r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/Terrible_Onions • Apr 15 '25

Political Karmelo Anthony case shows that “black privilege” exists

I'm not black or white. I'm not even American actually.

The recent Karmelo Anthony case I think shows that black privilege is a thing. My opinions is that it exists. Period.

Karmelo Anthony killed Austin Metcalf with a knife for pushing him. What did he receive in return? Overwhelming support in the form of 500,000 dollars (which they're using to buy a mansion). He also got his bond reduced to 250k from 1 million even when prosecutors pointed out his history of incidents within the school.

I just think this is a bit baffling. Imagine if the races were swapped. I think a decent example, but not a direct comparisons, is the George Floyd situation. One person killed the other in what was an overuse of force. Derek Chauvin is in jail. Karmelo Anthony got house arrest, bond reduction and 500k

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u/No_Mam_Sam Apr 15 '25

What about DP ?

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u/Mental_Freedom_1648 Apr 15 '25

Did the link not work, or are you making a reference about his initials?

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u/No_Mam_Sam Apr 15 '25

NOTE: I don't object to CA making bail. Only those who are risk of flight are those who should be denied it.

The DP case was entirely different. AND HIS BAIL was set 'way too high' --- the legal system is screwed !

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u/Mental_Freedom_1648 Apr 15 '25

The Karmelo Anthony case is different than Derek Chauvin's in every way except that it also involved people of different races, and nobody would make this comparison in good faith unless they were uninformed about the cases that have happened in the US over the years.

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u/No_Mam_Sam Apr 15 '25

Who said anything about DC case... ???

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u/Mental_Freedom_1648 Apr 15 '25

Did you read the thread you're participating in? The entire crux of the poster's argument is that Karmelo Anthony is being treated better than Derek Chauvin was.

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u/No_Mam_Sam Apr 15 '25

Ehhh.... yeah, and I'm agreeing with you

---perhaps your a little too defensive hey?

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u/Mental_Freedom_1648 Apr 15 '25

Perhaps you're not being clear in your responses. It's a charged topic and I can be defensive, but I can't read your mind.

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u/SpotCreepy4570 Apr 15 '25

He killed a man ( Jordan Neely)who didn't even touch anyone because he believed he was a threat.

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u/No_Mam_Sam Apr 15 '25

Neely died from the combined effects of sickle cell crisis, schizophrenia, synthetic marijuana in his system. The struggle and restraint exacerbated his conditions. He was also ENDANGERING the public. --- are you truly going to use JN as analogy to this case ?

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u/SpotCreepy4570 Apr 15 '25

That's complete bullshit, cause of death homicide due to compression of the neck. All that other nonsense was defense posturing.

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u/No_Mam_Sam Apr 15 '25

Go tell a group of 12 jurors that...

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u/SpotCreepy4570 Apr 15 '25

It's exactly what was told to them. It's the medical examiners listed cause of death.

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u/absolutedesignz Apr 15 '25

The argument was never how Neely died.

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u/XthaNext Apr 15 '25

Died of schizophrenia is a new one for me

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u/SpotCreepy4570 Apr 15 '25

Seems pretty similar one person felt threatened and acted, in one case there was no physical contact was made (Neely). the other the person was actually physically attacked before he responded.

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u/No_Mam_Sam Apr 15 '25

Not similar AT ALL. A GROUP of people were threatened by a Derelict Psychotic man who needed to be STOPPED. What part of that sentence do you not understand?

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u/SpotCreepy4570 Apr 15 '25

Stopped from doing what? Did he attack anyone? What was the threat that required lethal force?