The gag order lifted. And the mask came off with it.
After sentencing, Austin Metcalf’s father Jeff Metcalf went live on TikTok and was caught on a racist rant about Karmelo Anthony, including calling him a “watermelon felon,” saying Black people get “all the free sh*t we give you,” claiming “400 years ago someone sold you to us,” and attacking Black fathers for not being involved in their children’s lives.
This is the same man who stood in that courtroom and said “this was never about race.”
The prosecution struck every qualified Black juror from the panel. A gag order silenced public response for nearly a year. And the moment the muzzle came off, this is who he showed us he was.
Karmelo Anthony did not get a fair trial. And now the victim’s own father has confirmed in his own words what this community has known from the beginning.
🎥: @SamsonCrouppen
Now I see why the judge in the Karmelo case put a gag order on the families involved. It seems like that was a way to silence Jeff Metcalf from spewing his vile anti-Black racism until after the trial was over
Dear Black Americans, I want yall to know what it looks like when the ancestors are at work… Metcalf’s father went on a racist rant calling Karmelo a “Watermelon Felon” & said several disparaging things about Black people…it’s now going viral …his rant WILL aide in Karmelo’s appeal … #KarmeloAnthony #FREEKarmelo
We don’t go back-and-forth on the internet. See me in-person at any event/location where I will be present and I recommend maintaining the same energy you had when you were typing on your phone. Normalize NOT wasting energy on the internet. See people in the real world. 🛑Talking
Karmelo Anthony has recieved more time (35 years) than George Zimmerman (no time), Daniel Penny (no time), Derek Chauvin (22.5 years), Amber Guyger (10 years) & Rick Chow (no time) COMBINED. This is unacceptable to any sane thinking, no racist person.
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