcalf’s request several times, saying five times, “Touch me and see what happens.”

According to Patton, however, Austin’s murder is a result of Jeff Metcalf’s failure as a father. She wrote, “YOU failed to teach humility, restraint, or the sacred fact that another person’s body is not your jursidiction. YOU failed to teach him that another child’s space is not a challenge to be conquered.”

She continued, “YOU obviously failed to teach your son that touching, confronting, crowding, testing, or policing another person can have consequences. And YOU failed to teach him that the same world that cheers white boys for being bold and aggressive will not always be there to save them when they mistake somebody else’s restraint for permission.”

During his victim impact statement, Metcalf asked Anthony to look at him as he spoke, which Anthony refused to do. Metcalf then stated, “You can’t even look me in the eye right now, but you can stab my fucking son in the heart.” This word choice held “power” and “refusal,” according to Patton.

“There was power in him not looking at you. There was refusal in it. There was survival in it. There was an ancient knowing in it,” she wrote. “Because Black people know what it means when a white man demands eye contact from a Black child after already deciding what that child is. We know the old ritual. We know that sometimes “look at me” is not a request for humanity. It is a demand for surrender. And Karmelo did not surrender.”


TOPICS: Education; Health/Medicine; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: academia; blackboundaries; crime; education; howard; racebaiting; staceypatton
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1 posted on 06/14/2026 6:31:28 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

It is because Karmelo didn’t respect another’s property thar he is spending his best years in a cell.


2 posted on 06/14/2026 6:32:50 PM PDT by Jonty30 (He spent a week hunting a mammoth, just because I said I was hungry. He's such a good friend. )
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To: Red Badger

Journalism professor. Enough said.


3 posted on 06/14/2026 6:32:57 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Red Badger

They have boundaries, but no one else is allowed to.


4 posted on 06/14/2026 6:33:30 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: Red Badger

Civilization is lost on the Black community.


5 posted on 06/14/2026 6:34:06 PM PDT by Bookshelf ( )
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To: Red Badger

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6 posted on 06/14/2026 6:34:54 PM PDT by Tzimisce ( )
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To: Red Badger

These people need deported. To any communist or black run nation of their choosing. Done with these racist tools.


7 posted on 06/14/2026 6:35:25 PM PDT by vpintheak (The left is violence.)
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To: Red Badger

Add “murder” to the list of ‘black privilege’ items.


8 posted on 06/14/2026 6:44:19 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: Red Badger

I’ll teach my children what Scott Adams said.


9 posted on 06/14/2026 6:45:44 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Red Badger

More proof against college education.


10 posted on 06/14/2026 6:46:25 PM PDT by JZelle
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To: Red Badger

An incredibly dull and idiotic statement from this racist. The criminal act was was Anthony stabbing another person for no valid reason whatsoever. She is essentially claiming we need special rules for dealing with black people. How would she react is the opposite was said.

She clearly has paid zero attention or comprehension of the evidence presented and the action of the murderer.

Maybe some could explain it better with some crayons and much smaller words.

Putting the blame on Mr. Metcalf should be met with a defamation lawsuit. Hope he bankrupts her.


11 posted on 06/14/2026 6:55:50 PM PDT by Made In The USA (One and Two and Three and Four and)
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To: Red Badger

Just remember folks: this is Kamala Harris’s alma mater.


12 posted on 06/14/2026 6:59:06 PM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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We do need special rules for dealing with black people. First rule - Don’t. Second rule - if you must, don’t make them mad and get away as quickly as the situation permits. Third rule - carry a handgun at all times when you are likely to encounter black persons. Remember, when seconds count, the police are only minutes away.in the


13 posted on 06/14/2026 7:00:18 PM PDT by anton
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To: Red Badger

My black fatigue continues to grow unabated .


14 posted on 06/14/2026 7:03:38 PM PDT by sushiman
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To: Red Badger

White kids have boundries too, dont lie, cheat, rob, murder, carjack, shoot up midnight birthday parties and more.


15 posted on 06/14/2026 7:04:07 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: Red Badger

“Boundaries” - shorthand for impulse control deficits.


16 posted on 06/14/2026 7:04:10 PM PDT by BillyBonebrake
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To: Red Badger
Dr. Stacey Patton, a journalism professor at Howard University is a contemptible toad.
17 posted on 06/14/2026 7:05:13 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: GSWarrior
Journalism professor. Enough said.

Howard University. Enough said.

18 posted on 06/14/2026 7:05:39 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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special rules for only black people sounds .. like the definition of racism.


19 posted on 06/14/2026 7:10:58 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Red Badger

“Black children have boundaries” - apparently the entrance to someone else’s tent isn’t one of them.


20 posted on 06/14/2026 7:12:00 PM PDT by Stosh
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