A trove of evidence — including a number of gruesome photos and videos and audio from 911 calls — from the Karmelo Anthony murder trial was released on Friday.
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The Collin County court released photos from the autopsy of football player Austin Metcalf, 17 — who was stabbed to death by Anthony at a track meet in Texas — showing the knife wound in his chest with a forensic ruler beside it. Other photos showed the murder weapon, Anthony&#8217;s backpack, and a blood-soaked jacket that had been used as a coach attempted to stop the bleeding.  <iframe style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; max-width: 100%; width: 100%; margin: 20px auto 5px; border: 0;" src="https://player.mux.com/ss3DQJnwQqSQoV9czPzZ801QF1v002daT2?metadata-video-content-type=embed_video&amp;metadata-video-id=46618119-b4c7-4f8d-a7de-2c9bf93ee754&amp;metadata-video-stream-type=on-demand&amp;metadata-video-title=2026-6-19%20Karmelo%20Anthony%20Austin%20Metcalf%20evidence%20photos%20&amp;poster=https%3A%2F%2Fdailywireplus-v2.imgix.net%2Fimages%2Fembedded-videos%2F5db6f84f-dd7a-4b40-bc06-265e85e5a7c1.jpg&amp;autoplay=false&amp;accent-color=%23DB3D3B&amp;primary-color=%23ffffff&amp;secondary-color=%23000000" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>
Also included was a screenshot of a text message from the coach to Metcalf prior to the track meet: &#8220;You and Rhett are on early bus. Get tent, and whatever else we need. Set examples of how to conduct yourself today. Be a leader. I need you and Rhett to hold us down. I will be helping with hosting the meet, so I&#8217;m going to lean on my older guys.&#8221;
Metcalf&#8217;s quick reply: &#8220;for sure coach gotchu.&#8221;
The coach&#8217;s next text came the day after the murder, sent to Metcalf&#8217;s phone despite the fact that he would never see it. &#8220;Love you man. Sorry I didn&#8217;t say enough,&#8221; he said.
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The tranche of evidence also included video of the activity around the tent in the moments leading up to the murder as well as body cam footage from police officers as they went to arrest Anthony — including one in which Anthony could be heard declaring, &#8220;I&#8217;m not alleged. I did it.&#8221;
Video also showed Anthony, wearing a hoodie emblazoned with the words &#8220;fear of God,&#8221; crying as he was taken into custody by police and searched.
&#8220;He put his hands on me,&#8221; Anthony cried, apparently referring to Metcalf. &#8220;I told him not to, he put his hands on me.&#8221;
Police searched him again before putting him in a vehicle, asking him first whether or not he was carrying anything that could hurt them while they searched his pockets.  <iframe style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; max-width: 100%; width: 100%; margin: 20px auto 5px; border: 0;" src="https://player.mux.com/cFupKy202f8L18rwMe89GQ12pVVamCrO3?metadata-video-content-type=embed_video&amp;metadata-video-id=3a179ad0-bacb-400f-b0ea-8a9b236e023a&amp;metadata-video-stream-type=on-demand&amp;metadata-video-title=2026-6-19%20Karmelo%20Anthony%20cries%20during%20arrest%20&amp;poster=https%3A%2F%2Fdailywireplus-v2.imgix.net%2Fimages%2Fembedded-videos%2F624d16df-32cd-4f10-96b5-56fc6f9f5d71.jpg&amp;autoplay=false&amp;accent-color=%23DB3D3B&amp;primary-color=%23ffffff&amp;secondary-color=%23000000" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>
Audio from multiple 911 calls were also released on Friday. On one, someone could be heard saying, &#8220;My friend’s bleeding everywhere&#8221; as another voice in the background said, &#8220;Fight through, fight through!&#8221; Another caller, identified as &#8220;Mason,&#8221; told dispatchers, &#8220;You need to send an ambulance right now,&#8221; and said, &#8220;My friend just got stabbed.&#8221; Callers informed the dispatcher that, at the time, Metcalf was unconscious but still breathing.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-latest-move-in-karmelo-anthonys-case">Anthony</a> was convicted and sentenced to serve 35 years in prison for the murder — and his attorneys almost immediately filed his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/karmelo-anthony-whines-from-prison-about-something-he-no-longer-has-to-worry-about">intent to appeal</a> the conviction. In preparation for that appeal, Anthony&#8217;s family retained a new attorney.
Since the trial, Anthony&#8217;s family members and others have falsely claimed that the jury was &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-race-card-karmelo-anthonys-father-is-playing-gets-scorched-by-facts">all white</a>&#8221; and thus not truly the &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-flaw-in-a-professors-race-based-defense-of-karmelo-anthony">jury of his peers</a>&#8221; the justice system is supposed to provide.

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LISTEN: 911 Call Moments After Karmelo Anthony Stabbed Austin Metcalf To Death

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Convicted murderer Karmelo Anthony has a new lawyer representing his appeal, according to court records. 
Anthony, who was convicted this month for fatally stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf, will now be represented by court-appointed lawyer Lara Bracamonte Davila, Collin County Court records <a href="https://cijspub.co.collin.tx.us/PublicAccess/CaseDetail.aspx?CaseID=2546749">show</a>. Anthony is currently behind bars after a jury sentenced him to 35 years in prison for murdering Metcalf at a track event in Frisco, Texas, in April 2025. 
Fox News first <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/another-lawyer-joins-karmelo-anthony-appeal-killer-claims-cannot-pay-counsel">reported</a> the news that Bracamonte Davila had been appointed to take over the appeal process. Before Bracamonte Davila was appointed, criminal defense attorney Donny Perales represented Anthony for a short time. 
&#8220;It is expected that the Anthony family will be retaining an attorney for the appeal,” Perales told Fox News. 
Bracamonte Davila describes herself as a lawyer who is “compassionate but tough.” 
“There are many people who don’t have the courage, strength, or knowledge of how to stand up for themselves,” her <a href="https://www.bracamontelawfirm.com/">website</a> says. “I strive to be the voice for the voiceless, whether that’s a teen in trouble, a woman in an abusive situation, a father struggling to gain parental rights, or any individual charged with a crime.”
If someone is found guilty, she says her job is “to ensure the punishment doesn’t exceed the crime.”
One day after a jury sentenced him to prison, Anthony filed a notice of appeal. The filing begins the formal process of challenging both his conviction and sentence, which can take years to progress through the courts and does not guarantee a new trial.
Anthony’s parents have falsely claimed that the jury that sentenced their son was “all white” and blamed racism for the outcome. Kayla Hayes, Anthony’s mother, also claimed that her son was just defending himself when he stabbed the unarmed Metcalf. 
“My son is no murderer. My son didn’t intend to hurt anyone,” Hayes said. “My son was defending himself, and that’s what hurts so bad.”
The judge who oversaw the high-profile case <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-in-karmelo-anthony-murder-trial-breaks-his-silence?author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Judge+In+Karmelo+Anthony+Murder+Trial+Breaks+His+Silence">said</a> the jury made the correct decision. 
“Yes,” said Judge John Roach. “They did because they were picked based upon the law, they listened to the facts, it happened in this courtroom, and they got a verdict.”

The Latest Move In Karmelo Anthony’s Case

Texas

A federal magistrate rescinded an order on Monday, June 15, which had allowed the 16-year-old charged with the death and sexual assault of his stepsister, to remain in the custody of family members while awaiting trial.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Edwin Torres issued a 14-page order in response to the prosecutor’s request to detain Timothy Hudson, who is charged with the rape and murder of his stepsister, Anna Kepner. Torres agreed that detention was the correct call — not based on Hudson being a flight risk, but rather his “dangerousness.”
“The strength of the evidence here points strongly in favor of detention,” Torres said in the court documents from June 10. “Focusing just on the sexual assault charge, the Government’s case for a forcible rape is beyond clear and convincing.” 
“Indeed it suggests a level of psychopathy and lack of remorse that by itself raises a serious concern that Defendant can snap at any time, despite the well-meaning and serious efforts of his caretakers to make sure that does not happen,” Torres said. 
Hudson was reportedly  “<a href="https://nypost.com/2025/11/20/us-news/anna-kepners-stepbrother-was-obsessed-with-slain-cheerleader-and-once-committed-creepy-act-while-she-was-sleeping-report/">obsessed</a>” with Kepner despite the two being part of the same blended family.
“She was scared of him because he always carried around a big knife,” Kepner’s ex-boyfriend’s father, Steven Westin, said. His son, Joshua, dated Kepner for about two years.
 “He’s like infatuated, attracted to her like crazy. He always wanted to date her,” Westin said.
On November 7, 2025 Kepner’s body was found wrapped in a blanket and stuffed under the bed when a cleaning attendant entered a Carnival cruise ship room that she shared with Hudson and her half-brother. Her stepmother and biological father were staying in the room across the hall. 
Torres obtained a transcript from a February hearing, which revealed the medical examiner discovered bleeding under Kepner’s skin around the side and back of her neck. This is evidence of strangulation, and her cause of death was ruled as mechanical asphyxiation. The transcript also said DNA was found inside her body which was a match to Hudson.
The deadline for entering any plea agreement is August 28, according to the court records. If found guilty, Hudson could be sentenced to life in prison.
“The situation is deeply painful and complex for the entire family,” Christopher Kepner, the victim’s father, said in a previous statement. He said the family has “trust in the justice system to pursue the truth with care and integrity.”
Kepner was a Titusville high school senior who had aspirations to join the U.S. Navy and to eventually become a K-9 police officer, <a href="https://www.northbrevardfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Anna-Marie-Kepner?obId=46354353">according</a> to her online obituary. Her family described her as joyful and compassionate with a “radiant smile and endless energy.”

Horrified Judge Orders Anna Kepner’s Stepbrother To Be Jailed Before Rape And Murder Trial

Rape

Legal commentator Nancy Grace broke down in tears during her show this week while speaking to Jeff Metcalf, the father of slain teen <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/slain-teens-dad-unloads-on-karmelo-anthony-in-courtroom-cant-even-look-me-in-the-eyes">Austin Metcalf</a>, and reading a text she received from him last week.
Grace <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZs3T_VN1Ds">revealed</a> that she was texting Metcalf during the murder trial of Karmelo Anthony and asked Metcalf what he was hoping for in terms of a prison sentence for Anthony. Metcalf responded with something unexpected — he said what he was hoping for was that his late son would walk through the door.
&#8220;You said, &#8216;The jury is deciding punishment as we speak,'&#8221; Grace said on &#8220;Crime Stories with Nancy Grace,&#8221; recounting the pair&#8217;s text exchange. &#8220;I wrote back, &#8216;What is your hope?&#8217; I was referring to, &#8216;What do you think would be a fair sentence?&#8217; And what you wrote back &#8230; &#8216;That my son will walk through the door again.'&#8221;
In tears, Grace noted that she was with her twin children when she was texting Metcalf, making her even more emotional. Austin is a twin; his brother Hunter Metcalf held Austin in his arms after he was stabbed and fighting for his life.
&#8220;I will never forget it, because I was with my twins, as you know,&#8221; Grace said.
&#8220;It seems to me, this whole time, you have not been focused on [Anthony] going to prison for life, or him getting a death penalty,&#8221; the host continued. &#8220;It&#8217;s not been about that. You just want your son to come back through the door.&#8221;
&#8220;Yes, but I know the reality,&#8221; an emotional Metcalf responded. &#8220;And it&#8217;s a hard pill to swallow.&#8221;
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Nancy Grace reveals the text message from <a href="https://x.com/hashtag/AustinMetcalf?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AustinMetcalf</a>&#8216;s father that she says she&#8217;ll never forget. His answer wasn&#8217;t about punishment. It was about the one thing he can never have back. Join us tonight on YouTube at 6PM ET: <a href="https://t.co/xe7H0FD9nC">https://t.co/xe7H0FD9nC</a> <a href="https://t.co/jlsWFb5TYW">pic.twitter.com/jlsWFb5TYW</a>
— Nancy Grace (@NancyGrace) <a href="https://x.com/NancyGrace/status/2066607720275300567?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2026</a></blockquote>
Anthony was convicted last Tuesday of murdering Austin at a track meet in April 2025 and was sentenced to 35 years behind bars. The 19-year-old is already appealing the first-degree murder conviction. The Anthony family and legal team have claimed Anthony didn&#8217;t get a fair shake because the minority jurors selected for the trial were not black. Notably, jurors are not selected based on the color of their skin.
The high-profile murder trial started on June 1 with jury selection and wrapped up in just nine days. Video footage and witness testimony — even from defense witnesses — generally indicated that Anthony provoked the situation with Metcalf, and deadly force was not needed, contradicting the self-defense argument from Anthony’s team. Anthony did not take the stand during the trial.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fck-austin-karmelo-anthony-supporters-harass-threaten-friends-of-slain-teen-outside-courthouse?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=‘F*ck+Austin%21’%3A+Karmelo+Anthony+Supporters+Harass%2C+Threaten+Friends+Of+Slain+Teen+Outside+Courthouse">‘F*ck Austin!’: Karmelo Anthony Supporters Harass, Threaten Friends Of Slain Teen Outside Courthouse</a>

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READ IT: The Heartbreaking Text Austin Metcalf’s Father Sent During The Trial

Nancy Grace Breaks Down In Tears Reading Jeff Metcalf Text Message

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Karmelo Anthony’s attorney claims that his client does &#8220;feel remorse&#8221; for murdering 17-year-old Austin Metcalf with a knife at a track meet in Texas in April 2025.
The 19-year-old was sentenced to 35 years in prison for his crime, which has led to cries of racism from the usual crowd because Anthony is black and Metcalf was white. <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2026/06/12/karmelo-anthony-lawyer-thinks-he-feels-remorse-for-murder/">TMZ</a> spoke with Anthony’s lead defense attorney, Mike Howard, following the verdict, and he said he’s not totally sure of his former client’s state of mind but can say he believes Anthony is sorry.
“I believe from my many interactions with him that, while he believed that in that split-second of chaos that he was defending himself, that Karmelo also has and continues to feel remorse for Austin Metcalf, for [Austin’s twin brother] Hunter Metcalf, for the entire family for their loss,” the attorney told TMZ.
Anthony hasn’t made any public statements on the matter and also didn’t testify in his own defense at the trial. He has already filed an appeal, and Howard will not be representing him again.
While Anthony himself hasn’t publicly commented on what happened, his parents, who have come under fire for how they allegedly spent money raised to put toward their son’s defense case, have voiced their opinions on the murder.
During an <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/karmelo-anthony-austin-metcalf-family-interview-murder-sentence/">interview</a> for CBS Mornings, Anthony&#8217;s mother, Kala Hayes, said her son &#8220;didn&#8217;t mean to hurt anyone&#8221; and &#8220;was defending himself.&#8221; 
Andrew Anthony, Karmelo’s father, said he would tell the Metcalf family, &#8220;It&#8217;s unfortunate, it&#8217;s where nobody wins.&#8221; 
&#8220;We&#8217;ve all been hurt by this,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Everybody, everyone.&#8221; Andrew also repeated the debunked claim that his son was convicted by an “all-white jury.” 
&#8220;They did a number on us,&#8221; Andrew told CBS. &#8220;We didn&#8217;t get justice. A lot of things that were missed that should have been handled a certain way.&#8221;
Meanwhile, Austin Metcalf’s father, Jeff, blames Anthony’s parents for how race was used in the trial. 
“Drew Anthony. Kayla. You’re cowards. You wouldn’t even show up for your son’s sentencing or victim’s statement impacts. You abandoned your kid. You left him there. I guess he’s no more use to you because you can’t get any more GoFundMe money or [GiveSendGo] money. You are grifters. You should be ashamed of yourself,” he said during a recent podcast interview, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/austin-metcalfs-father-snaps-on-karmelo-anthonys-parents?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Austin+Metcalf%E2%80%99s+Father+Explodes+On+Karmelo+Anthony%E2%80%99s+Parents">reported</a>. “You raised that child, and I swear to God, CPS should come check on those other three that you still have.”
Anthony’s family raised over $600,000 after the murder. 
“You never once admitted or took accountability. You tried to play victim. The real victim is the one who died, not the one who shoved a knife in his chest,” he went on. “I come to pray with you and show the world we can close the gap of this unbelievable racial divide. And what’d you do? Widen the gap even further.”
“I feel sorry for that young man,” Metcalf said of Anthony. “He’s fixing to live a living hell. Not that he doesn’t deserve it. Yes, he does. But I’m human. And I’m sorry. I don’t wish harm or ill will on anyone. It’s not the Christian thing to do, man. It’s not the way I was raised. It’s not what I was taught. I don’t know if it’s right or wrong. I just know it is what it is.”

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Karmelo Anthony’s Lawyer Breaks Silence On Client’s Remorse

Karmelo Anthony's Attorney Comments On Whether His Client 'Feels Remorse'

George Washington University law professor emerita W. Burlette Carter declared on Thursday that Karmelo Anthony was entitled to a new trial.
Anthony, 19, was convicted of murder in the stabbing death of Austin Metcalf, 17, and sentenced to serve 35 years in prison. Carter argued that because &#8220;minorities are not interchangeable,&#8221; Anthony was not provided with &#8220;a jury of his peers&#8221; at trial — and she said that alone was grounds for him to receive a new trial.
Carter, a black woman who describes herself on X as a &#8220;descendant of slaves,&#8221; prefaced her <a href="https://x.com/ProfWBCarter/status/2065283542414705051">statement</a> by admitting that she had not yet read a full transcript of the trial — but then immediately argued that she didn&#8217;t need to because it was already clear to her that Anthony had not been granted a fair trial.
&#8220;I have not yet read the full trial transcript. But so far, I do know this. Karmelo Anthony was entitled to a jury of his peers. He did not get that,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;On that ground alone, he is entitled to a new trial. Minorities are not interchangeable. The prosecutor’s reported proffered reasons for striking all black jurors  — that they were teachers — appears to be pretext.&#8221;
But by law, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/race-narrative-kicked-into-overdrive-after-jury-selected-in-austin-metcalf-murder-trial">jury</a> does not have to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-race-card-karmelo-anthonys-father-is-playing-gets-scorched-by-facts">reflect the race</a> of the defendant — rather, it must be made up of a reasonable cross section of the community, and both attorneys and judges are to do their best to ensure that the jury is made up of individuals who will decide the case based on the facts presented rather than preexisting biases.
The jury in Anthony&#8217;s case was made up of multiple ethnic minorities — in spite of claims made by Anthony&#8217;s father and others that the jury was &#8220;all white&#8221; — including Asian, Indian, and Hispanic. The prosecution did challenge several potential jurors who were black because they were educators and the murder had happened on school grounds. The judge accepted those challenges as valid.
&#8220;Anthony needs a new lawyer on appeal and in a new trial,&#8221; Carter continued, arguing that Anthony&#8217;s court-appointed attorney had not done a good job. She left out the fact that, after raising some $600,000 via GiveSendGo, Anthony&#8217;s family had gone with a court-appointed lawyer after claiming that he was unable to afford a private attorney.
&#8220;His trial lawyer allowed in opinion evidence that should have been struck. He also seemed unable to appreciate and counter the impact of racial overtones in that case. Those overtones are clear even on Twitter commentary as folks seek to paint Metcalf as having no culpability in what happened and Karmelo as a complete monster,&#8221; she insisted. &#8220;The facts on how the matter escalated are more complicated than that. He and they had no such authority. They are also apparent in the statements that seek to deputize Metcalf and other kids with authority to remove Anthony. They had none and initiated the conflict. That does not mean they should have been killed but it means they have explaining to do. The lawyer for Anthony apparently did not require that explaining. It is fair to ask how the Anthonys ended up selecting that lawyer.&#8221;
Her final jab was aimed at the trial judge, and she claimed that he should &#8220;be disqualified&#8221; because he gave an interview that could have &#8220;negatively affected the appeal rights of the defendant.&#8221;

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The Flaw In A Professor’s Race-Based Defense Of Karmelo Anthony

Courts

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has confirmed that an employee has been terminated over her remarks about Karmelo Anthony in the wake of his murder conviction and subsequent 35-year prison sentence.
The TDCJ confirmed to <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/article/karmelo-anthony-parole-supervisor-facebook-comment-22302990.php">The Dallas Morning News</a> that Donna Robinson was no longer with the department after she posted on Facebook about the case, saying that she believed Anthony was likely to be &#8220;protected&#8221; in prison. She also added, &#8220;I&#8217;m just glad we didn&#8217;t have to bury another Black child. Let them start burying some of theirs for a change. FK&#8217;em I said what I said.&#8221;
Libs of TikTok shared screenshots of the post on Friday, following up later with a post stating that Robinson had been let go.
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This woman claims to be on the Board of Pardons and Parole in Texas
She allegedly posted this after Karmelo Anthony was found guilty.
We reached out to <a href="https://x.com/TDCJ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TDCJ</a> but they declined to respond <a href="https://t.co/OBxn2rRsdg">pic.twitter.com/OBxn2rRsdg</a>
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2065245530058330465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2026</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I am a parole supervisor at TX DCJ Karmelo will be ok he I can almost assure you will be protected on the inside. I for one don&#8217;t give fk about the family&#8217;s loss. It&#8217;s about time these fking bigots feel the pain tha they have inflicted on other people since the beginning of time!&#8221; she posted.
&#8220;I&#8217;m just glad we didn&#8217;t have to bury another black child. Let them start burying some of theirs for a change. FK&#8217;em I said what I said,&#8221; she added.
The TDCJ said in a statement to The Dallas Morning News that Robinson&#8217;s comments undercut the department in a way that was deemed unacceptable, and after a review of her public statements, she was fired.
&#8220;These statements are incompatible with TDCJ policy and values. They demonstrate bias and a lack of the impartiality essential to the fair administration of justice in Texas,&#8221; the statement said, noting that employees were expected on a regular basis to make decisions in the workplace that had to be free from bias. &#8220;Discriminatory or inflammatory conduct that erodes public confidence in the criminal justice system will not be tolerated.&#8221;
Anthony, 19, was convicted for the murder of Austin Metcalf, 17 — whom he fatally stabbed at a high school track meet — and was sentenced to 35 years in prison.

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The Karmelo Anthony Post That Ended A Prison Official’s Career

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Racism

The father of slain Texas teenager Austin Metcalf blasted the parents of Karmelo Anthony as “cowards,” accusing them of making the high-profile murder case about race. 
Jeff Metcalf made the comments shortly after a jury sentenced the 19-year-old Anthony to 35 years in prison for murdering 17-year-old Metcalf with a knife at a track meet in Texas in April 2025. 
After Anthony&#8217;s sentencing, Metcalf spoke on a <a href="https://rumble.com/v7b3yt0-jinxedsip-exclusive-the-jeff-metcalf-interview-with-sarah-fields-ep.-53.html?e9s=src_v1_s%2Csrc_v1_s_o&amp;sci=71c8a082-9d9c-4ea5-835d-2810ef2eb2d9">three-hour stream</a> hosted by independent journalist Sarah Fields on the JinxedSip podcast. He gave his thoughts on the trial, the racial issues at play during the trial, and his emotions about the lengthy ordeal. 
Anthony&#8217;s parents, Andrew Anthony and Kayla Hayles, blamed the conviction and sentencing of their son on racism in a recent interview with CBS.
“Drew Anthony. Kayla. You&#8217;re cowards. You wouldn&#8217;t even show up for your son&#8217;s sentencing or victim&#8217;s statement impacts. You abandoned your kid. You left him there. I guess he&#8217;s no more use to you because you can&#8217;t get any more GoFundMe money or [GiveSendGo] money. You are grifters. You should be ashamed of yourself,” he said. “You raised that child, and I swear to God, CPS should come check on those other three that you still have.”
Anthony’s family raised over $600,000 after the murder. 
“You never once admitted or took accountability. You tried to play victim. The real victim is the one who died, not the one who shoved a knife in his chest,” he added. “I come to pray with you and show the world we can close the gap of this unbelievable racial divide. And what&#8217;d you do? Widen the gap even further.”
Metcalf was referring to how he was turned away from a press conference hosted by the Anthony family after the killing. 
“I feel sorry for that young man,” Metcalf said of Anthony. “He&#8217;s fixing to live a living hell. Not that he doesn&#8217;t deserve it. Yes, he does. But I&#8217;m human. And I&#8217;m sorry. I don&#8217;t wish harm or ill will on anyone. It&#8217;s not the Christian thing to do, man. It&#8217;s not the way I was raised. It&#8217;s not what I was taught. I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s right or wrong. I just know it is what it is.”
Metcalf also commented on the racial politics at play in the case. Leftist activists claim that Anthony was only convicted because he was black and have complained that there were no black jurors. 
“Because you can&#8217;t be unbiased, you dumb sh*ts. If you answer the question, ‘I can&#8217;t send a black man to jail because he&#8217;s black,’ they&#8217;re not getting on the jury. You&#8217;re so unintelligent, you can&#8217;t even fill out a form correctly,” Metcalf said. “You don&#8217;t even know who your f*cking daddy is because 78% of you don&#8217;t have your father in the home anymore. You got baby mamas running around with eight kids so they can get EBT cards to feed you all. You think I&#8217;m being racist? No, I&#8217;m being real, because [it’s not] only black people. White people do the same sh*t.  I&#8217;ll call them out just as hard as I&#8217;ll call you out.”
Metcalf also said that he raised his sons not to judge people by the color of their skin. 
“We don&#8217;t see color. We&#8217;re not racist. We have friends of all diversities, nationality, ethnicities. It doesn&#8217;t matter,” he said. ‘Justice doesn&#8217;t see color. Hate doesn&#8217;t see color. Love doesn&#8217;t see color.”
He also said he never wanted race to be part of the trial.
“From day one, I said this was never about race. Please, don&#8217;t make it about race and don&#8217;t politicize it. And what did you do? You chose both. The race card, black fatigue. It&#8217;s real. I&#8217;m sorry. You have embarrassed your own culture and race. Don&#8217;t get me wrong. We got a lot of [white] people that embarrass the sh*t out of me too. But you guys, you got a patent on that sh*t. And the only people who&#8217;re going to change it  are you. Don&#8217;t blame the white person &#8217;cause we can&#8217;t change it. But you&#8217;re gonna blame the white person for every f*cking thing else.”
“You can do everything in America that I can do. Tell me one thing, you can&#8217;t do that I can&#8217;t do. We all have equal rights,” he added. 
At one point during the stream, he referred to Anthony as a “watermelon felon&#8221; while mocking the activists who have tried to make the case about race. 
“Let me make something racist up so &#8230; go viral. I got a new name for Mello, OK? Because he was such this little boy you [were] always trying to portray. How about ‘watermelon felon?’  How&#8217;s that one strike you?” he said. “I hope he enjoyed his first night in his cell last night because he&#8217;s going to have many nights to think about what the f*ck he did. I forgave him, so I don&#8217;t carry the hate and the anger.”
The interview with Fields was the first after a gag order ended after the trial wrapped up on Tuesday. 
“Jeff Metcalf was given the floor without interruption. After being under a gag order for a year, he could finally speak raw and unfiltered,” Fields <a href="https://x.com/SarahisCensored/status/2064940589104136689">said</a>. “THIS is what independent journalism is about. The mainstream media never would have dared.”

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Austin Metcalf’s Father Explodes On Karmelo Anthony’s Parents

A Howard University professor is under fire for blaming Austin Metcalf’s father for not teaching his son enough about black culture, which she seemed to insinuate resulted in his murder.
Karmelo Anthony was convicted Tuesday of murdering Austin at a track meet in April 2025 and was sentenced to 35 years in prison.
Austin’s father, Jeff Metcalf, admonished Anthony for making the case about race and told him he’s been feeling “pure unfiltered rage” while grieving the loss of his son.
“I said from day one, this was never about race, please don’t politicize it,” Jeff said. “But what did you choose to do, both. It’s about right and wrong. We’re all humans. We all bleed the same color.”
“You failed your parents, you failed yourself, and you failed society. You don’t belong in this community,” he continued,  “You’re going to prison. You can’t even look me in the eyes right now, but you can stab my f*cking son in the heart.”
Dr. Stacey Patton <a href="https://drstaceypatton1865.substack.com/p/dear-jeff-metcalf-your-son-is-dead">published an article</a> on Substack on Wednesday titled, “Dear Jeff Metcalf: Your Son Is Dead Because You Failed to Teach Him That Black Boys Have Boundaries.”
Patton responded to the grieving father’s heartbreaking victim’s impact statement by saying it was time to “talk about Jeff Metcalf’s failure as a father.” She said this was appropriate to do because it was the same treatment given to the families of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and Tamir Rice.
“In your own memorial language, you told us about the kind of white boyhood Austin was raised inside. It was a boyhood steeped in conquest language, hunting rituals, warrior fantasies, masculine toughness, and the romance of force,” she wrote. “You told us about a child praised not just for being kind, curious, gentle, or careful, but for becoming a ‘leader’ and a ‘warrior’ in a racist culture where those words too often mean dominance.”
She argued Austin Metcalf “learned early how to hold a weapon, how to aim, how to take down a living thing, how to be proud of the kill, how to have that moment folded into the mythology of father and son,&#8221; and that set him up to be a victim of violence.
“YOU taught Austin what it meant to be a ‘warrior.’ YOU taught him that toughness was honorable. YOU taught him that taking up space was normal. YOU taught him that confrontation was courage. YOU socialized Austin into entitlement long before he ever reached that track meet,” Patton wrote in the lengthy essay.
“YOU failed to teach your boy that black children have boundaries. YOU failed [to] teach humility, restraint, or the sacred fact that another person’s body is not your jurisdiction. YOU failed to teach him that another child’s space is not a challenge to be conquered. … YOU obviously failed to teach your son that touching, confronting, crowding, testing, or policing another person can have consequences. You failed, Jeff,” she added.
The Howard professor ultimately concluded that “black children have good reason to be on guard around white bodies.”
She went on to say she was glad Karmelo Anthony never looked the grieving father in the eye, as he had requested while he read his statement. 
“There was power in him not looking at you,” Patton wrote. “There was refusal in it. There was survival in it. There was an ancient knowing in it. Because black people know what it means when a white man demands eye contact from a black child after already deciding what that child is. We know the old ritual. We know that sometimes ‘look at me’ is not a request for humanity. It is a demand for surrender. And Karmelo did not surrender.”
Professor Patton’s Substack has nearly fifty thousand followers, and her open letter to Jeff Metcalf has received nearly two thousand likes. But not everyone was happy with it. 
“Demonic,” one commenter replied.
“This is pretty disgusting,” another person <a href="https://x.com/AdiMagnolia/status/2065213824828113320">wrote</a>. “They’re asserting a right to murder white people who aren’t docile, deferential, and subordinate. Who don’t ‘know their place.’ Some of them have become the racists they claim to hate.”
“Black boys, and all boys for that matter, should have a boundary if not stabbing someone to death. That’s the boundary,” another <a href="https://x.com/mattvanswol/status/2065263527108006335">wrote</a>. “It’s an extremely easy boundary NOT to cross, billions of people live their whole lives without ever crossing it. If there’s ANY boundary, it’s that.”

Professor Blames Austin Metcalf’s Father For Lesson He Says Was Never Taught

Cardi B is being mocked for her response to the Karmelo Anthony verdict, with commenters saying she learned the exact wrong lesson from justice being served.
&#8220;Wow! Just freakin wow! DISGUSTING,&#8221; she <a href="https://x.com/iamcardib/status/2064521641988637183">wrote</a> on X soon after the verdict was read. &#8220;This is not justice, this is trying to make an example!!!&#8221;
The rapper also hosted a live <a href="https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/2064904705386356949">conversation</a> on X on Wednesday, complaining about having to tell her sons it’s not okay to argue with white people.
“I sure learned something from this. I learned to tell my sons, if a white boy … do not argue with no white boys … ‘cause baby, ain’t no law protecting you if something goes down with them. That’s what I learned from this case. I’mma tell my sons, you arguing with a white boy, walk the f*ck away. ‘Cause the law don’t protect you.” 
Anthony, 19, was found guilty of murdering 17-year-old Austin Metcalf, a high school athlete, whom he fatally stabbed at a track and field meet in Frisco, Texas, in April 2025. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison and has already filed an appeal. 
While Anthony’s family claims he was targeted for his race and that Metcalf provoked him, video evidence reportedly shows that Anthony refused requests that he leave the track team’s tent before he stabbed Metcalf. The jury agreed that the killing was not self-defense, as Anthony&#8217;s defense and supporters claimed.
Some social media users pointed out the flaws in Cardi B’s logic. 
“In her dumb and convoluted way, she does seem to have inadvertently learned a good lesson — teach your kids not to stab other kids, because they will go to prison,” podcast host Allie Beth Stuckey <a href="https://x.com/conservmillen/status/2065081352773366171">observed</a>.
“I don&#8217;t know how but this trial and the aftermath have demonstrated a significant cultural problem within certain circles or communities. The outrage because this dude got pushed in high school and he wasn&#8217;t allowed to kill in response is about as big a red flag as you can find,” another person <a href="https://x.com/Ruhroe/status/2065089317588836430">wrote</a>. 
“How about don’t stab and murder a white boy or murder anyone and then you don’t have to worry about a murder charge and being held accountable. Can she buy some common sense, I know she can afford it,” another person <a href="https://x.com/Russellmcc_37/status/2065031680960729539">wrote</a>.

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Texas Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett doubled down on her defense of Karmelo Anthony, claiming his murder conviction for fatally stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf was evidence of a “broken system.” 
Crockett told TMZ on Wednesday that the sentence of 35 years was excessive &#8220;for a kid who had decided to go under a tent that was not his team&#8217;s tent, as it was raining, and simply didn&#8217;t want to be put out in the rain by some random kid that he didn&#8217;t know, who was larger than him.&#8221; 
&#8220;Because if a white boy would have said that they were afraid of a black boy, something tells me that that jury that didn&#8217;t have any black people on it, they would have believed him in his fear,&#8221; she added.
 The failed Senate candidate said her “heart breaks for so many reasons.” Anthony was sentenced to 35 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of stabbing Metcalf at a track meet in Frisco, Texas, in April 2025. 
“It takes me back to what actually made me decide to get into this legislative work in the first place, because I know that our systems are broken. And what we saw with that verdict is the evidence of a broken system,” Crockett said. 
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Jasmine Crockett tells <a href="https://x.com/jacob_wass?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jacob_wass</a> there was one major factor in the Karmelo Anthony verdict. <a href="https://t.co/XYX5bNJagz">pic.twitter.com/XYX5bNJagz</a>
— TMZ (@TMZ) <a href="https://x.com/TMZ/status/2064780873971417197?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2026</a></blockquote>
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She went on to claim that “a lot of people don&#8217;t know what it is to live as a black person in this country” and that the outcome would have been different had Anthony been white instead of black. 
“Oh my God. I know Collin County. So absolutely,” she said when asked if she thought race was a factor. “And unfortunately, that was not the county for a black boy.”
Crockett continued to downplay the incident, noting that some people referred to the murder weapon “as a tool” and called the knife a “small object.” She also claimed that Anthony should have been given mercy because he only stabbed Metcalf once. 
Those remarks echoed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jasmine-crockett-downplays-white-teens-murder-after-karmelo-anthony-convicted?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Crockett+Claims+Karmelo+Anthony%E2%80%99s+Knife+Was+Too+Small+To+Be+Considered+Deadly">previous comments</a> Crockett made that the knife used in the stabbing should not count as a “deadly weapon” because of its size. 
During a Tuesday podcast, Crockett claimed that the Metcalf family, who are white, doesn&#8217;t understand the &#8220;fear and agony&#8221; 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,” Crockett said.
The case has garnered national headlines as leftist activists claim that the jury was racist, despite testimony from multiple black teen witnesses who reportedly said Anthony was in the wrong.

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Jasmine Crockett Explains Why She Thinks Karmelo Anthony Was Justified

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Karmelo Anthony was transferred to a state prison in Navasota, Texas, just one day after he was convicted of murdering 17-year-old Austin Metcalf.
Anthony was booked at the Collin County, Texas, Jail on Tuesday, mere hours after his conviction. By Wednesday, he was transferred to the Wallace Pack Unit, according to CBS 11 journalist J.D. Miles. Anthony&#8217;s prison mugshot shows that his head has been shaved as he officially starts his lengthy stay in state prison.
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Breaking: Karmelo Anthony has been transferred to the Pack Unit in Navasota by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Here is his prison mug shot. <a href="https://t.co/cm14aycoHI">pic.twitter.com/cm14aycoHI</a>
— J.D. Miles (@jdmiles11) <a href="https://x.com/jdmiles11/status/2064837796754231391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2026</a></blockquote>
The 19-year-old was sentenced on Tuesday to 35 years behind bars for Metcalf&#8217;s murder, and shortly after sentencing, his jail booking photo was released to the public:
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New mugshot of Karmelo Anthony in the Collin County Jail as he spends the first night of his 35 year sentence for murder. He will like be transported to prison in the coming days. <a href="https://t.co/yENKRyD6AP">pic.twitter.com/yENKRyD6AP</a>
— J.D. Miles (@jdmiles11) <a href="https://x.com/jdmiles11/status/2064531082783945151?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2026</a></blockquote>
The <a href="https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/unit_directory/p1.html">Wallace Pack Unit</a>, where Anthony is now held, has over 1,400 male prisoners and is a minimum-to-medium security facility.
Anthony fatally stabbed Metcalf, who was white, at a track event in April 2025 in Frisco, Texas. The case quickly generated national attention, both due to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/family-of-karmelo-anthony-hosted-the-most-disgusting-press-conference-ive-ever-seen?author=Matt+Walsh&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Family+Of+Karmelo+Anthony+Hosted+The+Most+Disgusting+Press+Conference+I%E2%80%99ve+Ever+Seen">a narrative peddled by the Anthony family</a> and the glaring lack of coverage from the legacy media, which routinely highlights and escalates white-on-black incidents.
The high-profile trial started on June 1 with jury selection and wrapped in a matter of nine days. Video footage and witness testimony — even from defense witnesses — generally indicated that Anthony provoked the situation with Metcalf and deadly force was not needed, contradicting the self-defense argument from Anthony’s team.
Anthony broke down in tears when the verdict was read and was visibly shaking; he also broke down when his 35-year sentence was announced. It’s unclear if Anthony cried during any other part of the trial. 
Jeff Metcalf, the slain teen&#8217;s father, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/slain-teens-dad-unloads-on-karmelo-anthony-in-courtroom-cant-even-look-me-in-the-eyes">read a powerful victim impact statement</a> after Anthony&#8217;s sentencing. He told Anthony he forgives him, but does not forgive his actions.
“A piece of me died with my son, and I’m expected to keep living,” he said. “You’re free to make choices all you want, but you’re not free from those consequences. You will face those consequences starting today.”
“People think that grief is sadness but it’s not. It’s rage! Pure unfiltered rage,” the father reportedly shouted while slamming his hands on the table in front of him. “You failed your parents, you failed yourself and you failed society, you don’t belong in this community.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fck-austin-karmelo-anthony-supporters-harass-threaten-friends-of-slain-teen-outside-courthouse?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=‘F*ck+Austin%21’%3A+Karmelo+Anthony+Supporters+Harass%2C+Threaten+Friends+Of+Slain+Teen+Outside+Courthouse">‘F*ck Austin!’: Karmelo Anthony Supporters Harass, Threaten Friends Of Slain Teen Outside Courthouse</a>

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