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Let’s Talk About Karmelo Anthony

Amala Ekpunobi

Amala Ekpunobi

Education

4.22.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

With his murder trial underway Karmelo Anthony is back in the news as the nation waits to see if he will be convicted of murder in the killing of Austin Metcalf. Let’s talk about it.

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0:00.0

Hi, everybody, and welcome to the show.

0:02.5

Happy Friday, although not so happy subject we're going to be talking about today.

0:06.7

We're going to be revisiting the Carmelo Anthony case.

0:10.7

He is now being tried for first-degree murder in the killing of Austin Metcalf, a 17-year-old.

0:17.4

And now his trial has begun, and it started a whole bunch of turmoil all over the place.

0:23.0

Big debates happening nationwide. There's a group of people who are defending this guy saying

0:28.4

that he acted in self-defense. Once we go through the facts of this case, I am of the opinion that he

0:35.0

did not. And I think he's going to be found guilty, although we'll see with everything that's happening in this case so far.

0:42.5

So that's what we're going to be talking about today, the racial tensions that have been sparked by this case, although these racial tensions have been around for a long time.

0:50.1

I think people are just maybe using this as an excuse to espouse their particular beliefs on the given

0:58.0

subject. Before we get into all of that, of course, we've got Taylor in Nashville. Oh, hey, happy to be here.

1:05.8

We used to do, you know, fun Fridays. This is not a fun Friday topic. Maybe we'll get back to that

1:09.9

eventually, but it's an important one. So here we are. Let's get into it. Yeah. Okay. We're going to start off by getting into this case at a Fox News clip where we sort of lay the groundwork for what's taken place here. And I'm going to walk you through the details associated with this case. I'm going to get you into some of the responses. There are protesters right now

1:27.6

outside the court who are there in support of Carmelo Anthony saying that he is innocent,

1:34.6

at the very least, not guilty, that he acted in self-defense. Hundreds of thousands of dollars

1:40.6

have been raised for this guy and continue to be raised in the wake of this current

1:47.9

trial taking place. So let's get into this Fox News clip and see where we're at with everything.

1:52.9

So now to Texas where the murder trial of Carmelo Anthony is now underway, and the jury is hearing

1:59.1

two very different versions of the moments leading up to the deadly stabbing of Austin Medcalf at a high school track meet last year.

2:06.6

Brooke Taylor watching that trial. She is live in Dallas. Brooke hello.

2:12.1

Hi, Bill. Well, both sides have now laid out their cases. So the defense arguing that this is a case of self-defense.

2:18.9

Prosecutors calling it unjustified murder. So Carmelo Anthony is charged with murdering 17-year-old

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