The arrest report makes it pretty clear that this should have never been more than a shoving match, and that Karmelo Anthony was never in reasonable fear of death or great bodily injury, and that in consequence he was certainly not priveleged to use deadly force in self defense.
If you read through all of the witness statements contained in the report, it gets worse for Karmelo, who witnesses say dared Metcalf at least twice "Push me and see what happens." and "Punch and see what happens.", which sounds a lot like provocation with intent to me, and makes this sound like straight-up murder.
He's going to have to argue that the disparity of numbers (Metcalf was with his twin brother at the time) put him in reasonable fear of his life, but given the other circumstances (it was a crowded tent, there were adults present, including school employees all of whom would have intervened to prevent things from going too far), he's probably going to be spending a very large percentage of his life in prison.
The reacton from some of the "community" is disturbing though. According to their logic, the undisputed fact that Metcalf "shoved" Anthony is in itself justification for deadly force "the white boy had it coming". Of course, if the tables were turned they would be singing a different song, but that's the narrative that some on the left are trying to run with.
“The reaction from some of the “community” is disturbing though.”
I know of which “community” you speak of.
I’m speaking only in terms of college football and Facebook - but there’s a very loud segment who think that if you believe Deion Sanders is a trash talking pant load and that Travis Hunter shouldn’t have won the Heisman, you’re a hater (aka white racist).
I'll bet if they search his computer they will find that he researched self-defense and justification. Hope they've seized it. More evidence of premeditation = malice murder.
The only people defending this lowlife are doing so purely out of racial solidarity.
Understandable on some level . . . but wrong.
The “community” is trained to respond with violence when their narrative is not accepted. Even the MSM (Lying Media) indoctrinates the public to accept the violent nature.
I do believe the average person is simply fed up with having to put up with the hate and vengeance.