Posted on 06/11/2026 1:29:32 PM PDT by Red Badger
On Wednesday, we reported on some insane, racially inflammatory comments Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) made in the aftermath of the guilty verdict that was reached this week in the murder case of Karmelo Anthony, who admittedly stabbed fellow 17-year-old high school student Austin Metcalf to death in April 2025.
Anthony's defenders have made this case about race right from the start. Anthony is black; Metcalf was white. Anthony has contended that he had a right to self-defense after Metcalf allegedly pushed him during a heated exchange under Metcalf's high school's tent during a track meet, where Anthony was asked more than once to leave, according to witnesses.
Not surprisingly, Crockett not only took Anthony's side in portraying him as the true victim, but she actually suggested during a Tuesday podcast that the multi-tool knife used in the killing was "small," while pressing her fingers close together to make it look like the blade was about an inch long, as someone else could be heard comparing it to a Swiss Army knife. "I would argue the size of it alone, you wouldn’t even think it’s a deadly weapon," Crockett went on to claim.
For those who missed it, watch:
Considering the racially charged, heightened tensions in the Collin County community since the verdict was handed down, it was a time for people in positions of power and/or influence to try to lower the temperature, not to fan the flames by proving you don't know anything at all about the case except the races of the victim and his convicted killer.
In an update to this story, we're learning more about the type of knife used in the attack, courtesy of the Collin County District Attorney's office:
The knife Karmelo Anthony used to kill Austin Metcalf was a Walmart multi-tool with a serrated blade – and it sells for just $13.
Anthony’s knife came from the Walmart camping brand “Ozark Trail,” and had a 3.5-inch blade, the Collin County District attorney.
It is a 6-in-1 multitool equipped with a flashlight and glass breaker, and is “ideal for someone who hunts, camps or who travels often,” according to the Walmart listing.
At the trial, the medical examiner stated "that Metcalf was stabbed through the heart." Further, "She described the wound as gaping, two-and-a-half inches in length, and not survivable."
Here's a photo of the type of knife Anthony used:
One X user who has that type of knife provided a video demonstration of what all it does. It has a "big a** f***king blade that locks. It's a knife. It'll kill you," he noted:
To be clear, a knife of any size can seriously injure or kill someone, so Crockett's point was stupid and dangerously irresponsible, no matter how you look at it. But it is worth pointing out for the record what the size of this knife actually was to counter her idiotic falsehood that it was only about an inch long.
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Had he expressed some remorse for what he (admittedly) did he would most likely have gotten a lighter sentence than what he got. An expression of remorse matters a lot to juries and to judges. Instead there was no remorse ever, not from him and not even from the parents. They were not sorry for the loss of life regardless of any claim of self defense. Big mistake. Huge.
Only an animal would stab someone in the heart.
No it would have made national news as a racial attack. Anytime a white person kills a black, it is ALWAYS portrayed as racial, riots occur, and the white man gets a longer sentence than any black man.
FACTS!
And her law license pulled.
Why can’t it just be the knife the article says it is?
” a Walmart multi-tool with a serrated blade – and it sells for just $13.
Anthony’s knife came from the Walmart camping brand “Ozark Trail,” and had a 3.5-inch blade, the Collin County District attorney.
It is a 6-in-1 multitool equipped with a flashlight and glass breaker, and is “ideal for someone who hunts, camps or who travels often,” according to the Walmart listing.”
As usual, Jasmine Crock-o-Shit doesn’t know her backside from a hot rock.
I meant if Carmelo Anthony, a black 17-year-old, had killed a black guy with the last name Metcalfe.
Even Crocodile Dundee says it’s a knife.
OK fair point, you are correct.
The candle stick holder Colonel Mustard used was just a harmless home decoration!
This entire racial divide has become theater of the absurd. A very dangerous theater of the absurd.
Soon to appear on EBay: a Karmelo Anthony signature knife. All the black kids will want one.
Dindu-nuffin.
Booker T. Washington warned us over a hundred years ago.
There wouldn't have been any protests, either.
Are you saying it’s a “switch-blade”?
Blacks don’t exactly do the hunting thing.
I don’t get the point, but some blacks do hunt and I know that a whole lot fish, or used to.
not an OTF, you can clearly see the hinge for the blade
The implicit message is that stabbing white people is OK as long as it's a little knife.
That’s an assault knife!!!
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