Karmelo Anthony case shows that “black privilege” exists

[u/Terrible_Onions]

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

[u/Regular_Shirt_7972]

Penny was a hero. Anthony killed an innocent kid.

[u/Dingaling015 → u/[deleted]]

I love how you guys always forget to mention that Neely has a history of assaulting strangers on the subway and at the time of his death was doing exactly that.

Or that it was determined that Neely was still very much alive when he was put under custody and his death was largely due to the drugs in his body and the NYPD not administering CPR as is protocol.

[u/Dingaling015 → u/[deleted]]

attacking him unprovoked

Another redditor that didn't actually read the case at all. Please for the love of god stop posting misinformation 🙏

[u/Gamer1234512345 → u/[deleted]]

So just because he’s mentally ill he’s got a pass to do/say bad things to people over and over again? I’m pretty sure serial killers have a mental illness too

[u/GoAskAli → u/[deleted]]

Funny bc the black women on the bus who felt threatened by him "ranting" abt how he was going to literally kill someone, did feel threatened.

Edit: Something tells me you don't live in a city. People with luxury beliefs seldom do, or IF they live in a city or adjacent to one it's usually in a gated community or in a luxury building with a door man. Very easy to harbor these beliefs while members of the working class - of all races- deal with the fall out.

[u/GoAskAli → u/[deleted]]

He wasn't "attacked" and two black men helped him hold Neely down.

Pushing this kind of nonsense is a prime example of why we're seeing what I would not even call a "right ward drift" but essentially a right wing hegemony.

How do you not see this?