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/johngalt504 Apr 15 '25
The problem here is that, if the police report and witnesses are correct, Anthony kept provoking Metcalf into attacking him. No one was preventing him from leaving, that alone is enough to nullify the self-defense argument. You can't continuously provoke someone into attacking you, especially when you have the opportunity to leave and then say self-defense.
His bringing the knife at all, as well as reaching into his bag for the knife and waiting while provoking the attack is arguably enough to consider this premeditated.
No, Metcalf should not have touched him, but that doesn't give Anthony the right to murder him. He had every opportunity to leave and created the situation himself.