https://freerepublic.com/tag/blackboundaries/ en-us Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:08:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4383627/posts On April 2, 2025, Karmelo Anthony went to Memorial High School looking for a fight. Though he was participating in a track meet, he felt the need to bring a knife in his backpack. Once at the school, he sat in the tent of the opposing team. When confronted by Austin Metcalf, who told him to leave, Anthony reached into his backpack and said, “Touch me and see what happens.” Metcalf then grabbed Anthony in an attempt to forcibly move him out of the tent. Anthony then used his knife to stab Metcalf in the heart, killing him almost instantly.... P. J. Media https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4383627/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:08:20 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383625/posts A Howard University professor tore into the victim-impact statement delivered by the father of slain Texas teen Austin Metcalf, arguing that the teen's death "did not begin with the knife" wielded by Karmelo Anthony but instead that his father's parenting style was to be blamed as well. Dr. Stacey Patton, a professor at Howard University's School of Communications, penned an opinion piece titled "Dear Jeff Metcalf: Your Son Is Dead Because You Failed to Teach Him That Black Boys Have Boundaries" to Substack on Wednesday on Substack, where she insinuated Anthony was acting out of self-defense. "YOU failed to teach... FOX News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383625/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:29:11 GMT