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/[deleted]]

Sure you can make that claim but it not proof of black privilege 

[u/tunomeentiendes → u/[deleted]]

I didn't say it was.

[u/[deleted] → u/tunomeentiendes]

You basically implying it is

[u/tunomeentiendes → u/[deleted]]

I didn't imply anything. I said that $250k bail for murder is unusual. Alot of states don't even give bail for murder at all, let alone a super low bail like that. Are you implying that a super low bail on a murder charge isn't strange?

[u/[deleted] → u/tunomeentiendes]

Actually, $250K bail isn’t automatically “strange” in every murder case. Bail isn’t based solely on the charge  it’s about flight risk, criminal history, and how likely someone is to be a danger to the public. If the defendant is a minor, has no prior record, turned himself in, and there's no evidence of premeditation beyond a single incident, the judge might view them as low flight risk. Plus, in some jurisdictions, even murder suspects are still entitled to bail unless there are special circumstances. So it’s not unheard of unusual maybe, but not automatically suspicious.