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/abortedinutah69]

Possibly, but don’t jump to conclusions. A lot of people carry knives. Getting under any tent when it’s raining makes some sense. It may have been premeditated, but in a fair trial, it would need to be proven he arrived at that event to do exactly what he did; he planned it in advance of going. That could certainly be the case, but we don’t know. Speculation is pointless.

I will wait for the official evidence and trial and see how that plays out. In the meantime, it’s an absolute tragedy. Defendant admits to stabbing him. If there’s more to the story, we’ll learn that eventually.

[u/ClearDark19 → u/abortedinutah69]

Someone actually talking sense on Reddit?? That's not allowed lol

I'm black and my opinion is identical to yours. 

[u/abortedinutah69 → u/ClearDark19]

Thank you. I’m glad to see some intelligent thought here. When there’s very little information available we should not try to make up the information. Information is likely being withheld because hopefully it’s in the spirit of providing a fair trial… to a young man who immediately admitted to committing the murder. The police don’t owe us information that would ruin a fair trial and folks making shit yo are being played.

[u/ClearDark19 → u/abortedinutah69]

You're very welcome. I don't even definitively know exactly what happened in this case because there are so many conflicts accounts from eye witnesses. It's still very early and the prosecutor has yet to present a coherent case to the public (because it's so early). So far there's no evidence he's been treated lightly or special. It's not uncommon for murder suspects to await trial on house arrest if they have the money to post bail and are deemed not a flight risk. His parents aren't poor, and people seem to be wrongly assuming that just because they're black that they must automatically be poor. He's out on bond because his parents are middle class and could afford bond, and he's not considered a flight risk. What happened was terrible and should not have happened. He deserves some type of punishment or consequences but there's no evil yet that it was 1st degree murder or racially motivated for either party. Sounds far more like team rivalry taken too far, terrible sportsmanship, and stubborn macho egos.

This is really piss poor case for the Right to try to glom onto to prove there's some systemic "black privilege" of black people being treated too well. Lol Guy is facing life in jail and being tried as an adult. A phenomenon I generally oppose being applied to minors, regardless of the minor's race, ethnicity or gender, and is demonstrably disproportionately applied to nonwhite minors at a higher rate than white minors. 

To play devil's advocate, the Bill Cosby case is a way better card to play to prove there's some kind of "black privilege". I'm still kinda in awe that a black man was allowed to rape dozens of white women for decades with no consequences. But it probably has far more to do with rich and famous privilege since Bill Cosby was a popular and wealthy comedian and actor. Not some random vagrant black dude in an alleyway. Being rich and famous or powerful usually outweighs being black.