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re: Trial set to begin in murder of Austin Metcalf by Karmelo Anthony at high school track

Posted on 6/2/26 at 10:18 am to
Posted by CR4090
Member since Apr 2023
9667 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 10:18 am to
Fox News and their sensationalist bullshite. Crowd? There were maybe 30 people from their video.
Posted by dallastigers
Member since Dec 2003
10675 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 11:31 am to
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Karmelo Anthony trial ignites rival camps that threaten to get in jurors’ heads in track meet stabbing


Only Anthony’s race baiting spokesman’s group needs to get in the jurors’ heads especially any minority or white liberal female member of the jury to remind to keep their lower expectations of blacks.

Also, no one in Collin county Texas truly supporting justice for the murdered kid needs to cover their faces unless they are plants or actually up to something no good and unrelated to seeking justice. The 2nd wave of Indians to area and the section 8 invasion since the summer of love to the area have not changed it to the extent of requiring masks for anyone truly seeking justice and/or law & order (at least for now).

Anthony’s group needs the opposition to be extremists or at least labeled as extremists to push black victimhood from white supremacy to seek more donations. I wonder if the 2 in masks are getting kickbacks.
This post was edited on 6/2/26 at 12:04 pm
Posted by saintsfan1977
Arkansas, from Cajun country
Member since Jun 2010
10364 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 11:52 am to
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Racist is the buzzword now. Someone screams it and everyone runs away. Hopefully; this jury can see beyond it and do the right thing.

And if the prosecution is any good they'll tell the courtroom that racism doesn't exist anymore. They've destroyed its meaning in the sense that there is no such thing as a white supremacist. Black thugs are trying to be racist.

How can you hate something you can't make? If you ask these low IQ to name 1 action that makes somebody racist,they can't do it. That's a fact. Racism is a word used by politicians in office to divide the people. Its a boogey man.
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
29778 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 11:54 am to
From Sarah Fields
Day One: Inside the Karmelo Anthony Trial

I arrived at the Collin County Courthouse at approximately 630 am for Day One of the Karmelo Anthony trial.
The first thing that became apparent was security.
Everyone entering the courthouse had to pass through screening. Cell phones and electronic devices were prohibited. The only items I brought with me were a notepad, a pen, and my sunglasses.

We were among the first to arrive, but the doors were locked. Several members of the Sheriff’s Department were stationed outside. One deputy was carrying a suppressed AR rifle chambered in 9mm.
While we waited, a heavyset man wearing a Hawaiian shirt repeatedly stared in our direction. At one point he sat very close to us. As he walked past me, he quietly said the word “demon.”

Several women who claimed to be from California arrived wearing purple shirts, purple hoodies, jeans, and purple do-rags wrapped around their heads. Others wore tank tops, shorts, hoodies, baseball caps, and other casual attire that appeared inconsistent with what most people would consider courtroom business attire. (purple is Karmelo‘s favorite color)

A short time later, I witnessed sheriff’s deputies escorting an African-American woman out of the courthouse hallway. She was wearing a pink shirt with lace sleeves.
Deputies were accusing her of jury tampering.

There were also multiple members of the Black Panther movement present.
In addition, a group calling itself the National Organization for Victim Advocacy (NOVA) was distributing flyers featuring Austin Metcalf’s photograph. The flyers stated that the organization stood “in solidarity with all victims of anti-white violence.”
Posted by Breauxsif
Member since May 2012
22603 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 11:55 am to
Since Anthony was 17 at the time of the crime, he is being tried as an adult under Texas law, but he will not face the death penalty or life without parole if convicted. Justice will not be served.
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
71339 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 11:55 am to
You never the old saying, "two is company, 30 is a crowd?"
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
39351 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 12:26 pm to
Are there any good sites covering the trial like in past ones?
Posted by MRTigerFan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
7103 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 12:31 pm to
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still doesn’t justify using deadly force

There's a very vocal and colorful group of people who disagree
Posted by Townedrunkard
Member since Jan 2019
15118 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 1:13 pm to
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Let’s say the deceased actually did say something racist. It still doesn’t justify using deadly force. That shouldn’t be an argument in the first place.


So if a minority calls me a cracker I can stab him to death now?
Posted by SparkyWilson
Member since May 2026
14 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 2:06 pm to
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So if a minority calls me a cracker I can stab him to death now?



Yes. Words are as good or worse than violence, so you'd just be defending yourself. Oh wait, you're white, so, no.
Posted by FliesByNight
Member since Apr 2026
149 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 2:12 pm to
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Since Anthony was 17 at the time of the crime, he is being tried as an adult under Texas law, but he will not face the death penalty or life without parole if convicted. Justice will not be served.


Which is crazy. Is there really a huge difference between 17 and 18 besides the technicality of the law?
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
58289 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 2:14 pm to
The video will probably be released once the case is adjudicated.
Posted by dallastigers
Member since Dec 2003
10675 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 3:34 pm to
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Since Anthony was 17 at the time of the crime, he is being tried as an adult under Texas law, but he will not face the death penalty or life without parole if convicted. Justice will not be served.


I am not sure that even if he had been 18 that he would be facing a capital murder charge. Under 18 can actually still be convicted of capital crimes, but like you mentioned under 18 cannot receive the death penalty or life without parol

quote:

In a capital felony trial in which the state does not seek the death penalty, prospective jurors shall be informed that the state is not seeking the death penalty and that:
1) a sentence of life imprisonment is mandatory on conviction of the capital felony, if the individual committed the offense when younger than 18 years of age; or
(2) a sentence of life imprisonment without parole is mandatory on conviction of the capital felony, if the individual committed the offense when 18 years of age or older.


For capital murder in Texas person must intentionally or knowingly cause the death of an individual plus meet one of 1-10 below:
quote:

Sec. 19.03. CAPITAL MURDER…
(1) the person murders a peace officer or fireman who is acting in the lawful discharge of an official duty and who the person knows is a peace officer or fireman;
(2) the person intentionally commits the murder in the course of committing or attempting to commit kidnapping, burglary, robbery, aggravated sexual assault, arson, obstruction or retaliation, or terroristic threat under Section 22.07(a)(1), (3), (4), (5), or (6);
(3) the person commits the murder for remuneration or the promise of remuneration or employs another to commit the murder for remuneration or the promise of remuneration;
(4) the person commits the murder while escaping or attempting to escape from a penal institution;
(5) the person, while incarcerated in a penal institution, murders another:
(A) who is employed in the operation of the penal institution; or
(B) with the intent to establish, maintain, or participate in a combination or in the profits of a combination;
(6) the person:
(A) while incarcerated for an offense under this section or Section 19.02, murders another; or
(B) while serving a sentence of life imprisonment or a term of 99 years for an offense under Section 20.04, 22.021, or 29.03, murders another;
(7) the person murders more than one person:
(A) during the same criminal transaction; or
(B) during different criminal transactions but the murders are committed pursuant to the same scheme or course of conduct;
(8) the person murders an individual under 10 years of age;
(9) the person murders an individual 10 years of age or older but younger than 15 years of age; or
(10) the person murders another person in retaliation for or on account of the service or status of the other person as a judge or justice of the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, a district court, a criminal district court, a constitutional county court, a statutory county court, a justice court, or a municipal court.
(b) An offense under this section is a capital felony.

There wasn’t any actual stealing reported so far (rumors as possibility of theft is one reason they are not supposed to be in other schools’ areas but nothing actually reported), retaliation, or a terroristic threat of placing the victim in fear of imminent serious harm before the stabbing. The stabbing was done quickly while the victim wasn’t expecting it. I don’t think even if perp had been 18 that they would convict him of capital murder. They could have sought capital murder here to ensure life with parol instead of judge and jury going too light on sentencing, but they didn’t have the evidence of the required elements to make that jump.

Murder as a 1st degree felony is met which can be sentenced from 5 to 99 years (for any 1st degree felony).
quote:

(b) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) intentionally or knowingly causes the death of an individual;
(2) intends to cause serious bodily injury and commits an act clearly dangerous to human life that causes the death of an individual;


It can become a 2nd degree felony during sentencing if the defendant proves action was from sudden passion from an adequate cause. Can be sentenced from 2 to 20 years.
quote:

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), an offense under this section is a felony of the first degree.
(d) At the punishment stage of a trial, the defendant may raise the issue as to whether he caused the death under the immediate influence of sudden passion arising from an adequate cause. If the defendant proves the issue in the affirmative by a preponderance of the evidence, the offense is a felony of the second degree.

… (1) "Adequate cause" means cause that would commonly produce a degree of anger, rage, resentment, or terror in a person of ordinary temper, sufficient to render the mind incapable of cool reflection.
(2) "Sudden passion" means passion directly caused by and arising out of provocation by the individual killed or another acting with the person killed which passion arises at the time of the offense and is not solely the result of former provocation.



This post was edited on 6/2/26 at 3:38 pm
Posted by Handsome Pete
Member since Apr 2019
2610 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 3:37 pm to
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Is there really a huge difference between 17 and 18 besides the technicality of the law?
Gotta draw the line between juvenile and adult somewhere, I guess. This seems like a decent compromise, at least he's being tried as an adult. If convicted he'll have plenty of opportunities to get shanked in prison.
Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
20450 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 3:43 pm to
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And if the prosecution is any good they'll tell the courtroom that racism doesn't exist anymore. They've destroyed its meaning in the sense that there is no such thing as a white supremacist. Black thugs are trying to be racist.


You think this would be a smart argument for a prosecutor to make?

Let's just piss off anyone immediately that is black or progressive on the jury.

In reality, they just need to prove that it was not self-defense and that it was planned, as he went to his bag to get the knife and came back to stab. It's a moot point whether he said something racist, that doesn't excuse murder.

Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
20450 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 3:46 pm to
quote:

Gotta draw the line between juvenile and adult somewhere, I guess. This seems like a decent compromise, at least he's being tried as an adult.


Agreed.

Yes, I would like death penalty in this case, but you can't make the laws based on one case. Like you said, you have to draw the death penalty line somewhere and he can still be tried as an adult.

Posted by Motorboat
At the camp
Member since Oct 2007
24188 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 4:36 pm to
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Several women who claimed to be from California arrived wearing purple shirts, purple hoodies, jeans, and purple do-rags wrapped around their heads. Others wore tank tops, shorts, hoodies, baseball caps, and other casual attire that appeared inconsistent with what most people would consider courtroom business attire. (purple is Karmelo‘s favorite color)

A short time later, I witnessed sheriff’s deputies escorting an African-American woman out of the courthouse hallway. She was wearing a pink shirt with lace sleeves.
Deputies were accusing her of jury tampering.

There were also multiple members of the Black Panther movement present.
In addition, a group calling itself the National Organization for Victim Advocacy (NOVA) was distributing flyers featuring Austin Metcalf’s photograph. The flyers stated that the organization stood “in solidarity with all victims of anti-white violence.”


All likely CIA plants to rabblerouse
Posted by redstickrick
Laffy, La
Member since May 2019
471 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 4:38 pm to
Fun fact of the day from Wikipedia

quote:

Anthony was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana


LINK

This post was edited on 6/2/26 at 4:38 pm
Posted by LafourcheTiger
Avarua, Cook Islands
Member since Mar 2009
2311 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 4:45 pm to
No justice no peace
Posted by ChatGPT of LA
Member since Mar 2023
6565 posts
Posted on 6/2/26 at 4:52 pm to
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dallastigers


Jesus Crist..no one cares enough to read that novel. All about hypothetical bs.
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