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Posted on 06/06/2026 12:02:22 PM PDT by Red Badger
The horrific death of high school athlete Austin Metcalf on April 2, 2025, sent shockwaves through the Frisco, Texas, community when it happened.
So it should come as little surprise that the ongoing trial has been emotionally charged.
It's been so charged that even the alleged murderer, Karmelo Anthony, appears to have had a visible response to footage of that tragic night.
According to the New York Post, Anthony "squirmed" and was "fidgeting" while some of the more disturbing footage from the incident was being shown.
At other points of the trial, Anthony rubbed his eyes and "quivered." Things even got heated at one point, with the judge dismissing various people to try and keep order in the charged case.
“Holy God, holy God,” Hunter Metcalf, Austin's twin brother, cried in prayer, as the bodycam footage showed. He was in the same tent where the incident occurred.
The grieving brother could also be heard saying: “He’s my best friend! He’s my brother! Hurry up!”
The bodycam footage came from the track and field meet, where Anthony, a student at Frisco Centennial High School, allegedly stabbed and killed Austin, a student at Frisco Memorial High School.
Anthony was apparently in the Frisco Memorial track and field team tent, and when Metcalf asked him to leave, some sort of confrontation occurred. It ultimately led to Anthony fatally stabbing Metcalf.
In June 2025, a grand jury indicted Anthony for murder.
“With the first degree murder indictment, it now goes into the court system,” Jeff Metcalf, Austin’s father, said at the time. “I fully believe that justice will be served for Austin Metcalf. I look forward to the forthcoming trial.”
“But it will never bring my son back.”
Interestingly, Anthony’s supporters had largely tried to make the case a racial issue, and framed Anthony’s actions as those of self-defense.
“This case is yet another example of what it means to be Black in America, where even our self-defense is questioned, scrutinized, and politicized,” one prominent Anthony supporter posted.
However, according to NBC News, witnesses to the heinous act apparently told a different story.
The outlet reported that multiple witnesses actually characterized Anthony as the aggressor in the fatal incident.
Witnesses recounted that while Metcalf did push Anthony at one point, they said the latter was still the primary instigator.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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Some liberal judge will through that out. As said before, he’s sooo young to be jailed.
Too bad his chair after the verdict won't be electrically charged.
There are those of us in Virginia still hopeful for the return of Ol’ Sparky...
Karmelo’s Self-Defense Claim DESTROYED by Trial Testimony!
It’s been so charged that even the alleged murderer, Karmelo Anthony, appears to have had a visible response to footage of that tragic night. Had a decent NBA career, ear wigs?
Gory enough to make a Skunk vomit!
RE: There are those of us in Virginia still hopeful for the return of Ol’ Sparky...
Don’t Stop Believin’
by Journey
Some’ll win, some will lose
Some are born to sing the blues
Whoa, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on.
Don’t stop believin’
Hold on to that feelin’
...
Don’t stop believin’
Hold on.
Your link says the article is actually from this source.
Well I don’t criticize your suspicion, but keep your eye on the ball: the jury trial is in progress and this was shown in court. The judge didn’t keep it out
Squirmed and fidgeted. WOW! what a reaction! is it possible the felt some remorse? or was he thinking “now ahm gonna be found guilty for sho?”
We need the electric chair to come back.
Blackness seems to be used as an excuse for absolutely everything these days and it’s gotten utterly ridiculous.
Hang him up by the street light, people. Whoooaaa.
You don’t bring a knife to a track meet.
These words make me want to puke.
Ain’t she the chick that killed her baby?
That’s good. I read where some crying liberals were saying he’s too young looking to go to prison over his attack and killing.
I bet this Karmelo pos has been on childhood psyche meds since he was 11. Meds for ADD depression whatever. He comes from a middle-upper middle class family that named him Karmelo??? (wtf) They would put him on meds too.
Some of us Virginians want “Gallows Road” to have its original purpose again.
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