Latest / Black Box Theory Podcast / BBT #18 Snippet | Karmelo Anthony Case
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- Malcolm: And so I'm sure a lot of y'all have followed this man, the Carmelo Anthony case. ⁓ Yeah, bruh, this is like a this is a big thing, man. So April second, twenty twenty-five, Carmelo Anthony, at the time, seventeen years old, a student at Centennial High School in Frisco, Texas, ⁓ fatally stabbed a seventeen-year-old Austin Metcalf during a high school track meet. ⁓ the confrontation started over Anthony's refusal to leave a tent that belonged to Metcalf's team on a rainy day. Metcalf pushed Anthony, Anthony pulled a knife and stabbed him in the chest. ⁓ he didn't testify at trial, his defense argued self-defense. The prosecution's argument was direct. You don't get to meet a sub with a stab. Especially if he provoked this job. ⁓ the jury convicted Anthony of murder on June ninth, twenty twenty six and sentenced him to thirty five years. he'll he'll he will ⁓ be eligible for parole after serving half. and only his mother took a stand during the sentencing, asking his jurors for mercy. ⁓ Only his mother. She was the only one that stood up for him. I don't know, that's a little nuts, bro. But it's also interesting because they like I said, a lot of the stuff that you're I'm seeing you're you're sure I'm sure you're seeing on social media has been about ⁓ like the GoFund, the Gibson GOF fundraiser for his family. They raised over six hundred thirty thousand dollars. ⁓ and the page noted that the funds weren't solely for legal defense. ⁓ so of course social media ran wild with a lot of the claims saying that the family bought a house and a new car with the money. ⁓ a claim that that, you know, the family rated false, but they also stated that the pup they also stated publicly that the funds went to legal fees and relocating after they were doxed and received death threats. ⁓ and the fundraiser was pulled after the conviction. ⁓ the family received death threats that had nothing to do. Where's this energy with the actual mass killers and and and Like obviously s a loss of life is bad in every situation. And I'm not justifying a lot of people saying, ⁓ the black community is always saying free the killer and they promote murder. That's not the case. I'm not s no one's saying that what he did is right. No one's saying that that he was correct in having a knife and stabbing the guy and killing him. Unfortunately, like no one's saying that's right. It's just when you go through legal processes. Stuff needs to be done correctly. That that's why you have proper legal trials, fair trials, so that when someone does get put away, it's perfectly legal and everyone is happy about it. I mean, sure, there's probably just some hateful people out there who want to see this kid rot. But if you're the the victim, ⁓ the victim's family, would you rather see him see the the per you know the killer go to prison and stay in prison? Or would you rather see a case where I'm not saying this will have for here, but I'm sure it happens a lot where someone someone is convicted and then they end up getting out and and you know getting ⁓ the case wiped away because ⁓ they handled the stuff wrong illegally. I mean what was it the jury was all white a jury of peers. ⁓ it last I checked, America's not all white. I mean there might be high, high percentage ⁓ white town towns, but I mean it's not I understand it's not a federal trial, but like I said, I I'm not we're not lawyers, but it's just lot of people comparing stuff and and even I saw people comparing this to Kyle Rittenhouse case, which I mean Absolutely not. He shouldn't be free. I don't care if p if he was hit first, attacked first. I mean, by that logic, he should be serving two multiple life sentences if if this guy got thirty five years. By that logic. People also bringing up Trayvon Martin, saying that ⁓ he beat George Zimmerman within an inch of his life and George Zimmerman killed him in self defence. ⁓ ⁓ I I don't I think I even saw a picture of Tamir Rice somehow. I I don't know how that would even be remotely related to this. ⁓ but a lot a lot of the conversation around this is just racism, if we're being honest. It's not even people caring about caring about what's right and what's wrong. It's just racism. Yeah, and I think this is one of those classic cases that it got turned from like being ⁓ murder versus self-defense trial to like a racial thing. And I feel like that's always how it kind of ends up. like it never stays on topic. It never is like solely about the crime or the accusation. It becomes like a a racial thing.