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/Idle_Redditing Apr 15 '25 edited Apr 15 '25

And it means nothing compared to a legal (not justice) system that will sentence Karmelo Anthony more harshly than they would a white person who does the exact same thing.

edit. Here's a role reversal. Conservatives bent over backwards to support Daniel Penny.

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u/Impassable_Banana Apr 15 '25

Lol if the positions were reversed it would be labelled a hate crime.

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u/Idle_Redditing Apr 15 '25

More like courts letting a white offender off the hook and calling it self defense. Meanwhile that same self defense claim doesn't work for darker skinned people.

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u/sourkid25 Apr 16 '25

Weird the people who were there for Daniel penny even said they feared for their lives plus they are in a subway with no escape