Might 14, 2025
Anthony plans to say self-defense for the Texas stabbing incident.
Karmelo Anthony’s household is sticking by the 17-year-old accused of stabbing one other excessive schooler at a Texas observe meet.
A consultant for the household instructed Information Nation about their present stance on the matter. The case has garnered nationwide consideration for Anthony’s id as a Black teenager and his present claims of self-defense.
“I imagine the Anthony household feels that, sure, Karmelo Anthony is harmless of this, and they will assist Karmelo Anthony on this whole course of and get him ready,” Subsequent Era Motion Community (NGAN) President Dominique Alexander instructed the platform on Might 14.
Anthony was charged with the homicide of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf throughout an altercation at a observe meet in April. {The teenager} admitted to the crime when detained by legislation enforcement, however has maintained that he did so in self-defense.
Anthony was launched from jail after his bond was decreased from $1 million to $250,000. He has remained beneath home arrest. The household has since raised over $500K in donations to assist together with his authorized protection.
Regardless of allegations that the household was misappropriating the funds, Alexander additionally pushed again on these rumors.
“This fund was created to assist their household, to assist them relocate, to pay for authorized bills, and I may let you know these funds are getting used correctly,” he mentioned.
Nonetheless, Alexander additionally confronted backlash for his feedback evaluating Anthony to Kyle Rittenhouse. Rittenhouse was acquitted of killing two protesters at a Black Lives Matter demonstration, efficiently claiming self-defense.
Alexander doubled down on his controversial assertion, saying that if Rittenhouse was capable of plead self-defense, Anthony additionally has a proper to his personal claims for the stabbing.
“No matter uproar it desires to create, Kyle Rittenhouse displayed, this was self-defense. And all my correlation is, is that if Kyle Rittenhouse mentioned self-defense, Karmelo Anthony has the appropriate to self-defense,” Alexander mentioned.
The case continues to shake up the households’ native Texas group and the nation. Jeremy Metcalf, the daddy of the slain teen, confirmed as much as a personal media occasion unexpectedly. Alexander condemned Metcalf’s interruption on the occasion. He additional acknowledged that the state of affairs stays too emotionally charged for the households to satisfy at the moment.
“Some individuals on-line declare he got here in peace,” wrote Alexander in a submit to X. “However that doesn’t change the details: he delayed a delicate press occasion by greater than 40 minutes, ignored repeated peaceable requests, and created a tense state of affairs. It is a pending felony case, and it was fully inappropriate for any interplay between the households to happen.”
In the meantime, Anthony is getting ready to graduate from Frisco Excessive College by way of the advocacy of NGAN and Alexander.
“We’re proud to share that Karmelo Anthony will graduate and obtain his highschool diploma and that his tutorial achievements is not going to be disrupted,” shared Minister Alexander. “It is a second of dignity for Karmelo and a reminder of the facility of advocacy finished proper.”
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