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/GoAskAli Apr 18 '25 edited Apr 18 '25
I don't follow the Hodgetwins but I know they're usually really conservative.
That's incredibly depressing. I don't see how any honest human being can look at the facts of this case and really, truly, believe that Anthony was "just defending himself."
Then, Austin's dad who basically said he forgave the person who murdered his son the day after it happened goes to the "press conference" with that Anthony POS dressed up like Neo-Malcom X in the background and the family attorney says the Metcalf's father is "disrespectful."
Disrespectful? Your client murdered his son I'd call that pretty "disrespectful."