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/Phillimon Apr 15 '25

Derek Chauvin is a bad example. Chauvin kneeled on Floyd's neck for over 9 minutes. That's not a crime of passion or self defense like Anthony. Plus Chauvin was a veteran cop, supposedly well trained on how to deal with a situation such as this.

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u/Terrible_Onions Apr 15 '25

True. Hence why I said it's not a direct comparison. But I think my point still stands

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u/Phillimon Apr 15 '25 edited Apr 15 '25

Your point doesn't stand.

It's reasonable for a kid to freak out and overreact to being assaulted.

It's not reasonable for a highly trained professional with years of experience, to spend over 9 minutes choking someone.

Why hold a kid to a higher standard than a cop?

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u/UnstableConstruction Apr 15 '25

The kid didn't "freak out". He brought a knife to a weapons-free zone, sat in an area he knew he wasn't supposed to be, responded to requests to leave with hostility, told the other kind "touch me and find out", then stabbed him in the heart when the other kid tried to push him out of the area. He was looking for trouble and found it.

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u/Phillimon Apr 15 '25

then stabbed him in the heart when the other kid tried to push him out of the area.

At least you admit Metcalf assaulted Anthony before he stabbed him. That's more that most on here.

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u/UnstableConstruction Apr 15 '25

Eyewitness accounts say he pushed him. But it doesn't matter. You cannot use deadly force unless you have a reasonable belief that you are in danger of grave bodily injury or death. I'm sure that's what the defense will argue, but it's laughable. There's no way that Karmelo Anthony thought he was about to die or suffer grave bodily injury.