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.
That’s the lying disingenuous media for you.
Understood and acknowledged. He is years older since the murder. Once convicted, he will be placed in an adult facility. He has aged-out for juvenile detention. Hopefully he will be incarcerated for the rest of his life.
Or the Texas Court and jury will just let him out because he was under 18 yo. Let's see.
Well, the do prefer pro soccer to pro hockey, I suppose.
If only for the despicable Brendan Banfield. Virginia will have to feed and house that demon for decades to come.
Poignant. Yes. Thank you for posting.
I am disturbed that a young man can stab to death another young man and gather hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations to murder.
That needs to change.
I imagine he will get off lighter than he deserves. There are many photos of his thug life posted out there. I bet the jury sees none of that in court. I would not even be surprised that his thuglike family put him up to this to get money and fame.
They are a bunch of trashy grifters.
I’ll call you on Oingo Boingo. I’ll raise you to Warren Zevon.
Excitable Boy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZokPAuhD6k&list=RDfZokPAuhD6k&start_radio=1
That one works too.
Blacks seem to always intrude on other people’s gatherings...privilege beyond belief..especially if it’s a mostly a non black event...like crowding into an opposing teams area....
Can you imagine if GoFundMe was available 60 years ago?
Charlie Manson and his ‘family’ would be multi-millionaires. The Zodiac killer would have a mansion on the California coast. Ted Bundy would have a lakeside mansion.
Young Karmelo will be a millionaire.
I’m not forgetting...
It is totally disgusting. No regard for human life anymore.
This case is all but over. The only remaining question is how many years he gets. The judge will likely wimp out on the low side.
Someone, a jury trial consultant, told Karmelo to squirm and fidget when he saw the content. For my money he went to the opposing teams tent armed with a knife intending to kill a white boy. Mission accomplished in Marshmelo’s life.
Always get a kick out of driving on Gallows Road on the way to the DMV. Yeah I think, this must be where they held the public hangings.
The courthouse was located at Tysons Corner (Gallows and Old Courthouse Rds, later moved to Fairfax City). Gallows Rd went south from there, as it does now, to Dunn Loring where supposedly a hanging tree or gallows was.
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