re: Austin Metcalf's sealed history is coming out now too

So both of these kids were pieces of shite?

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No — there's no reported criminal history. Austin Metcalf was 17 when he was killed on April 2, 2025, and in Texas any juvenile records would be sealed and unavailable to the public regardless. Nothing in the extensive coverage of the case or the trial indicated a criminal record.
Worth noting: the case drew a flood of social media posts that amplified the killing in racial terms (ESPN) , and a lot of unverified claims about both teenagers circulated online during that period. Metcalf's father stated publicly that the case was not about race and was not political. (Coalitionforthemurderedandmissing) If you saw a specific claim somewhere, it most likely traces back to that viral misinformation rather than any court record.
Karmelo Anthony was convicted of murder in June 2026 and sentenced to 35 years. (NBC News) At trial his defense argued self-defense — a context where evidence of the victim's violent history would normally be raised if it existed — and no such evidence surfaced in reporting on the proceedings.

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Clear cut pattern of behavior.

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And nearly 20 witnesses, many being black, corroborated there were no racial slurs spoken by Metcalf or his brother at the time of the stabbing incident.

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How is any of that relevant to the trial?

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It wasn’t. But keeping it out of the trial also kept Karmelo’s issues like threatening his ex girlfriend with a knife and threatening to stab someone and lick the blood off the knife out of the trial.



One is just muddying the water. The other shows intent to stab someone before the murder.

Why are they relitigating this case, and why is the judge allowing it? This was an appeal on procedural errors. You don't get to introduce character evidence now. Should have done that during the trial and frick the gentleman's agreement if you thought it could save your client.

Tough titties. It's too late now.

Ehhh, we’ll see. It seems strange that Austin would be chosen as captain of his football team and be as popular and respected as he was if he had a reputation for being some violent a-hole.

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How is any of that relevant to the trial?

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Defense could theoretically have used it to bolster a claim that Austin threatened Karmelo.

Would have been risky because that would have opened the door for the prosecutor to introduce Karmelo's prior bad acts. And it still would have been an uphill climb because of the video evidence and the diverse group of witnesses who said Karmelo was the aggressor. With the texts earlier that day it would simply have meant he got lucky and targeted someone who allowed for that line of defense.

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So one was a racist jackass and the other was a murderer.

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Maybe. Seeing that one of the things spray painted was heil hitler. Not sure that makes people racist or just stupid. People older than they were say things like Hitler was right. I see a lot more direct jew hatred on this board.


And when you are a child, you do taboo things. Like stealing your dad's playboys or smoking a cigarette underage.

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since he didn’t like blacks, it’s ok for him to be stabbed in the chest and killed?

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Edited my post for clarity.

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And nearly 20 witnesses, many being black, corroborated there were no racial slurs spoken by Metcalf or his brother at the time of the stabbing incident.

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Edited my earlier post. Sorry about the mixup.