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Fear makes people, especially young people, react and do things they normally wouldn’t do. I don’t see Karmelo Anthony as a “punk”. I don’t see him as an instigator. He was attacked and he retaliated. Should he have had a knife at a track meet? Absolutely not! However, as a black individual he’s probably aware that an altercation can occur at any time simply because of the color of his skin. No, he should not have been sitting under that tent. Had he been asked to leave, perhaps he would have. Being told to leave in a threatening manner, probably instilled a sense of fear in him, that cause him to become irrational.

I haven’t kept up with this case so I’m probably not as knowledgeable as you. Just reviewing it and all of its ugliness just makes me wonder what really motivated Karmelo Anthony to act in such an irrational and heinous manner. He is guilty of stabbing Austin Metcalf. Whether his intent was to cause the death of Austin Metcalf or simply to defend himself, hasn’t actually been established in my opinion. Why did he have a knife at a school event? Why did he decide to sit in another team’s tent at a competition? These are the questions that can be speculated on but they haven’t been established as fact.

I hate that 2 families have been ruined. I hate that one young man is gone and another will spend years in prison where he’ll probably wish daily that he had never used that knife. It’s a shame!

In no way do I believe that people are defending him because of the color of his skin. I believe that the court and the court of public opinion has an obligation to be colorblind when it comes to human life and rights.

This has made the 2nd time Karmelo had a knife on him and had been banned from school events. He was asked to leave a tent that he had no business being at and refused to do so. He is not a victim but a thug. His parents can visit him and with good behavior he will get out, Austin's parents will have to visit their son at a cemetery.  I have no sympathies fir anyone who takes another one's life.