Liberty Laughs

All-white jury selected in Karmelo Anthony murder trial. Karmelo is accused of stabbing Austin Metcalf to death at a high school track meet. He faces a sentence of 5 to 99 years or life in prison if convicted of first-degree murder

Karmelo Anthony Trial Update: For the past year, Karmelo Anthony supporters have claimed that Frisco ISD security footage shows Karmelo being “attacked by four boys” and proves he was acting in self-defense. That video has now been played in open court. And many of those supporters are about to get a harsh reality check. The footage barely shows anything. It does not show Karmelo being attacked. It does not clearly depict the events that so many people have confidently claimed it does. For an entire year, supporters repeated a narrative based largely on descriptions provided by the family’s advocate, Tiffney Billions. Now the jury and the public have seen the actual footage for themselves. According to Mary Ann from the Daily Mail, the video was heavily zoomed in, making it extremely grainy. The faces of the individuals involved are not visible. At most, the footage appears to show one person pushing another person under the tent. The video also shows that Karmelo Anthony and Austin Metcalf were under the tent together for approximately four minutes before the stabbing occurred. In short, the security footage does not provide the clear visual proof of self-defense that Karmelo supporters have been claiming existed for the past year.