There is big money and political power to be grifted from race baiting. It is reassuring to read that the Black community on X was rejecting the race baiting complex.
Thank God that the likes of race baiters Jackson & Sharpton are long gone from their disgraceful hustles. Somewhat surprised NObummer hasn’t weighed in. In another interesting development, I was listening to an interview of a reporter who had been covering the case. She said all of the Karmelo supporters outside the courthouse were black. I guess even the Ken & Karen libtards knew well enough to take a pass on bleating their white privilege outrage & apologies on this one.
I'm sad for the black grandparents that lived and fought through the horrors of the civil rights movement and now stare in shocked disbelief at these black teenagers who have no common sense or decency. If someone pushes you, push them back... heck give them a bloody nose... bite their finger... but murder??! Doesn't even make sense...
Huh? Not sure what you mean. Clearly, some people DO deserve to live with such a fate. Can you clarify? If I aid/abet/assist/commit a terrible crime that results in death, what is the argument that I shouldn't suffer for it for the rest of my life? The family of the killed young man certainly will.
Horsesh*t. Unless you're advocating for the death penalty, and not the mistake of thinking there aren't people who deserve severe punishment. Take your misplaced suicidal empathy and put it somewhere it will actually do good instead of perpetuating harm to innocents.
You’re right Jenna - nothing funny to write about here. Handled well nonetheless. Having sat through a weeklong course on self defense run by the esteemed Mas Ayoob and followed, among others, the Zimmerman and Rittenhouse trials with various criminal defense attorneys making informed commentary along the way, I’d like to think I have at least the weakest grasp of principles of self defense. While there was always a chance the trial would reveal facts not initially known, this turned out to be exactly what it looked like from the get go - murder. The part I was unaware of, because I get my news from the likes of Jenna, Don Surber and Jeff Childers (neither which I can recommend enough) and not the Enemedia, was the racial tension and animus this trial stirred up. I guess we, the people aren’t over the whole skin color yet. I’d like to thank Al Sharpton and especially B. Hussein Obama for their lasting contributions to race relations.
I think most people are over the fake race outrage. It’s the loud minority that continues the diatribe. And who’s their biggest audience? AWFULS. Most black people (and all people) save the AWFULS and the grifters are DONE.
I'd like to submit the names of Mr. Morgan Freeman and Mr. Denzel Washington and Dr. Thomas Sowell for Honorable Mention in the category. Anything any of they would like to tell me about "race relations," I will pull up a stool in front of to hear.
And Dr. Ben Carson? I knew when I hit "Send", I'd be leaving out greats. Can you imagine a "Let's Do This" tour of such a group of worthies inviting everyone to come hear a rational discussion of "the problem(s) of race"? Sold-out venues... No doubt "the actors" would demur in favor of others they thought better-credentialed to speak. Not to mention putting "reason" back in the spotlight.
I’m up the road from you in Spring Branch. Yes, we take great pride in the Crockett name around here, now sullied by the likes of that sorry excuse for a person. (It was just a little knife and he just stabbed him once. Who even thinks like that?!?!).
That is the comment that sent me over the edge too. It's okay to stab with a little knife? As in it's okay to commit a crime? From an actual legislator???? Should be expelled from Congress for justifying criminal behavior.
People who think like that should be presented with the opportunity to be stabbed, just once, by a little knife.
I'm reminded, again, of how much I hate-hate smug "teevee presenters" dismissing physical assaults with the throwaway line, "...the victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries." "Just once", I'd like to "see how those same presenters feel after being subjected to 'non-life-threatening injuries.'" #aswiftkickintheshin
The closest I came was, once, I saw a teevee reporter, maybe on youtube, insist on testing a bullet-proof vest in front of a law-enforcement officer, repeatedly saying he wanted to be shot on-camera by a .22-cal bullet at close range. The officer repeated "This is not a good idea." but, in hindsight, could have been more specific and more adamant. Finally, the reporter won, and the cameraman showed the officer pulling the trigger, followed immediately by a stream of mixed cursing and expressions of, severe, pain and much "hopping around" by the reporter. The officer appeared to take it well because when the camera cut back, I thought, I detected the faintest hint of a smile.
I keep hearing that it was a multi-tool which likely had a pliers to tighten or remove cleats. A knife is a tool or a weapon depending on its use. No excuse for what he did.
In most cities it is illegal to carry a knife on any school campus, especially one long enough to reach a human heart. By having his hand on the knife while it was in his backback, he was illegally carrying a concealed weapon on campus, and, he was prepared to use it from the start. Sounds like premeditated murder to me. He was already a criminal when he arrived at the school.
Grifters and liars made it about race, but watching the convict’s family makes me think it was always about race. Sorry to say, there are more black racists (as a percentage) than white racists in this country.
Remember when black people cheered after OJ was acquitted? The whitest black person ever
I think stories like this are going to create more white racists unfortunately
I was dumb enough to think we would be “post racial” after Obama was elected (I still didn’t vote for him…I don’t vote for Democrats). Obama made it worse unfortunately.
The aggression & unhinged insanity of the thought processes & words of the spittle-spewing Karmelo “protesters” outside the courthouse - esp towards the Metcalf family - was shocking. As if they hadn’t suffered enough & won’t continue to do so the rest of their lives. And then the nerve to appeal.
Little big man w/ the knife also trembled, cried & refused to look up during the victim impact statements, even when asked to do so by the father & twin brother. I predict “Karmela” in his prison future.
Until the media stops hyper sensationalizing a racial aspect of every story, we’re never going to move forward as a nation. JPeach is right - they only do it for money in their pocket. Meanwhile, a nation remains divided.
I assumed there was no father in KA’s life. Instead, he was not propped up on camera until after the verdict and sentencing. Actually, maybe he was and I just didn’t notice - work, College World Series, pregnant daughter, another son/DIL moving cross country, etc.
At least he had a father in his life. He may be a race-baiting, grifter or not. It was a shock to learn there was a father around. Progressives want progress and a communist state. We got one.
And my senses are so dulled by decades of race baiting black guilt that I don’t give a shit. I pray for the Metcalfs. I suspect I am not alone, your observations affirm that assumption.
Hope, eternal hope that a necessary corner has been turned.
SIDE NOTE. We want Jasmine on camera for sound bite entertainment, but a long way from power. Her kind of crazy is much more entertaining than that white guy who stole her senate opportunity and kicked her to the back of the bus. That’s the best kind of racism. Ironic racism where no one dies. But that’s just me.
There were several people posting daily trial testimony, so it was easy to see how the trial progressed against him. Jury back in 3 hours. When verdict read, KA's family, & supporters left, didn't even stay for the sentencing to support him.
They had to get back to that nice new house they bought using his GoFundMe money. Or maybe they have a new cruise planned and they had to go pack. You know the cruise that was funded by his GoFundMe.
There is big money and political power to be grifted from race baiting. It is reassuring to read that the Black community on X was rejecting the race baiting complex.
It appears some of them moved to Substack. Looks like an SPLC conference in places.
Agree. Conservative leaning black people are over it, thank God.
Thank God that the likes of race baiters Jackson & Sharpton are long gone from their disgraceful hustles. Somewhat surprised NObummer hasn’t weighed in. In another interesting development, I was listening to an interview of a reporter who had been covering the case. She said all of the Karmelo supporters outside the courthouse were black. I guess even the Ken & Karen libtards knew well enough to take a pass on bleating their white privilege outrage & apologies on this one.
I'm sad for the black grandparents that lived and fought through the horrors of the civil rights movement and now stare in shocked disbelief at these black teenagers who have no common sense or decency. If someone pushes you, push them back... heck give them a bloody nose... bite their finger... but murder??! Doesn't even make sense...
Agreed! And I bet the original feminists feel the same about what that movement has become - defending men in women’s private spaces, for example.
"Two families have been shattered. "
Karmelo's family deserves it. They taught their kid to be a criminal and a racist, and then cashed in on the fund-raising from other racists.
No one deserves to live with such a fate for the rest of their life
Huh? Not sure what you mean. Clearly, some people DO deserve to live with such a fate. Can you clarify? If I aid/abet/assist/commit a terrible crime that results in death, what is the argument that I shouldn't suffer for it for the rest of my life? The family of the killed young man certainly will.
I believe he was referring to the families involved and that is who I believe do not deserve such a fate. Sorry if my comment is ambiguous.
A lot of things in life are not deserved, but what's the alternative in this case? RELEASE the kid for the sake of "the families involved"???
Totally agree…you nailed it.
Wish I had worded it better
I got lucky!
Horsesh*t. Unless you're advocating for the death penalty, and not the mistake of thinking there aren't people who deserve severe punishment. Take your misplaced suicidal empathy and put it somewhere it will actually do good instead of perpetuating harm to innocents.
Sorry, I didn’t receive the appointment to judge such situations
A typical gutless response. Outsourcing your critical judgment skills to others so you never take responsibility. Why am I not surprised?
I don’t deal in hatred. It only causes harm in those perpetuate it.
I agree. The Metcalf family must live forever without any hope of seeing or speaking to their son this side of eternity.
You’re right Jenna - nothing funny to write about here. Handled well nonetheless. Having sat through a weeklong course on self defense run by the esteemed Mas Ayoob and followed, among others, the Zimmerman and Rittenhouse trials with various criminal defense attorneys making informed commentary along the way, I’d like to think I have at least the weakest grasp of principles of self defense. While there was always a chance the trial would reveal facts not initially known, this turned out to be exactly what it looked like from the get go - murder. The part I was unaware of, because I get my news from the likes of Jenna, Don Surber and Jeff Childers (neither which I can recommend enough) and not the Enemedia, was the racial tension and animus this trial stirred up. I guess we, the people aren’t over the whole skin color yet. I’d like to thank Al Sharpton and especially B. Hussein Obama for their lasting contributions to race relations.
I think most people are over the fake race outrage. It’s the loud minority that continues the diatribe. And who’s their biggest audience? AWFULS. Most black people (and all people) save the AWFULS and the grifters are DONE.
I'd like to submit the names of Mr. Morgan Freeman and Mr. Denzel Washington and Dr. Thomas Sowell for Honorable Mention in the category. Anything any of they would like to tell me about "race relations," I will pull up a stool in front of to hear.
Thomas Sowell, monumental intellect. Also Walter Williams.
And Dr. Ben Carson? I knew when I hit "Send", I'd be leaving out greats. Can you imagine a "Let's Do This" tour of such a group of worthies inviting everyone to come hear a rational discussion of "the problem(s) of race"? Sold-out venues... No doubt "the actors" would demur in favor of others they thought better-credentialed to speak. Not to mention putting "reason" back in the spotlight.
Yes, love Dr. Carson too! That would be amazing.
You may want to add a /s at the end of that last sentence. Not everyone has a sarcasm filter.
Jasmine Crockett has forever ruined my love for the name Jasmine. UGH.
My favorite cat’s name was Jasmine. She was way brighter and more charismatic than that reprehensible CONgress Critter. Good riddance.
Think of jasmine as the sweet smelling flower, instead of "Jazzy," the racist. She'll soon fade in the rear-view mirror.
"Davy," otoh, is still right up there. ;^)
I do love the name David. 💕
(ohhh, I didn't mean thaaattttt... <blushing> I meant "Davy Crockett." ohhh, you probably knewwww that... <looking for exit>)
King of the Wild Frontier! <checks calendar, still old>
Or as we modest folk who hail from God's Country modestly prefer "Hero of La Misión San Antonio de Valero! (the Alamo.)"
😂
Sadly, our Eclectus parrot's name is Jasmine.
Or even Crockett, which would have been a great name for my next male dog. Now it shall never be…
Nah, go ahead and name that next dog Crockett! It will certainly do much to improve the name after the damage caused by this Crockett!
And brings shame to the lauded Crockett name!
For sure, and I'm from San Antonio, how dare she.
I’m up the road from you in Spring Branch. Yes, we take great pride in the Crockett name around here, now sullied by the likes of that sorry excuse for a person. (It was just a little knife and he just stabbed him once. Who even thinks like that?!?!).
That is the comment that sent me over the edge too. It's okay to stab with a little knife? As in it's okay to commit a crime? From an actual legislator???? Should be expelled from Congress for justifying criminal behavior.
Most bullets are pretty small. Maybe that should factor in a murder charge?
If there was ever any question about her despicable character, this caps it! Does she never hear the words that come out of her mouth?
People who think like that should be presented with the opportunity to be stabbed, just once, by a little knife.
I'm reminded, again, of how much I hate-hate smug "teevee presenters" dismissing physical assaults with the throwaway line, "...the victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries." "Just once", I'd like to "see how those same presenters feel after being subjected to 'non-life-threatening injuries.'" #aswiftkickintheshin
The closest I came was, once, I saw a teevee reporter, maybe on youtube, insist on testing a bullet-proof vest in front of a law-enforcement officer, repeatedly saying he wanted to be shot on-camera by a .22-cal bullet at close range. The officer repeated "This is not a good idea." but, in hindsight, could have been more specific and more adamant. Finally, the reporter won, and the cameraman showed the officer pulling the trigger, followed immediately by a stream of mixed cursing and expressions of, severe, pain and much "hopping around" by the reporter. The officer appeared to take it well because when the camera cut back, I thought, I detected the faintest hint of a smile.
She IS cute, though. . . .
Why do you bring a knife to a track meet?
How many other athletes participating were carrying?
And going into other people's tents to steal stuff?
I keep hearing that it was a multi-tool which likely had a pliers to tighten or remove cleats. A knife is a tool or a weapon depending on its use. No excuse for what he did.
"(Karmelo or fill in name) could have been my son." - Hussein Obama
That man did so much harm to our country. I didn’t vote for him, but so many of my friends channeled their white guilt and helped him get elected.
In most cities it is illegal to carry a knife on any school campus, especially one long enough to reach a human heart. By having his hand on the knife while it was in his backback, he was illegally carrying a concealed weapon on campus, and, he was prepared to use it from the start. Sounds like premeditated murder to me. He was already a criminal when he arrived at the school.
Grifters and liars made it about race, but watching the convict’s family makes me think it was always about race. Sorry to say, there are more black racists (as a percentage) than white racists in this country.
Remember when black people cheered after OJ was acquitted? The whitest black person ever
I think stories like this are going to create more white racists unfortunately
I was dumb enough to think we would be “post racial” after Obama was elected (I still didn’t vote for him…I don’t vote for Democrats). Obama made it worse unfortunately.
BINGO.
The aggression & unhinged insanity of the thought processes & words of the spittle-spewing Karmelo “protesters” outside the courthouse - esp towards the Metcalf family - was shocking. As if they hadn’t suffered enough & won’t continue to do so the rest of their lives. And then the nerve to appeal.
Little big man w/ the knife also trembled, cried & refused to look up during the victim impact statements, even when asked to do so by the father & twin brother. I predict “Karmela” in his prison future.
Until the media stops hyper sensationalizing a racial aspect of every story, we’re never going to move forward as a nation. JPeach is right - they only do it for money in their pocket. Meanwhile, a nation remains divided.
LMPD shot and killed an unarmed white man a few weeks ago. The officer has been fired and will be charged. Did you hear about that?
LMPD?
I was kinda confused with the two poll choices - Murder and Justice. To me, that was the same answer? ICYMI?
I agree - I wanted to choose both.
Me too. Convicted of murder, Justice for the victim’s family.
Hope.
I assumed there was no father in KA’s life. Instead, he was not propped up on camera until after the verdict and sentencing. Actually, maybe he was and I just didn’t notice - work, College World Series, pregnant daughter, another son/DIL moving cross country, etc.
At least he had a father in his life. He may be a race-baiting, grifter or not. It was a shock to learn there was a father around. Progressives want progress and a communist state. We got one.
And my senses are so dulled by decades of race baiting black guilt that I don’t give a shit. I pray for the Metcalfs. I suspect I am not alone, your observations affirm that assumption.
Hope, eternal hope that a necessary corner has been turned.
SIDE NOTE. We want Jasmine on camera for sound bite entertainment, but a long way from power. Her kind of crazy is much more entertaining than that white guy who stole her senate opportunity and kicked her to the back of the bus. That’s the best kind of racism. Ironic racism where no one dies. But that’s just me.
Very well said. ;)
How on earth can he claim poverty, no way to defend himself, with a $650,000 GFM?
It looks like (*from media coverage, which I trust less than day-old shrimp cocktail) his family used the money for "personal use and basic living costs." https://www.nationalreview.com/news/family-of-convicted-killer-karmelo-anthony-pocketed-630k-in-donations-before-fundraisers-closure/
If I came into a windfall of $650,000, I'm pretty sure I'd have some left a year later to pay some legal fees. What a complete scam!
There were several people posting daily trial testimony, so it was easy to see how the trial progressed against him. Jury back in 3 hours. When verdict read, KA's family, & supporters left, didn't even stay for the sentencing to support him.
They had to get back to that nice new house they bought using his GoFundMe money. Or maybe they have a new cruise planned and they had to go pack. You know the cruise that was funded by his GoFundMe.
Well, I guess somebody has got to get out there and get busy spending that GoFundMe cash. It isn’t going to spend itself.
"there’s nothing even remotely funny about a teenager ending up dead or another one spending decades in prison."
I absolutely agree, but the Babylon Bee may beg to differ.
Yep. The Bee is all over it.
https://babylonbee.com/news/obama-says-if-he-had-a-son-who-stabbed-someone-in-the-heart-with-a-knife-he-would-look-just-like-karmelo-anthony
https://babylonbee.com/news/karmelo-kicking-himself-for-not-converting-to-islam-and-stabbing-someone-in-the-uk-instead
https://babylonbee.com/news/nation-shocked-as-jury-rules-you-cannot-stab-someone-in-the-heart-for-no-reason-at-all
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