I just read, and did my best to confirm, that Karmelo Anthony had been under suspension by his school earlier in the 2024-25 school year for carrying a knife. I didn’t know this until just now. He wasn’t under that suspension at the time he murdered Austin Metcalf, but doesn’t this show that he was a troublemaking POS who wanted to cause harm?
So, just to be clear, Anthony knew from the very recent past that his carrying a knife was illegal. It was at the very least against school district rules. Why did he ignore them?
I think that whether you defend Karmelo Anthony is a readymade IQ test. Too many voices in Black America are reflexively defending him and dismissing the conviction and sentence as white supremacy. These people are infantilized and infantilizing sacks of burning shit that America has found on its front porch. Someone like Jasmine Crockett, who is a sitting US Congresswoman, has made an absolute, disqualifying mess of herself over this. I hope that she and many others suffer the loss of reputation and income from being so goddamned stupid in the face of a just conviction. This kind of racism deserves condemnation.