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After the Karmelo Anthony Verdict, Black Parents Are Having Conversations They Never Wanted To Have
The Root via MSN ^ | June 6, 2026 | Angela Wilson

Posted on 06/10/2026 11:03:08 AM PDT by libstripper

The conversation every Black parent dreads is happening right now in living rooms across America, ignited by a single word echoed in a Texas courtroom: guilty. 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony was convicted of murder in the death of Austin Metcalf and sentenced to 35 years in prison. But while the verdict closed the legal chapter, it opened a painful, urgent dialogue inside Black homes—one centered on a parent’s deepest fear.

For many, the verdict has forced an agonizing acceleration of Black childhood, forcing parents to strip away their kid’s innocence in exchange for survival. Popular TikTok Influencer, Just Wayne, spoke about the heartbreaking conversation he had with his 14-year-old son, “drilling into him the realities he’s going to experience as he transitions to this next phase of life, of Black manhood.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anthony; babylonbee; blacks; enemedia; hoodratlogic; karmelo; parents; premeditated; provokedafight; verdict
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What total crap. The message should be "don't murder somebody and try to fake self-defense."

The infinitely biased and ignorant author compared this to the Kyle Rittenhouse case where Kyle was attacked by three wannabe murderers, morally and legally killed two of vermin, and incapacitated the third. Here, OTOH, none of the witnesses was able to testify to circumstances justifying the lethal force Anthony used.

1 posted on 06/10/2026 11:03:08 AM PDT by libstripper
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“Son, unfortunately you aren’t going to be able to behave like an animal anymore.”


2 posted on 06/10/2026 11:04:19 AM PDT by nitzy
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“Don’t stab people.”
There’s probably a MF or two in there, also.


3 posted on 06/10/2026 11:05:00 AM PDT by servo1969
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Captain Obvious has had to get emergency treatment after passing out by laughing so hard at such tremendous bullshi...er...bull Dorkbamastuff.


4 posted on 06/10/2026 11:05:32 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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Oh bullsqueeze Angela. Karmelo did the crime. It was not “self-defense,”


5 posted on 06/10/2026 11:05:46 AM PDT by sauropod
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Racist media organ prints racist screed, nothing else to see.


6 posted on 06/10/2026 11:06:03 AM PDT by Skwor
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The conversation is easy ... teach your kids to respect life and not kill anyone. This case wasn’t about race. These loudmouth complainers made it about race.


7 posted on 06/10/2026 11:06:07 AM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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“Don’t stab white people when there are witnesses.”


8 posted on 06/10/2026 11:06:48 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If it ain't fun, you ain't doin' it right.)
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Fatigue


9 posted on 06/10/2026 11:07:32 AM PDT by wardaddy (If u hate Trump you’re stupid or clueless and what’s going on We’re fighting for our civilization s)
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You mean like don’t murder people...especially white people?


10 posted on 06/10/2026 11:08:16 AM PDT by for-q-clinton (RL)
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Black parents?

ROTFLMAO


11 posted on 06/10/2026 11:08:30 AM PDT by wardaddy (If u hate Trump you’re stupid or clueless and what’s going on We’re fighting for our civilization s)
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“You just can’t go stabbing white people like you used to. What is this country coming to?”


12 posted on 06/10/2026 11:08:43 AM PDT by Vision (“Our Democracy” means "Our Slush Fund." The Left is hate.)
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None of this would have happened if Anthony had not murdered Austin. Plain and Simple


13 posted on 06/10/2026 11:09:28 AM PDT by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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Did they explain to their children why 13% of the population commits over 50% of the murders?


14 posted on 06/10/2026 11:10:33 AM PDT by bray (Thank God for Israel)
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But while the verdict closed the legal chapter, it opened a painful, urgent dialogue inside Black homes—one centered on a parent’s deepest fear

Having to tell their wanna-be gangsta thug that he *might* go to prison if he murders someone?

15 posted on 06/10/2026 11:12:15 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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Just 3% of the population of the United States commits 50% of the murders. That is the reality that the writer of the article fails to mention.
16 posted on 06/10/2026 11:12:37 AM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell)
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Stabby not good.
17 posted on 06/10/2026 11:12:48 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The tree accused of killed Sonny Bono was planted.)
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“drilling into him the realities he’s going to experience as he transitions to this next phase of life, of Black manhood.”

Beat me to it. What total crap!


18 posted on 06/10/2026 11:13:02 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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Any wise words of being able to crowd source enough money to buy a new family homestead?


19 posted on 06/10/2026 11:14:02 AM PDT by Kudsman (Codify the 80% of an 80/20 issue; receive 80% support. )
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These are the people that said O.J. was set up.


20 posted on 06/10/2026 11:14:12 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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