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.
You were NOT shaped in sin. You were NOT formed in iniquity. That was David's musings abt himself, not the Word of GOD for all humanity.
Jesus the Christ told you who you are!! John 10:34 - 'Ye are gods, children of the MOST HIGH.'
Claim that identity. Reject all others.
-DJB
"To attempt to quantify one's worth in terms of dollars and cents suggests a certain poverty of spirit and demeans the GOD IN YOU.
You are a divine spirit being in the IMAGE OF GOD HIMSELF - you can't put a price on that."
- DJB
I'm dropping my 13th book this month -- on Juneteenth!!! ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐ช๐ฝ๐ช๐ฝ It is my gift ๐ to the people โค๏ธ
ALL Nations of the earth will be richly blessed through me and the Word the Lord put in my mouth.
#Godsplan
God said he would bless the work of your hands.
Which means your hands need be working. ๐ช๐ฝ
God gave you the wood - he aint gonna make the table too.
Preparing for the Wealth Transfer: Why We Must Come Out From Among Them
Dr. King warned us: We were integrated into a burning building
It took me a long time to fully grasp how deeply systemic racism runs in this country & how fiercely many people cling to the spirit of whiteness
Thank You Allyson Friedman For Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud
- The Mis-Education of the Negro, Systemic Conditioning, and the Conversation Weโre Avoiding
You Can Fire the Person. You Canโt Fire the System.
Full blog post here - https://t.co/uqox6PfYyx