Found attachment of size 117566.
Tue, 09 Jun 2026 22:27:36 -0700 zerosugar from private IP, post #10727164 /all Texas teen sentenced to 35 years for killing fellow student at track meet A Texas teenager accused of fatally stabbing one of his peers at a high school athletics event in the Dallas area was found guilty by a jury on Tuesday. The racially polarising trial of Karmelo Anthony over the April 2025 death of Austin Metcalf drew national attention, sparking a debate about self-defence and school safety. Both were 17 at the time of the incident. Prosecutors argued that Anthony threatened Metcalf before he intentionally killed him, while defence attorneys argued that Anthony was acting in self-defence. Anthony was sentenced to 35 years in prison. Though Anthony was 17 at the time of the murder on 2 April 2025, under Texas law he was able to be charged as an adult. Throughout the trial, prosecutors called nearly two dozen witnesses, concentrating their evidence on eye-witness testimonies. One of the most emotional testimonies came from Collin County Chief Medical Examiner Dr Elizabeth Ventura, who described a large, gaping wound in Metcalf's chest and said the knife had pierced his heart. The prosecution's student witnesses described Anthony as the aggressor. The defence also called multiple witnesses, including students, and track coach Adam Linwood, who said Anthony had been nominated for the role of team captain. Anthony did well in school, with near perfect grades that gave him a 4.0 grade point average (GPA), according to a Dallas-area NBC News affiliate. On Tuesday, the Texas jury reached a guilty verdict in less than three hours. The civil rights organisation Next Generation Action Network, which had advocated for Anthony, noted that not one juror was black. Judge Roach had given them an opportunity to consider manslaughter charges, which would have carried a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3xn1101ewo #News Tue, 09 Jun 2026 22:36:12 -0700 zerosugar from private IP Reply #12932880 Long story short, at a Texas high school track meet about two years ago, this white boy Austin (right) tells black boy Karmelo (left) that he is in the tend for the wrong team. Karmelo proceeds to get a knife from his back and stabs Austin in the chest, knife pierces his heart and Austin dies bleeding to death in the hands of his twin brother. The public turns it into a racial thing. It has zero to do with race. From Austin's social media, he even seemed like a Rap fan and lover of black culture, but members of the public tried to paint it as a racial conflict and falsely portray the victim as a racist. Karmelo was free and got to graduate high school up until the verdict today. All the same, it's a tragic story all the way around. One boy lost his life and his twin has to grow old without him. The other will be in prison, but he is eligible for parole in 17 years. What Karmelo did was extremely evil and shows poor impulse control, but he is still a young person. The real victims are Austin's family IMHO. Anyway, this was a rage bait story. It went from being a local Texas story to a nationwide race relations story. I just think it's crazy that defense tried to spin it as self defense. Even if Austin hit him which all accounts show that wasn't what happened, self-defense must be commensurate. Tue, 09 Jun 2026 22:41:39 -0700 zerosugar from private IP Reply #12311204 BTW- I personally think 17-35 years is nothing for murder. There are people who have done way less in this country and gotten much more time. I know he was a minor when it happened, but anyway it shows how the law is bs in this country. Casey Anthony also killed a kid and is walking the streets. Meanwhile, Leslie Van Houten (Manson follower) has been in prison since the 1960s. Leslie did not participate in the Tate murders nor did she attend and was only peripherally involved in the LaBianca murders. Tue, 09 Jun 2026 22:49:09 -0700 zerosugar from private IP Reply #14867837 I am also not sure what is a reasonable sentence. I am not saying Karmelo deserved life as he was only 17, but it's shocking when I consider all the people in prison for longer periods for lesser offenses. Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:52:16 -0700 marlon from private IP Reply #11374839 hard to have any feeling about this, this white victim was brainwashed into believing black people are the same as the rest of us, and so he just had to approach a black guy and be a prick. That's something i've never done in my entire life, because i was raised to believe black "people" are animals. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:06:14 -0700 zerosugar from private IP Reply #11714263 Wow the USA is really screwed. Some U.S. rep representing Texas Jasmine Crockett is defending the killer. These guys didn't know each other. They didn't go to the same school. It wasn't a case of bullying. It was a stranger stabbing another stranger for telling him he was in the opposing team's tent. There were tons of witnesses including black students.Replies require login.