Tuesday, June 9, 2026

A Guilty Verdict

In Collin County, TX, a jury has found Karmelo Anthony guilty of fatally stabbing unarmed Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet. A Fox News story has details. 

Anthony is black, Metcalf was white, both were students. Anthony admitted the stabbing, claiming self-defense. I hope this verdict will not stir civil unrest.

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Collin County is adjacent to Dallas County, to the northeast. Post-retirement, the DrsC lived there for a year, before either Anthony or Metcalf were born. We were visiting on the faculty of what is now East Texas A&M University. It was a pleasant year.