A tragic incident unfolded on April 2, 2025, at a high school track meet in Frisco, Texas, resulting in the death of a student.
The confrontation involved two 17-year-old students, Karmelo Anthony from Centennial High School and Austin Metcalf from Memorial High School. The altercation began when Anthony, seated in the Memorial tent rather than his own team's, was asked to leave by Metcalf. Reports indicate that Anthony refused and taunted Metcalf with the words, Touch me and see what happens. The situation escalated when Metcalf attempted to physically remove Anthony, prompting Anthony to draw a knife from his bag and fatally stab Metcalf in the chest. Metcalf was transported to the hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
As reported by The Blaze, the incident has ignited a national debate, with some asserting that Anthony's actions were in self-defense. A fundraising campaign, the Help Karmelo Official Fund, has already amassed over $200,000 in support of Anthony. Jason Whitlock, a commentator, has weighed in on the matter, stating, This is a cut-and-dry case.
He elaborates, Two high school kids had a verbal dispute, and one kid stabbed another kid in the heart. This is murder, and this isn't controversial. Whitlock criticizes the support for Anthony, likening it to the toxic black pride that fueled the George Floyd riots.
Whitlock contends that Anthony's defense team, along with certain organizations, are disseminating information on social media that distorts the facts of the case. Karmelo Anthony's defense team and these nongovernment organizations that seem dedicated to driving racial division they're pumping out information over social media that is clouding up a cut-and-dry case, and it is trying to draw a lot of sympathy and change the narrative on what transpired, he asserts.
He further claims that the majority of support for Anthony is not organic, suggesting it is bought and paid for by the defense team. According to Whitlock, People are being paid; key influencers are being paid to pump out speculative, inaccurate information intended to change the narrative around this.
The narrative that Metcalf was bullying Anthony and that Anthony was merely defending himself is, according to Whitlock, an attempt to obscure the truth. He argues that Anthony's response was a disproportionate act of aggression, which he describes as typical within the black community. This is how young black kids treat each other in their own all-black communities. If they sense and see any disrespect, they respond hyper-aggressively and often violently, Whitlock states.
He attributes the justification of such violence to racial idolatry, explaining, When you take pride in your race, now you start defending it no matter what, and that's how you end up with heroes and statues of George Floyd. That's how you end up with a GoFundMe for Karmelo Anthony.
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