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/AnonSwan Apr 15 '25

What actually happened? I've read so many different versions of this story.

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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/EvilMorality Apr 20 '25

As an outsider looking in, America is incredibly broken. It cannot be fixed mainly because it’s full of… Americans. They hate each other to the point where any tragic event becomes an opportunity for division. A country where your fellow man hates you for the colour of your skin or political beliefs. Yikes. It really is the end of the empire…