Karmelo Anthony is 19 years old and will be eligible for parole at 36. Meanwhile, Kyle Rittenhouse was 17, crossed state lines with an assault rifle, instigated a crowd, murdered 2 people, and he gets a book tour.
I'm taking this personally because I have 5 Black sons and a Black daughter, a Black brother, and 8 black sisters, and more importantly, a Black family. A young Black boy defended himself and was still found guilty.
@AshNicoleMoss Not excusing the behavior at ALL (to be clear) but I was at the watch party on 21st and live in Jersey so had to go back to Penn. We were treated like cattle. I was told go one way then asked to turn back 3 blocks again
Zoning off all of midtown like this is making it less safe
Let me be clear about what just happened in the Karmelo Anthony verdict. Because the celebration is traveling and the discrepancies aren't.
FACT: Karmelo Anthony was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 35 years.
FACT: The jury deliberated for less than 3 hours.
FACT: There were zero Black jurors on this jury.
FACT: The prosecution used peremptory strikes to remove 100% of eligible Black jurors while keeping a white educator after claiming they didn't want educators on the jury.
FACT: Karmelo Anthony never stood up. The confrontation happened while he was seated. Austin Metcalf was standing over him.
FACT: The jury had the option to choose manslaughter. They chose murder.
FACT: The "sudden passion" defense which would have capped the sentence at 2 to 20 years was rejected.
FACT: Karmelo Anthony's mother was the only witness called during the punishment phase. She asked for mercy. The prosecutor responded: "Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent."
FACT: Karmelo Anthony will be eligible for parole after serving half his sentence, roughly 17.5 years. He is 19 years old.
Now ask yourself, if the races and sizes were reversed, if Karmelo was 6'1" standing over a seated smaller white teenager who reached up with a knife, does this even go to trial?
You already know the answer.
Say his name. Karmelo Anthony.
Stay Dangerous.
Reese is a hybrid between Rodman and Draymond. She's a rebounding monster who can still get you double figures pts, D up her man and drop 4-5 assists. It's pointless looking at her shooting % when she's giving you +18 on the floor. This is winning basketball.
How did the white student who fatally stabbed a Hispanic student at a Texas high school have his charge reduced from murder to criminally negligent homicide, while Karmelo was charged with murder?
I don’t used the race card much, but this is RACIST.
THE JUDGE AND THE JURY IN THIS CASE IS RACIST!!
They kill our kids or send them to prison.
Maybe somebody can help me understand this.
A grown man #RickChow chased down a 14-year-old teenager #CyrusCarmackBelton and shot him in the back.
A teenager got jumped... was defending himself, and now he’ll spend years behind bars.
We are constantly told to trust the system, but too often the outcomes leave people shaking their heads.
If the facts were different, if the names were different, if the races were different, would the outcome be the same?
That’s not a rhetorical question. Because we just saw last week a Chinese man get away with murdering a Black boy.
I'm angry at this verdict.
Justice has NOT been served‼️
🚩No cameras allowed during the trial.
🚩No Blacks allowed on the jury.
🚩No impartial judge.
🚩And a suspect defense lawyer.
The outcome was never truly in doubt. This wasn't a trial. It was a good old fashioned Texas lynching.
🚩No cameras allowed during the trial.
🚩No Blacks allowed on the jury.
🚩No impartial judge.
🚩And a suspect defense lawyer.
The outcome was never truly in doubt. This wasn't a trial. It was a good old fashioned Texas lynching.
This Karmelo Anthony verdict being found guilty right after a Chinese man was found innocent after chasing a black kid down and killing him should tell you everything you need to know about what our priorities should be in these United States
Kobe got this mythology around him cause his game was visually similar to Jordan & cause he tragically passed away. Hes for sure the 2nd best SG ever but to act like Wade wasn’t going bar for bar with him during his prime is crazy. The league is lucky Wades knees were glass