The View Tries to Justify Karmelo Anthony Stabbing… It Backfires

So the view just responded regarding the Carmelo Anthony case, and they're actually justifying kids stabbing kids at track meets. Now there's new footage that has been released of the moments after high schooler Carmelo Anthony fatally stabbed Austin Metcalf at a Texas track meet in April of 2025. Take a look. He put his hands on me. I told him not to. He put his hands on me. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison, which he's appealing. The case has a lot of people divided. Some people believe that race was a factor in the trial because there were no black jurors. All the three black jurors that were there were educators, and they were released. They were struck for that. And some folks think, no, no, he got a fair trial. But is this a jury of his peers? I don't think so. And this has been an issue for such a long time in the judicial system where prosecutors use what are called bats and challenges. Explain what that is. It's a challenge that is used to strike a juror, generally a juror of color for a race neutral reason. Because you're not supposed to, you're supposed to have a jury of your peers and you're not. Well, they had a couple of black jurors, but they said that they can't be objective. Yeah, they can't convict somebody that young. Yeah, I can't convict somebody that's black. Supposed to just strike someone because they're black. And in this case, they gave the reasoning that they're educators and this happened, that these were high school students and this happened at a school track meet. So they couldn't be impartial because of that. I don't think that's an appropriate reason. They might be the best ones. If someone is telling you they can't be impartial, they cannot serve on a jury. You're trying to give them a pass simply for the fact because they're black. I don't think it's an appropriate reason to strike black jurors, especially when it's a young black teenager. Well, personally, I think it's a great reason. The only time you should have black jurors when it's an all black case. Your only time, the only time. On trial, and especially when that particular area is made up of 10% of an African American community. So I don't think he got a jury of his peers. So I think on appeal, there is a legitimate thing. If you were to put four black jurors on that case, best outcome would have been a hung jury. Only thing they were going to do is delay the justice for Austin Metcalf and his family. And besides, the jury of his peers is 12 convicted black felons. Exactly. Because there seems to be two systems of justice at play in this country. And there have been for a very long time. I was part of the system. So I understand that. And I believe that to be true. In this case, this young man, you heard him say he put his hands on me and I told him not to. That's called a disproportionate amount of force. The kid that died and I have so much empathy for him and his family's loss. No, you don't. That kid was 200 pounds. This kid was 130 pounds. And so, and the other kid. So leave like they asked you to. If you're scared and you feel like your life's in danger, just leave. Takes brains to do that, I guess. Yeah. It was also taller than he is. He was the only black kid under the tent. And he, this, the, the, the victim here had his. There was multiple black witnesses. I don't know what she's talking about. Yeah. She exposed in herself. She's standing up for Carmelo because he's black. When brother with him, who was also a very large person. If that, if you don't fear for your life, if you weigh 130 pounds, I weigh. Come on, let's get real. He was in fear of his life at a track meet in broad daylight at a high school event. Hundreds of witnesses, teachers, there's police officers there. He was in fear of his life. Two white boys, just going to beat them to death in front of everybody. They're gaslighting everybody. Nobody believes that. 30 pounds facing somebody that's 200 pounds. I would be terrified of that. I don't understand why self-defense was rejected by this jury. I agree with it because it makes absolutely no sense. A lot of what you're saying, especially the jury representation, that's what stood out to me. And we know there's plenty of evidence that they're sentencing disparity with people of color. The one thing to me though, is what is a good, what is the fair sentence when you take a life? And this is what I'm struggling with, because this is a tragedy across the board. A 17 year old is dead. A 17 year old is going to likely spend 35 years in jail. He has had, he could appeal at 17. What would you, I'd be curious what you think, because I wrestle with it. If it was, God forbid anyone in my life, I would think 30 years seems about right. If they said life, I'd say that's too long for a 17 year old. He could be rehabilitated. You can't rehabilitate someone with no conscience. Actually, I think he deserves an electric chair. Fry his ass. I think 35 years, if there is no self-defense claim, which is an absolute claim to this crime, absolute defense, I think that would be appropriate. But if you look at other cases, there was the other case where there was a young black man, young black kid who was chased by Rick Chow, a store owner, accused of holding, of taking water bottles, which he didn't take. That case has no merits on this particular case that you ladies are discussing. Yeah. Totally different case. It's not even relevant. Different circumstances, different state, different jury. Has nothing to do with what Carmelo Anthony did. Yeah. Which is go to a track meet with a knife and stab a kid. Yeah. Stick to the merits of this case. When you compare apples to oranges, you're just going to get a idiotic response. I mean, just this case alone, y'all make absolutely no sense, but she's bringing that into this case because the other kid was black. Yeah. It's all, this is all about race. If that kid was white, if both kids were white or both kids was black, we wouldn't even be talking about it, man. If both kids was white, this wouldn't have happened. Great point. The four water bottles. He was, he chased that young boy 130 yards, which is half of a football field and shot him in the back claiming self-defense. And you know where he is right now? He's at home with his family because he was found not guilty. Yeah. And there's a lot of cases like that. If that is self-defense, if that is self-defense, I don't understand why this isn't. You know what's crazy? The George Floyd case, the only reason why that police officer is in jail right now is because he's white. That exact same scenario happened to a guy in Texas. I think his last name was Tipper. He was laying on his chest. The police officers were white. I think one of them was a person of color. Those police officers are free. It's the exact same scenario that went down with George Floyd. But the only reason why we talk about George Floyd is because he's black. That's that two tier justice system y'all keep talking about. I don't think we should then say, so then the system should fail. They're very similar self-defense. I had a question. There's nothing similar about those two cases. I think she's an attorney, right? Yeah. Being attorney, a licensed attorney, you passed the bar exam. How can you be so stupid as to say these two cases are the exact same? That's not even a similarity. I was wondering why the self-defense claim didn't work. And I had read that it said you have to use the same amount of force that was brought against you. So if someone pushes you. Exactly. Explain that to Sonny Halston. And you push them back. That's self-defense. That's not the standard because it's not only use, but attempted use. Well, no, that's what I'm asking. So if you felt your life was in danger and you felt he was going to do more than just push you and you weigh 130 pounds and you're outweighed by 70 pounds, you can't use lethal force. When I looked at this case, though, which to me is just sad every which way. There's two families that are destroyed. Austin Metcalf lost his life. Carmelo Anthony is going to spend at least 17 years in jail. So this is just tragic. But my question is, how did this get to this point and where the hell were the adults? Yeah. Who the hell would have thought the adults, the teachers, the staff, who thinks a student is going to get a stab at a track meet? It's not the adults fault. It's Carmelo's. Yeah. His parents failed him royally. He's a 17 year old. I mean, but what I understand is, you know, it is normal for runners to, you know, go on my kids, you know, runners that, you know, always do that. And so there was some there was some conversation that he was told to leave and he what he was saying. He had been invited under the tent by a friend. Yes. He had been invited. One last thing. I know we're playing the music, but Metcalf, Austin Metcalf, the victim, the deceased, his father went on a podcast and listen to it for yourself. But he called Carmelo Anthony a racial slur. And he also said that the reason that black people weren't on the jury is because black people are unable to hold bias from the trial because they don't know their own fathers have a bunch of baby mamas running around living off of government assistance. So that is the thing. That's the Wow. Holy took that man out of context. He was being sarcastic. He was making jokes. Yeah, but he wasn't being serious at all. But he was also speaking facts because that is a problem in the black community. Yeah. Yeah. And y'all did bring up an interesting point. Yeah. It's common for kids to sit on the tents, but it is not common to stab another kid after being told to leave. Hey, everybody, if you support what we do, don't forget how you can support the right now. We're giving away a Jeep Gladiator, $10,000, cold, hard cash. Get in the wind. Any purchase you make gets you automatically into the wind. Yeah.