Posted on 06/09/2026 12:47:41 PM PDT by Morgana
Killer Karmelo Anthony has been found guilty of murder for the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf at a Texas high school track meet.
Anthony, now 19, sobbed, and his family burst into tears as the judge read the verdict on Tuesday.
The jury deliberated for less than three hours after the defense and prosecution delivered closing arguments.
Anthony claimed he was acting in self-defense when he stabbed Metcalf, 17, with a folding knife after a heated argument at the high school event in Frisco in April 2025.
The case shocked America, and the discussion surrounding it quickly became racially fraught.
During closing arguments, prosecutors eviscerated Anthony's self-defense claim and encouraged jurors to find him guilty of murder.
'What is important is not motive. It's mindset. Mindset. He took a knife to a track meet,' Collin County First Assistant District Attorney Bill Wirskye said.
'[Anthony] of course, felt empowered that he was going to come out on top of any encounter. You don't get to meet a shove with a stab, especially if you provoke the shove.'
Wirskye added, 'Why didn't he just walk away. He could have left the tent at any time. He didn't. He didn't abandon the encounter.'
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"Adios, Mofo!"
When to the next round of BLM riots start?
Keep em coming! I LOVE IT.
Keep ‘em coming!
Beautiful picture ...
Yea he is not going to last long.
Paging Al Sharpton...Rev.Sharpton to the house courtesy phone....
And also what a child rapist should see in prison.
He’s been replaced by Ben Crumpler.
I’d increase OPSEC if you’re in and around urban areas.
And deservedly so.
Texas should bring back public hanging. Stage Karmelo’s hanging in the most gang infested area of Texas.
Really nice closing job, ADA. Applause.
Sobs? You want sobs? Wait until he meets his cellmate, Big Bubba.
The whole country could easily see Karmelo was being a Jerk and the Thug. He brought all of this misery onto himself and
that poor murder victim’s family.
People ask themselves this same question daily, as they watch seemingly endless videos of black people (of both genders) refusing to back down to ANYONE, for ANY reason, no matter how small, whether confronting random bystanders or heavily-armed police.
The New Black Panthers are there
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