The View Tries to Justify Karmelo Anthony Stabbing… It Backfires

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So the view just responded regarding the Karmelo Anthony case and they're actually justifying kids stabbing kids at track meets.

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Now there's new footage that has been released of the moments after high schooler Karmelo Anthony fatally stabbed Austin Metcalf at a Texas track meet in April of 2025 Take a look.

**SPEAKER_3** (1:20)
He put his hands on me.

**SPEAKER_6** (1:23)
I told him not to, he put his hands on me.

**SPEAKER_5** (1:27)
He was sentenced to 35 years in prison, which he's appealing. The case has a lot of people divided.
Some people believe that race was a factor in the trial because there were no black jurors. They were, all the three black jurors that were there were educators and they were released.

**SPEAKER_7** (1:47)
They were struck.

**SPEAKER_5** (1:48)
They were struck for that. And some folks think, no, no, he got a fair trial, but is this a jury of his peers?

**SPEAKER_7** (1:57)
I don't think so. And you know, this has been an issue for such a long time in the judicial system where prosecutors use what are called, you know, bats and challenges.
And they explain what that is. It's a challenge that is used to strike a juror, generally a juror of color for a race neutral reason. Cause you're not supposed to, you're supposed to have a jury of your peers and you're not supposed to.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:29)
Well, they had a couple of black jurors, but they said that they can't be objective. Yeah, they couldn't convict somebody that young. Yeah, I can't convict somebody that's black.

**SPEAKER_7** (2:37)
I'm supposed to just strike someone because they're black. And in this case, they gave the reasoning that they're educators, and this happened, that these were high school students, and this happened at a school track meet, so they couldn't be impartial because of that. I don't think that's an appropriate reason.

**SPEAKER_8** (2:53)
It might be the best ones.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:54)
If someone is telling you they can't be impartial, they cannot serve on a jury. You're trying to give them a pass simply for the fact because they're black.

**SPEAKER_7** (3:02)
I don't think it's an appropriate reason to strike black jurors, especially when it's a young black teenager.

**SPEAKER_4** (3:09)
Well, personally, I think it's a great reason. The only time you should have black jurors when it's an all-black case. Your only time, the only time.

**SPEAKER_7** (3:17)
On trial, and especially when that particular area is made up of 10% of an African-American community. So I don't think he got a jury of his peers. So I think on appeal, there isn't a legitimate thing.

**SPEAKER_4** (3:27)
If you were to put four black jurors on that case, best outcome would have been a hung jury. Only thing they were gonna do is delay the justice of Austin Metcalfe and his family. And besides, the jury of his peers is 12 convicted black felons. Exactly.

**SPEAKER_7** (3:42)
Because there seems to be two systems of justice at play in this country. And there have been for a very long time. I was part of the system, so I understand that, and I believe that to be true.
In this case, this young man, you heard him say he put his hands on me, and I told him not to.

**SPEAKER_4** (3:57)
That's called a disproportionate amount of force. Stabbing somebody for doing this, that is low IQ.

**SPEAKER_7** (4:03)
The kid that died, and I have so much empathy for him and his family's loss.

**SPEAKER_4** (4:10)
No, you don't.

**SPEAKER_7** (4:10)
That kid was 200 pounds. This kid was 130 pounds. And so, and the other kid...

**SPEAKER_4** (4:16)
So, leave, like they asked you to. If you're scared and you feel like your life's in danger, just leave. Takes brains to do that, I guess. Yeah.

**SPEAKER_7** (4:23)
It was also taller than he is. He was the only black kid under the tent, and the victim here had his...

**SPEAKER_4** (4:33)
There was multiple black witnesses.
I don't know what she's talking about. Yeah. She's exposing herself. She's staying up for Karmelo, because he's black.