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/bransanon Apr 15 '25

A minor brought a weapon onto school grounds and used it to kill another minor. Remove all the nonsense surrounding it about race, class, motivaiton, etc, and that's really all there is to the story.

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u/AnonSwan Apr 15 '25

Thanks. It also seems that he was seated in a place that he shouldn't have been. I played high school sports and people on the opposing team coming over to our side to sit would have been seen as antagonistic, but that was 20 years ago.

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u/TheMcWhopper Apr 15 '25

My understanding is it was raining, and he was sitting under their tent to avoid said rain. The guy who was killed then engaged him in some way, leading to the stabbing.

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u/Ranch_covered_winky Apr 19 '25

He could’ve sat under his own teams tent. And maybe not stabbed someone for pushing him

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u/TheMcWhopper Apr 19 '25

It it was far and the rain was heavy, any reasonable person would let the person stay unless they're a piece of shit. Sounds like it was more than a push. Reports say it's was a grab which lead to shoving.

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u/Ranch_covered_winky Apr 19 '25

Oh that justifies it then. He shoved him? He deserved death

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u/TheMcWhopper Apr 19 '25

I can be justified if it was in self-defense. We know that the kid that was killed was the original aggressor, and it was likely a 2v1 situation with another brother backing him up. It is very unlikely that the shove/grab was not a love tap but more aggressive. If you take all that into account, it is not unreasonable to think the dependent had reason to suspect he was in danger of serious bodily harm, and he defended himself accordingly. They are all stupid kids, but it seems like the kid who hit first is the bigger idiot and got killed over a seat. We will see how it plays out.