@BlackMajikMan90 Itโs hard for me to say this because Spielberg is one of my top five favorite film makers, but Iโm not surprised to see this review. That trailer just did not excite me at all.
Let me be clear about what's happening in the Karmelo Anthony case RIGHT NOW. Because the verdict traveled. The fallout isn't.
FACT: Karmelo Anthony filed his own appeal BY HAND the day after sentencing.
FACT: In his filing, he described himself as "penniless, destitute, and indigent" and asked the court to appoint him an attorney.
FACT: $635,000 was raised for his defense. The donation account has since been closed.
FACT: Karmelo Anthony is currently being held in solitary confinement at Collin County Jail while the system figures out where to place him.
FACT: He has never been in trouble before. No record. No gang affiliation. He was taking college courses while awaiting trial.
FACT: The Batson Challenge I covered all week is now confirmed as a likely ground for appeal. Legal experts agree the denial of that challenge is the most compelling appellate argument in the case. (Shout out to my detractors).
FACT: The prosecution's own closing argument admitted they could not prove whether Karmelo stabbed Austin Metcalfe or whether Metcalfe fell onto the knife. Yet the jury returned a murder conviction.
FACT: Under Texas law, murder requires knowingly and intentionally taking a life. If the prosecution admitted they couldn't prove the stabbing was intentional โ how was murder proven beyond a reasonable doubt?
FACT: The defense mounted a four-hour case against a prosecution that went on for days. Not one moment in that courtroom is being cited as a standout defense.
FACT: Jasmine Crockett, Kamala Harris, Michelle Obama, the Congressional Black Caucus, AOC โ none of them said a word DURING the trial. Now some are speaking. After the sentence. After it's over.
FACT: Every nationality in the comment sections of videos attacking Black America came forward to declare solidarity with the other side. Latinos. Asians. Arabs. Filipinos. Italians. Peruvians. Pan Africans.
FACT: There is no people of color coalition. The Karmelo Anthony verdict just proved it again.
This fight is not over. The appeal is filed. The Batson Challenge lives.
Karmelo Anthony. Say his name.
Stay Dangerous.
-Tim Black
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