Texas Rep. Crockett Says Race ‘Absolutely’ Played A Role In Karmelo Anthony’s Stabbing Conviction
Crockett said the knife did not seem deadly and suggested she would have reacted similarly, drawing anger after Anthony’s 35-year sentence.
- Texas Representative Jasmine Crockett faces criticism for recent podcast remarks questioning the lethality of the weapon used to murder student Austin Metcalf and suggesting she might have acted similarly to convicted killer Karmelo Anthony.
- Anthony murdered Metcalf last year during a high school track meet in Frisco, Texas, after Metcalf asked Anthony to leave a team tent and Anthony refused, fatally stabbing the teen with a knife.
- Officials described the weapon as a five-inch pocket knife that pierced Metcalf's heart, though Metcalf weighed 200 pounds and stood 6 feet tall—contradicting Crockett's claim about a 300-pound man beating Anthony.
- On Tuesday, a Collin County jury found Anthony guilty of first-degree murder, sentencing him to 35 years in prison while Metcalf's family delivered victim impact statements expressing their loss.
- Crockett's comments angered those familiar with the case after she suggested the weapon resembled a 'Swiss Army-style' tool, leading critics to argue she downplayed the murder's severity by speculating about the killer's self-defense claims.
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Crockett takes her murder excuse-making campaign to dangerous and despicable new low
Outgoing Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett is doubling down on incendiary remarks she made following the sentencing of killer Karmelo Anthony. High school football player Austin Metcalf was viciously stabbed in the heart in a dispute over seating turf inside a Memorial High School tent, where Anthony wasn’t supposed to be. Austin’s twin brother, Hunter, was part of the argument, witnessed the senseless stabbing, and held his beloved brother as he died…
Crockett takes her murder excuse-making campaign to dangerous and despicable new low · American Wire News
Outgoing Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett is doubling down on incendiary remarks she made following the sentencing of killer Karmelo Anthony. High school football player Austin Metcalf was viciously stabbed in the heart in a dispute over seating turf inside a Memorial High School tent, where Anthony wasn’t supposed to be. Austin’s twin brother, Hunter, was part of the argument, witnessed the senseless stabbing, and held his beloved brother as he died…
'So It Was Small': Democrat Rep Jasmine Crockett Downplays Size of Knife Used in Killing Austin Metcalf
Jasmine Crockett is facing criticism over her recent comments about Austin Metcalf's murder. The Democratic representative downplayed the size of the pocket knife used to stab the teen athlete and suggested that she would have acted similarly if she were in Karmelo Anthony's position. Crockett's statements angered those familiar with key details about Metcalf's death. This week, Anthony was formally charged with Metcalf's murder and sentenced to…
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