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Teen charged with murdering Texas football star Austin Metcalf rakes in nearly $200K for legal defense in just hours
New York Post ^ | April 7, 2025 | Jared Downing

Posted on 04/07/2025 1:41:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A Texas teen charged with fatally stabbing a football star from a rival high school at a track meet has raised more nearly $200,000 to fund his legal defense — including more than $100,000 in less than 24 hours. Karmelo Anthony’s family has twice raised the fundraising goal for their GiveSendGo campaign — it was $100,000 when it launched, now it’s been raised to $200,000 after surpassing each previous goal.

By Monday afternoon, more than 5,200 people had donated $180,000 to the family — who hired prominent Dallas civil rights lawyers Kim T. Cole and Billy Clark. The Anthony family set up the “Help Karmelo Official Fund,” claiming a “false, unjust, and harmful” narrative is being spread about the slaying of the 17-year-old football star.

Police say the Frisco, Texas, 17-year-old pulled a knife out of his backpack and stabbed Austin Metcalf, also 17, in the chest when Metcalf tried to make him leave his high school team’s tent at a track meet in the Dallas suburb.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: afoolandhismoney; crime; dindunuffin; dindunuffins; frisco; karmelo; murder; texas; wtf
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1 posted on 04/07/2025 1:41:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

More popular than Saint George “Fentanyl” Floyd.


2 posted on 04/07/2025 1:43:43 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: nickcarraway

There is something seriously wrong with a lot of people. The ones who gave this guy money, and who slobbered in loving admiration of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.


3 posted on 04/07/2025 1:43:46 PM PDT by I want the USA back (America is once again GREAT!)
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To: nickcarraway

What a sad case. This kid claims it was self defense. We’ll see.......


4 posted on 04/07/2025 1:44:13 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: I want the USA back

And those who contributed to Luigi Mangione.


5 posted on 04/07/2025 1:45:09 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: nickcarraway

The odd thing is that these are the same people that told us George Zimmerman’s was wrong when he defended himself against Trevon Martin


6 posted on 04/07/2025 1:46:53 PM PDT by ac-rep
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Blacks are basically like Gods to a large portion of Americans.


7 posted on 04/07/2025 1:49:43 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
This is Texas. The Jury will make up their own mind, money be damned.

8 posted on 04/07/2025 1:51:10 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: nickcarraway

They’re funding the defense of a rabid dog. I’d contribute to have him put down.


9 posted on 04/07/2025 1:52:53 PM PDT by Twotone ( What's the difference between a politician & a flying pig? The letter "F.")
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Maybe this is a Soros plot to promote racial tension to force blacks and whites into a racial war.


10 posted on 04/07/2025 1:53:28 PM PDT by chopperk (airhiger)
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To: nickcarraway

Truly sick!

How much did raise for the victims parents?


11 posted on 04/07/2025 1:54:57 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they. control you. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"More popular than Saint George “Fentanyl” Floyd."

Right? But I'm having a revelation on this tainted money pouring in for Karamelo, and it goes like this: the more money the family gets, once it has fully funded private defense counsel, and then starts making the family rich, the less likely they are to get upset once the DA starts proposing plea deals that would put Karamelo in for 20-serve-10 for Sudden Passion Murder 2.

"Oh, Karamelo, dis money be waitin' for you whens you gets out in 2035. Maybe you could go live on de Mars." LOFL

And before anyone says, "That's not justice.", well of course it's not, duh.

But two things are assured:


12 posted on 04/07/2025 2:02:57 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
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To: nickcarraway

A lot of stupid people out there.


13 posted on 04/07/2025 2:03:12 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Trump has arrived and it is awesome to have a real President.)
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To: nickcarraway

Isaiah 5:20 - Woe to those who call evil good and good evil...


14 posted on 04/07/2025 2:03:20 PM PDT by odawg
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To: chopperk

Soros MANSON?


15 posted on 04/07/2025 2:04:02 PM PDT by al baby (I know sarcasm )
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To: nickcarraway

Ben Crump will end up with all of that and more


16 posted on 04/07/2025 2:04:29 PM PDT by digger48
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To: nickcarraway

Leftists are such complete tools.


17 posted on 04/07/2025 2:07:16 PM PDT by vpintheak (Screw the ChiComms! America first!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

I already claimed it. 20 years or less. Don’t lay hands on a black.


18 posted on 04/07/2025 2:12:26 PM PDT by waterhill (Nobody cares, work harder!)
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To: nickcarraway

Good, the family of the murder victim can collect something from the feral parasite for their irreplaceable loss.


19 posted on 04/07/2025 2:15:15 PM PDT by PTBAA
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To: nickcarraway

Murdering a white man hasn’t been a crime since OJ.


20 posted on 04/07/2025 2:20:50 PM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Strange that a man with his wealth would fhave to resort to prostitution.)
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