A disturbing new trend on social media celebrates the violent murder of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf.
Youths are shockingly dancing to a song dubbed the “Austin Bop” and mimicking stabbing motions. Metcalf was fatally stabbed by Karmelo Anthony at a track meet in 2025. The trend appears to be racially charged, with some young black people mocking Metcalf, who was white, after Anthony was found guilty of murder.
“Disgusting new TikTok trend called the ‘Austin Bop’ has exploded among young black Karmelo Anthony supporters,” X user @ImMeme0 posted online, captioning a video of the trend: “They gleefully dance, with and without knives, while making repeated thrusting and stabbing motions toward the chest in a brazen mockery of a teenage boy’s brutal [murder] to their videos.”
“This isn’t edgy content. This is straight-up demonic celebration of violence,” the account added. “Thug culture remains one of the most toxic, self-destructive forces rotting the black community from within. It glorifies murder, mocks victims, and turns human tragedy into dance challenges.”
Lyrics in the song include, “Austin Bop, knife had blood on the tippity-top.”
Earlier this month, Anthony, who is black, was convicted of murder for fatally stabbing the teen. According to evidence and testimony presented in the trial, Anthony murdered Metcalf after the teen told him to leave his team’s track tent and shoved him or put his hand on Anthony’s shoulder. Despite the racial narrative peddled by the Anthony family, teen witnesses, some of whom were black, said Anthony was in the wrong and described Metcalf as a leader and a “brother.”
VILE: disgusting new TikTok trend called the “Austin Bop” has exploded among young black Karmelo Anthony supporters. They gleefully dance, with and without knives, while making repeated thrusting and stabbing motions toward the chest in a brazen mockery of a teenage boy’s brutal… pic.twitter.com/cqTYD122ok
— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) June 16, 2026
Support for the convicted murderer is not isolated to online teens. Last week, Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett (TX) downplayed Metcalf’s murder, calling the knife used to kill Metcalf a “small object” and not a “deadly weapon.” She also claimed the Metcalf family doesn’t understand the “fear and agony” of black women.
“Black women, especially black women who have black male children live in fear and agony every single day … fear and agony that I promise you the Metcalfs probably never spent a day living that way and we’re going to have to have just some real conversations about race in this country,” the Democrat said.
Several other Democrats have deemed the trial unfair, including fellow Texas Rep. Christian Menefee, who said the situation was a “travesty” and complained that the minorities on the jury were not black.
Related: Jasmine Crockett Explains Why She Thinks Karmelo Anthony Was Justified
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