💥NEW: Stephen A. Smith: “Violence isn’t the answer. And under no circumstances outside of true life-threatening self-defense should it be justified. Karmelo Anthony’s life was NOT in jeopardy.”
💥NEW: Stephen A. Smith: “I would give anything to be able to say something definitively in Karmelo Anthony’s defense. If there was a shred of innocence to the incident itself, I would say so. I don’t want to see another black young man going to jail.”
“But I don’t give a d*mn about what your race or ethnicity is. Just because you’re white and young doesn’t mean you deserve to be m*rdered. And just because you’re black and young … doesn’t give you a license to m*rder someone.”
“That’s what happened.”
Austin Metcalf is dead.
Let’s stop dancing around the obvious.
Austin Metcalf received the death penalty.
Karmelo Anthony received 35 years.
One of them lives.
One of them gets a gravestone.
Save the faux outrage.
The real victim in this case is NOT the convicted killer.
The real victim is the young man who will never come home again and the family that will spend the rest of their lives grieving a loss that can never be undone.
This was a track meet.
A place for competition, teamwork, and sportsmanship.
NOT violence.
NOT murder.
And spare us the racial narratives.
Murder is wrong regardless of the race of the victim or the perpetrator. Any decent society should be able to agree on that.
Austin Metcalf lost everything.
His family got a life sentence of grief.
And while some are busy turning this tragedy into a racial debate, the Metcalf family is looking at the empty chair at the dinner table and remembering who actually paid the highest price.
Austin Metcalf got the death penalty.
Never forget that.
We can’t keep telling kids that every conflict is a life or death situation.
Austin Metcalf wasn’t beating up Karmelo Anthony.
When leaders justify violence, young people hear permission slips.
We need to start teaching accountability, self control, and conflict resolution again. The next generation is watching. 🇺🇸 #explore #fyp
@taeisback132 You sound stupid as fuck. The boy murdered this poor boy. The fuck is wrong with you. If you wanna fight, why the fuck are you bringing a knife? That’s some bitch shit already. And now you wanna cry because you got served justice get the fuck out of here.
@obsrvate So fucking ignorant. That kid deserves every year that he got. The fuck is wrong with people. If you’re gonna fight fight with your hands, don’t be a bitch and bring out a knife and then cry when you actually kill someone because that was the intention!!!
Man shut the fuck up. It’s not even about race. This stupid ass kid decided to bring a knife out and stab the other kid, he deserves exactly what he got if not more! Wanna act like a big boy? Now you get to be a big boy in prison. You weren’t crying when u stabbed him. Gtfoh kid!
Agree or Disagree??? Texas Man Speaks Out On Behalf Of Karmelo Anthony!! 'If He Had Been White It Would Have Been Self Defense" “Not Only Would He Not Been Convicted, He Would Have Never Been Charged”😳