Racial Tensions Rise As Trial For Black Teen Accused Of Murdering White Teen Gets Underway

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🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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We’re following day one of the Karmelo Anthony trial, the teen accused of killing another teen after a scuffle before a track meet. There has been outrage that an all white jury was seated to decide Anthony’s fate. Anthony is black while the victim, 17-year-old Austin Metcalf is white. Today we heard opening arguments and the first witness, as protests erupt outside the courthouse.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.3	Guaranteed Human.
0:05.9	Hey there, folks.
0:07.0	It is Thursday, June 4th.
0:09.1	And the trial for a black teen who killed a white teen is officially underway in Texas.
0:19.1	There are demonstrations outside. There's increased security around the
0:24.2	courthouse as people await the fate of Carmelo Anthony. With that, welcome to this episode of
0:30.8	Amy and T.J. Roeb's story has been making national headlines.
0:40.1	Everything to do about race.
0:42.6	The jury got selected.
0:44.2	And, oh boy.
0:48.5	Yeah, this was actually the absolute worst case scenario.
0:49.2	Yeah, that's good.
0:49.4	Yeah.
0:52.8	Because we were even talking about this before jury selection. So we revisited the case and race was always
0:56.8	a central division in this Dallas suburb, this community. And even though the actual crime
1:04.3	itself, no one's actually saying overtly, I haven't heard it yet that there was any
1:09.6	race-fueled hatred or anything to do with
1:12.4	race with the actual killing.
1:14.6	The crime was not about race.
1:17.1	Correct.
1:17.4	Okay.
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