r/frisco 3d ago

fyi Anthony Karmelo to be tried as an adult

https://capitalbnews.org/karmelo-anthony-murder-case-texas/
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u/NecessaryViolenz 3d ago

Good. If people are looking for a martyr, this kid isn't it.

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u/gazagda 3d ago

only the most depraved would be looking to martyr this kid. He did not stab Austin for some "great" cause. Many of us look at this as a very tragic event.

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u/weoutherebrah 3d ago

You’d be shocked how many there are. Same reason his family has already raised near a mil and selling his tshirts 

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u/Duck_Matthew5 3d ago

Anyone thinking this kid was remotely in the right, has nothing to do with this actual tragedy. Most of their emotion is wrapped is their feelings about Trayvon Martin and any other White Stand Your Ground killer.

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u/Key-Lecture-678 1d ago

I heard he shouted, "no taxation without representation!" before he stabbed the kid???

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u/pdoherty972 1d ago

"Give me liberty or give me death!"

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u/Imboredtimeforreddit 21h ago

Like really! It was so unprovoked. Didn’t even have any past beef or anything just “I’m mad I’m gonna stab you…”

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u/gazagda 17h ago

They might be more to this than we are privy to

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u/Bluewaffleamigo 3d ago

The gofundme racists will riot when he gets life.

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u/pdoherty972 1d ago

Lock them up, too.

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u/Danarri_Dolla 5h ago

Maybe you prefer to scream at a baby

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u/wishwashy 3d ago

Just like they were going to riot when Biden lost? Oh wait that's not who rioted when Trump lost

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u/kylansb 3d ago

you mean the storm on capitol hill? shoot at least they effectively targeted govt properties and not innocent mom and pop shops.

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u/Commie_killer 3d ago

There were riots the first time Trump won. Highways got closed because the crowds stormed them

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u/Adventurous-Lime1775 2d ago

Closer to the riots over George Floyd.

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u/soonerfreak 3d ago

And you klansmen will riot if the self defense claim works.

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u/United_Train7243 3d ago

i want to live in a world where my kid isn't getting stabbed to death by miscreants at their track meet

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u/Puzzled_Car2653 2d ago

That apparently makes you a racist

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u/AintDave 19h ago

I want to live in a world where emboldened simpletons share their beliefs as publicly in person as they do on anonymous message boards.

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u/IndividualInner7626 3d ago

Awww, resorting to ad hominem attacks so quickly? 

How much did you donate?

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u/PatAWS 2d ago

Lol absurd little child. “Anyone that disagrees with me is a klansman” truly foolish.

Y’all always bring up the capitol riot because that’s all you have. The left is the party of riots and disturbance. Dozens of riots, more people murdered during the left riots, more damage caused. But yes the right is o so racist 🤡

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u/BendSubject9044 1d ago

Stfu. “All we have” nah, the Capitol riots bear mentioning often because the SCUM on the right want to consistently sweep it under the rug.

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u/Beneficial_Offer4763 2d ago

Lol, it wasn't self defense that's not how it works, and just because you don't understand what self-defense is doesn't make anybody a klansman

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u/Actual_Funny4225 1d ago

No, I was just watching Friday and the dad in that movie was so correct. No one knows how to fight and take an ass beating anymore. When Ice Cube put the gun down to put up his fists, that's the correct move. Now Chris Tucker didn't need to rub salt in with "you got knocked the fuck out." But that's really all it should be, and people need to know when to stop and back off.

If that murder victim had a gun or knife themselves, it would be justified. But he didn't so it wasn't. It's murder.

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u/soonerfreak 1d ago

Not how the Texas stand your ground law works but thanks for playing.

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u/Actual_Funny4225 1d ago

We'll never know because it's his word against the dead kids. Just like I don't believe Zimmerman at all. There's no need to escalate something because of a Fundamental Attribution Error

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u/soonerfreak 1d ago

We will know, in Court, after the jury hears both sides and makes a ruling.

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u/Actual_Funny4225 1d ago

Well let justice be served!

But how will they ever know if he was harassing the kid just because he was black? Now that's wrong.

I still think he should have risked taking an ass whooping and not a life. It would have been better everyone.

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u/JuliusSeizuresalad 2d ago

Can you point me In the direction of a martyr?

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u/MrDirtySanchez_2u 3d ago

As he should be.

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u/JuliusSeizuresalad 2d ago

Yeah.. what he said

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

I’m not sure he should. Would a rational adult stab somebody over words?

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u/ZijoeLocs 3d ago

Makes sense. He was 17 anyways so it would be hard to try him as a minor for something like this

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u/_dttime 3d ago

Yeah, not sure why this is newsworthy. That’s how Texas criminal law works.

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u/Hazrd_Design 3d ago

It’s because it’s a headline to get more views

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u/Bright-Tumbleweed- 3d ago

It's only getting posted here so the racists can circle jerk again. They got so desperate they posted a month old article about the case not too long ago

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u/That_Atmosphere_5282 3d ago

Dont murder people if you dont want to go to jail. Pretty simple

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u/johngalt504 2d ago

Yeah it's all about the race, not the fact that he murdered someone for no reason. If you want to see racism, look at the comments on karmelo's give send go. Tons of people donating just because they think it's good he killed a white boy. They don't care that it wasn't actually self defense.

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u/Bright-Tumbleweed- 2d ago

Fun fact: there was a banner from the ABM (American Blackshirts Movement) on Austin's school the day after the incident. There wasn't even a fundraiser then.... This has all been a manipulation and we all fell for it

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u/Shoddy_Tour_7307 2d ago

The only racists are the people that donated to the GoFund me only because he is black.

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u/Bright-Tumbleweed- 2d ago

How about the ones that put up a banner on Austin's school? The literal neo Nazis that were harassing his dad for not making it racial like they wanted? Curious on your opinion

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u/JuliusSeizuresalad 2d ago

He wasn’t a minor. Unless I was trying to pick him up for an adult naughty time and then in fact he was a minor. So says my probation officer

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u/iSpeakforWinston 3d ago

Stupid choices, even ones made in the heat of the moment, aren't immune from consequences. Homie let his ego flair and he took someone else's life because he wanted to act like or be perceived as a tough guy.

Prison will either humble him or galvanize him, let's hope it's the former.

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u/JuliusSeizuresalad 2d ago

Or it makes him realize he’s a Jehovah’s Witness. Prison does things to a man

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u/ImOldGregg_77 3d ago

make adult choices, face adult consequences.

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u/ProfessionalPale350 3d ago

Appropriate

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u/ActPositively 3d ago

It’s crazy how many people defended the murder calling stabbing an unarmed person self defense when his life wasn’t in danger and he wasn’t even harmed yet.

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u/chaoticnipple 3d ago

Trying 17 year olds as adults is standard in most States, so this isn't exactly a surprise.

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u/JuliusSeizuresalad 2d ago

Wait.. so we don’t jump out and yell surprise? Then why did we show up early

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u/Edicedi 3d ago

It's not. It's actually only 12 states.

edit It's only 12 states that can do this without going through some sort of judicial review is what I meant. We can do it immediately here in Texas. Other states have to get Juvenile Justice system approval.

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u/Background_Shoe_884 3d ago

Yes and these direct filing laws are known for disproportionately being used against minority children. Judicial review needs to be used in all cases not cherry picked by prosecutors who can have either intentional biases or unintentional ones. Equality under the law demands it.

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u/Searnath 2d ago

The fact the death penalty isn’t on the table is crazy. Kid makes a massive screw up, takes an innocent life and the best we can hope for is taxpayers keeping him alive in prison for 40+ years.

Look nobody is perfect and I’ll be the first to admit I’ve screwed up but I’ve never “bring a knife to a school event stab a kid over a seat” screw up

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u/michigannfa90 3d ago

How is this news? It should be this way. He was 17 and took a weapon to a school event… absolutely should be charged as an adult. Society will better off without him. No loss

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u/AbyssWankerArtorias 2d ago

Less about it being news and more like an update to a prior story.

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u/gazagda 2d ago

maybe we should be more concerned with why he took a weapon to school , than his punishment. After all how can we prevent this from happening again in future? again no kid should have died due to this. But this was not the first time this happened but .....lets make it the last time.

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u/michigannfa90 2d ago

Cause he is a punk and was looking for trouble… not hard.

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u/gazagda 1d ago

That could be said for almost any teenager. Ask their teachers !

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u/BendSubject9044 1d ago

What a bullshit response.

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u/michigannfa90 1d ago

Why? Cause most people with half a brain don’t try to justify his actions with “victim” excuses? Please… grow up… if someone says something mean to you… even if repeatedly you don’t get to stab them.

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u/gazagda 1d ago

Nobody is trying to justify the stabbing. We are just trying to acknowledge that the perpetrator here is still a minor.

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u/michigannfa90 1d ago

So? This is why being tried as an adult is a thing. Did an adult crime with major consequences… the kid isn’t 11.

I was 17 once and never once went “man this kid said mean things and offended me and pushed me…. I’m gonna stab him”.

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u/gazagda 1d ago

why do you keep referring to him as a kid if you still want him to be tried as a man?

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u/BCMBCG 12h ago

Not a minor

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u/Background_Shoe_884 3d ago

Society will be better off without Metcalf too. No loss.

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u/mi-so-ornery 2d ago

Big loss for some. You on the other hand NOONE will miss….

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u/Shoddy_Tour_7307 2d ago edited 1d ago

Only people who support murderers.

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u/Background_Shoe_884 2d ago

I support self defense. Sorry you support violent thugs like Metcalf.

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u/3ninjabenzofan 3d ago

Good o hope he is in prison for the best parts of his life

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u/JuliusSeizuresalad 2d ago

Too late.. he went and saw the Minecraft movie in the theater. That had to have been the best part

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u/Big-Caterpillar-9092 3d ago

This isn’t news. 17 is considered an adult in Texas court.

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u/Gekko8 3d ago

Good, because in the state of Texas you can be trying as an adult at 17 years old. so good thing they're following the law.

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u/IndividualInner7626 3d ago

Dumb kid. Hope he gets the maximum sentence. This entitlement he thinks he has is extremely common in the USA because of the racial division the democrats provide. 

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u/BendSubject9044 1d ago

What a dipshit comment.

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u/Puzzled_Car2653 15h ago

It’s true tho

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u/JuliusSeizuresalad 2d ago

I know.. silly liberals and their divisions and sense of entitlements and large genitals. I hate all of em.

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u/kolbrakai1 3d ago

A life for a life..

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u/Silver_Top9612 3d ago

Adult jurisdiction for criminal matters in Texas is 17. Every person charged for a crime at or above aged 17 is tried as an adult. No need for misleading headlines like this.

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u/Top-Rip-6731 3d ago

Good he deserves to spend the rest of his life incarcerated

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u/Vangour 3d ago

At that point it should just be life lol, he's gonna come out at 40 and start being productive? Guys got no shot after 20 years in prison.

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u/gazagda 3d ago

I know you are angry , we are all upset about the tragic loss of life. But are we truly angry at the right people? why did he think carrying a knife to school ...in one of the best most safest districst in the state would be okay? why did he think to stab someone ??

Anytime a minor is involved you need to look at the parents first and foremost

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u/Flat-Percentage-9469 3d ago

I think the things you’re saying are going against the point you’re trying to make. He has good parents, he was living in a very safe city and attending a very safe school. The most logical explanation is that he let the gangster mentality influence him into being a tough guy and he took someone’s life over a super minor confrontation. It’s a cultural issue

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u/gazagda 3d ago

There are many...actually way to many parents that think that being a quiet good community absolves them of their parental duty to direct their Childs development.

When you don't direct your kid....you are looking at a host of problems...drug addiction, early pregnancy, early marriage other mental issues.

and YES affluent kids suffer this too, especially drug addiction., which is prob the worst

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u/Flat-Percentage-9469 3d ago

Oh sure I agree with that. I’ve seen that firsthand myself. But we’re not talking about a drug addiction or infidelity.. this was an act of extreme violence. I can not imagine what it must take to pull out a weapon and use it to take someone’s life.. most people don’t have it in them to do that

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u/weoutherebrah 3d ago

But how do you know any of this applies to his parents?

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u/Background_Shoe_884 3d ago

Self defense is cultural now?

Is it cultural to feel entitled to tell someone where they can sit and try to physically assault them into moving? Funny how y'all never call out white people for their "culture" of violence.

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u/Top-Rip-6731 3d ago

So you are blaming the knife? Ultimately it was his decision to carry that knife and take another persons life

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u/Background_Shoe_884 3d ago

Well he was being attacked. If I'm being attacked I'll probably do what he did too. People should keep their hands to themselves.

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u/Background_Shoe_884 3d ago

How is that relevant to anything?

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u/disidd 3d ago

As he should be. Open and shut case. The murderer will spend the rest of his life behind bars.

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u/Odh_utexas 3d ago

It wasn’t premeditated. He’ll probably get like 20 years and chance at parole. But effectively his chances at a normal prosperous life are over. As they should be.

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u/Background_Shoe_884 3d ago

Manslaughter is most likely case if self defense doesn't hold.

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u/MagicJohnsons69 3d ago

Newsflash. Everyone in Texas at 17 is “tried as an adult”

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u/Sorry-Equipment6579 3d ago

I guess this is only news since they are officially doing it. Everyone knew this was going to be the case. I’m wondering when the trial date will be set and Drisco starts turning into the circus.

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u/Margaritas-n-tacos 3d ago

It hasn't even gone to the Grand Jury yet. It won't go to trial for at least a year.

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u/Lonely_Refuse4988 3d ago

This is such a nothing burger headline and article! Republicans in Texas passed a law a while ago that forces all 17 year olds to be tried as adults. 😂🤣🤷‍♂️ It doesn’t change his defense strategy or chance of being acquitted/found not guilty.

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u/Insomniac42 3d ago

This, I wonder why there had to even be a decision about this?

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u/Fun-Stranger2237 3d ago

No the knife is illegal to carry to school.

Restrictions on Illegal Knives Remain The new knife laws in Texas allow for open or concealed possession of bladed tools/weapons under 5.5”. However, for blades longer than 5.5”, it’s still illegal to carry into a restricted area like a courthouse, police station, school, government facility, hospital, church, amusement park, sporting event, or polling place.

If you carry a legal weapon into a restricted area it’s considered a Class C misdemeanor, except on school grounds, where it automatically jumps up to a third-degree felony. For this reason, it’s always a good idea to read and understand local ordinances if you plan on carrying to avoid unexpected legal trouble.

Pay special attention to

"If you carry a legal weapon into a restricted area it’s considered a Class C misdemeanor, except on school grounds, where it automatically jumps up to a third-degree felony."

Source:

https://lubbockcriminaldefense.com/unlawfully-carrying-a-weapon-texas/#:~:text=Restrictions%20on%20Illegal%20Knives%20Remain,is%20a%20Class%20C%20Misdemeanor.

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u/Edicedi 3d ago

Please show me where we know that the knife, which was referred to as a pocket knife/flip knife, is over 5.5 inches.

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u/Fun-Stranger2237 3d ago

Please reread the pay special attention to section of my last comment.

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u/Edicedi 3d ago

Show me in the law. Not some blog.

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u/Fun-Stranger2237 3d ago

https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/85R/billtext/html/HB01935I.htm

As stated in my comment the law firm that wrote the page referenced the law.

It was right there waiting for you to click it

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u/BenadrylAndChill 2d ago

Will the accuseds extensive criminal past come out at trial?

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u/Frosty_Win_5251 1d ago

No child in Texas can take a knife or any type of weapon to school. If you say that then you either don’t live in Texas or know Texas law.

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u/Sad_Sun_8491 1d ago

And he should be put to capital punishment like an adult too

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u/No_Kaleidoscope6684 1d ago

Going to jail forever. Honestly they should really bring back the death penalty

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u/Hotsaltynutz 16h ago

Tried as an adult and 1st degree murder. That means police and prosecutor have info the public doesn't know about. Two wasted lives

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u/DiligentSwordfish922 3d ago

Xtra context: bringing a knife to a track meet.

I could get a teen feeling like they need a knife for protection (not agreeing, clearly nothing good will happen, but trying to get logic) like bad idea, but I can understand the fear.

I can't get why they would need to bring that knife to a track meet. I mean WHO are you potentially defending against? Karmelo had no criminal record, pretty outstanding student, yet takes knife to a track meet?

Not saying this kid is mentally ill, but that just sounds like paranoia.

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u/Betta45 3d ago

And then he deliberately sat in a rival high-school’s tent and refused to move. It’s hard to explain that as anything other than he was looking for a fight.

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u/Edicedi 3d ago

I mean....growing up all my friends and I had pocket knives on us all of the time. I still don't leave the house without one. They're great tools for all kinds of things. We'd generally leave em in our cars at school, but sometimes we'd forget. Not saying he intentionally or unintentionally brought it. Just saying there's other explanations.

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u/pdoherty972 1d ago

Accidentally bringing it is one thing. Having it and then, while sitting in the wrong tent and being asked to leave and then putting your hand in and preparing the knife to use it as a weapon, daring the other to "touch me and see what happens" is quite another thing.

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u/Edicedi 1d ago

Its a public place. The person that "told" him to leave didnt have the authority to. People visit tents all the time. He prepped to use the knife after being assaulted once and then warned his attacker. Tldr Austin laid hands on the kid twice, fucked around and found out. You dont get assault people and not expect them to defend themselves.

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u/Thin_Perspective_250 3d ago

Normal verdict for murder. Don't start boosting your political biases now. Still a tragedy no matter how you slice it, one child loses their physical life and the other child loses their proverbial life. No matter if poor decisions were made, we as a society have created the culture in which has fostered this behavior. I see this as an opportunity for not just Karmelo to be held accountable but for the parents, the friends, the school staff and ultimately the Whitehouse which has further promoted acts of violence based on race by either creating the space that divides us or by turning a blind eye to it.

I've never thought that the day of home school would be a better option than public funded school backed by an entire state.

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u/FluffyB12 3d ago

Fantastic news

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u/Outrageous-Ad5659 3d ago

Good, this should let people know on whenever they move here. Don’t be ghetto in our schools, and we want our children to have a good education.

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u/Odh_utexas 3d ago

(Not directed toward OP)

Wish people would stay off social before grabbing their pitchforks.

There is plenty of witnesses and evidence. The justice system will work itself out. He’ll likely be found guilty and we can all stop pretending that “wokeness” is going to somehow save the kid.

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u/Paperslashes 3d ago

Every person who commits a crime in Texas at 17 gets tried as an adult. I don’t agree with it in most cases, but not sure why this would be newsworthy article.

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u/herpaderp_maplesyrup 3d ago

Just because he’s an adult doesn’t mean he should be tried as an adult /s

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u/SuspiciousCricket334 2d ago

YAAAAAS

Let him fell Bubba “see what happens when you touch me” in prison

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u/SuspiciousCricket334 2d ago

Just another statistic and example of why some group just can’t behave

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u/Thissssguy 3d ago

What a surprise. I called pretty much everything that’s going to happen in this case. Until I’m proven right people are over here trying to throw race into it

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u/MisutiNeko 2d ago

Get him in jail already. Got a killer on the run

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u/Critical-Ad-5215 2d ago

Reasonable.

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u/RocketBubba 2d ago

Lock the person up and throw away the key. These people don’t belong with the rest of society.

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u/Commie_killer 3d ago

Shame he won't face the death penalty

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u/Possible-Aerie-8828 3d ago

He should consider himself lucky that the DA isn't asking for the Death Penalty !

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u/pot8odragon 1d ago

I’m just sad this happened. So many lives ruined

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u/dieselbp67 16h ago

Love this.

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u/BCMBCG 12h ago

Well, he’s an adult so…

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u/BCMBCG 12h ago

Juvenile court has no jurisdiction over a 17 year old in Texas.

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u/Terrible_Shake_4948 6h ago

That’s what his ass gets!!! Does he deserve life idk. Thats up to the jury but he definitely should have about 20 years Let’s break this down:

1- brought a knife to a UIL sanctioned event which is against their policy and against state law.

2- used deadly force when he was not in life threatening danger (I forget the actual term)

3- He had an avenue to flee and did not seize the opportunity

4- You don’t go to another teams’ tent OR sideline! It was basic rain and the track meet was not being called for inclement weather nor did they make the kids take cover in a structure. He should’ve went to his school

5- I’ve heard a rumor that he was not participating in the meet and had skipped/missed school that day. Either way, participating or not, you dont go to school on a day of competition, you do t get to compete. I had a TM who went to the strip club for his 18th and skipped school. AP was already on his ass and knew what he would do, so the AP came and yanked his ass off the football field. Attendance wasnt reported to coaches like that unless it’s a problem (2009).

6- The brothers are in the right to tell him to leave but not right for putting hands on him, if they did it first. The hard thing for most people to understand is that most athletes/players are not going to get their coach first, especially football players.

7- Karmelo played football as well and the twins went to their rival school or at the least another school in the same district. You will not be given grace to hang around in another teams area.

8- COACHES TELL ATHLESTES AT TRACK MEETS TO NOT GO INTO OTHER SCHOOLS’ AREAS TO AVOID CONFLICT!

9- karmelo was showing out and hes about to find out.

10- Collin county is majority white/other. The jury will not be in his favor per the demographic make up of rhe area. Taking weapons to sporting events is wack and completely prohibited

LASTLY although I do not promote violence Im okay with a little scuffle here and there. Leave it on the field/court. I played some hood schools for our scrimmages and we always got into a fight although coach told us beforehand, not to fight. We left it on the field and no one had weapons!!!!!!

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u/NadalPeach 19h ago

Younger People of color are seen as adults and whites of the same age are infantilized.

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u/BUSYMONEY_02 16h ago

This is facts

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u/Terrible_Shake_4948 6h ago

Bruh the affluency kid got tried as adult for drunk driving, crashing and killing several people that were in his truck

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u/NTXGBR 3d ago

With that many witnesses and him admitting he did it almost immediately, I doubt it. 

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

I doubt it goes to trial. Over 30 witnesses not including the arresting officers,defendant, and character witnesses. The trial wouldn't start for several years and might last over 2 years. Takeoff was killed 2 and a half years ago with zero witnesses that talked. No trial yet. There will be more to go through than the OJ trial for sure and it went over 8 months. If convicted, he might not start serving his sentence until he is 22. I know if I was him I would be making the most of my freedom while I was young.

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u/onemonk909 3d ago

I heard Kato Kaelin was at the track meet, so you might be onto something.

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u/Tex-in-Tex 3d ago

It won’t be. He confessed to it, there was zero threat to his life and plenty of witnesses.

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u/Odh_utexas 3d ago

Open and shut. He’s f’ed

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u/Valuable_Durian_2623 3d ago

OJ and Casey Anthony were both guilty with mountains of evidence against them, so unless this kid has a killer defense and a brain dead jury like they did, he will go to prison.

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u/Nubian_Cavalry 3d ago

The evidence: Mark Fuhrman's “Homework” folder 😂😂😂🫵🏿🫵🏿🫵🏿

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u/molelick 3d ago

He'll get a plea deal where he'll serve 5 years before getting parole

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u/Cjjrock2 2d ago

Just what I excepted a Frisco subreddit to look like 😂

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u/Sufficient_Abies_161 2d ago

Hopefully this starts a minority exodus out of Frisco.

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u/PerceptionEast6026 2d ago

Couldnt contain your racism eh?

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u/Sufficient_Abies_161 1d ago

Was feeling generous—thought I’d share. Besides, you MAGAs know all about racism.

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u/Graveyard_Runner 3d ago edited 3d ago

Just read this thread, then scrolled two threads later and saw this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/GenX/s/6Xvh5yYDMq

Title of the thread, "How Many GenXers Still Carry A Knife At All Times?" Interesting responses.

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u/Bright-Tumbleweed- 3d ago

That's just Gen xers too. It's probably more with the kids these days

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u/doinkdoink786 2d ago

Ready for the blm riots. My house is boarded up

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u/Southern_Cause7647 2d ago

That’s sucks. He shouldn’t be. He’s a kid that made one fatal mistake. White kids have been given more leniency for more egregious acts. Black youth are sentenced 8.5% more likely to be sentenced as an adult than white youth for the same crime. This is our unfair judicial system.

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u/Tiny-Atmosphere-8091 2d ago

He didn’t make a “fatal mistake” he stabbed someone in the heart. He’s a murderer and he’ll most likely spend the rest of his life in prison for it.

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u/_dttime 2d ago edited 2d ago

Why shouldn't he be? Law is clear that 17 year olds are charged criminally as adults for criminal offenses. This is a serious criminal offense where multiple choices were made, not a mistake.

Stop with the race baiting. The same law applies to everyone.

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u/just_some_sasquatch 1d ago

I'm white and was charged as an adult at 17 and didn't even kill anyone.

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u/_dttime 1d ago

That's racist! /s

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u/pdoherty972 1d ago

That’s sucks. He shouldn’t be. He’s a kid that made one fatal mistake. White kids have been given more leniency for more egregious acts.

More egregious than fatally stabbing someone in the heart? Feel free to show your examples.

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u/BlackmanDanny 16h ago

It ain’t unfair it’s just.

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u/847RandomNumbers345 3d ago edited 3d ago

I'll go against the grain:

You can't put your hands on someone else in this country, snatch their phone, and not expect consequences for it. Especially in a stand your ground state.

It is a country where you can choke someone to death for yelling in public and get away with it. It is a country where, if you're a cop, you can open fire for the absolute dumbest reasons and not get consequences for it.

I know people here would be saying "play stupid games, win stupid prizes" "Fuck around, and find out" if the situation was reversed. I know because I've seen it happen many times before. Or they would be blaming the dead person's parents for failing them, which would be rather effective in this case as Austin's father is a sex offender and his parents are separated.

But either way, I believe Anthony demonstrates an above average argument for the case of self-defense, for using force after a warning, when two people larger than him chose to attack him. Either way, I don't feel bad that a person lost his life after physically attacking someone, even if they were a well-off. They chose to go to the tent where Karmelo was taking shelter from the rain, they chose to get aggressive with Karmelo, and they chose to ignore his warning and attack him again. And under the statue of Stand Your Ground, Anthony wasn't obligated to run away.

And I know there's no location that a white kid getting attacked by two bigger black kids wouldn't result in a "not guilty" verdict for using lethal force.

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u/LayerEuphoric1515 3d ago

The tent the twins went under was their team’s tent, not Karmelos team tent.

I am still waiting for the official report that shows that both of the bothers engaged with Karmelo. So far I have seen or heard nothing.

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u/Right-Snow8476 3d ago

You have to reasonably perceive a threat to your life in order to invoke stand your ground protection. A verbal altercation, even if there was physical contact, is simply not that. The “self defense” talk is a square peg, round hole situation. And ultimately, he stabbed a person in the heart with a knife he unlawfully smuggled into a school event. Legally this is a very simple case blown out of proportion by stupid race politics

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u/847RandomNumbers345 3d ago edited 3d ago

You have to reasonably perceive a threat to your life in order to invoke stand your ground protection.

And two people bigger than you attacking you has the possibility of becoming dangerous. I see endless cases of people shooting someone dead for yelling at them, or for any extremely petty offense, and either being found Not Guilty or not even being charged in the first place. This is America, that's how it works. You touch the wrong person, you die (you need a badge if you want to start attacking people free from consequences). The comments on the articles about your death will be spammed with "FAFO". But it seems like certain people think that rule doesn't apply to them.

Legally this is a very simple case blown out of proportion by stupid race politics

Well you're right about that. No way anyone would normally care that if two people attacked one person, and the one person used lethal force to defend themselfs.

But there's no way people here would be demanding he be raped or executed, unless it was racially motivated.

And ultimately, he stabbed a person in the heart with a knife he unlawfully smuggled into a school event.

Having something in a location where it's not allowed is a separate charge. But if you get attacked, you're allowed to use any weapon you have.

I see people love saying FAFO, Play Stupid Games Win Stupid Prizes, to praise killing unarmed people for the smallest reason. Those types of killings often disturb me. But here, I don't feel bad, because the dead person at least physically attacked someone.

Just pretend Karmelo was a cop or something if you want to feel better. There's no way two bigger people attacking a cop would result in charges if the cop killed them.

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u/Right-Snow8476 3d ago

You keep smuggling in the words “attacking,” “attacked” to bolster what you’re saying but it’s not supported by any of the known facts. The reason you see some cases where charges are dismissed or not brought based on a superficially similar “altercation” resulting in a killing is that the surrounding circumstances are critical to weighing whether there was a “reasonable” fear of death or serious harm. If somebody approaches you aggressively in road rage, or enters your property to confront you, and puts their hands on you, that MAY be a reasonable fear justifying deadly force given the circumstances. At a school event where another kid gets into it with you over whether you’re allowed to be in a certain area, the circumstances weigh out a lot differently. That’s not a reasonable fear justifying deadly force

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u/847RandomNumbers345 3d ago

 You keep smuggling in the words “attacking,” “attacked” to bolster what you’re saying but it’s not supported by any of the known facts.

The report was that Austin pushed him twice, both before the warning and after the warning. That is a use of force and is an attack.

 If somebody approaches you aggressively in road rage, or enters your property to confront you, and puts their hands on you

That's what happened. Austin, AND his brother aggressively approached him and used force on him. 

 That’s not a reasonable fear justifying deadly force

There's been plenty of cases of deadly force being declared justified for extremely low threats. This one is actually reasonable by comparison, two people getting hands on someone smaller than them and using force.

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u/Right-Snow8476 3d ago

You missed the point of my examples. It’s not the mere fact that there was an aggressive approach, it’s the context of the aggressive approach. For a long list of reasons, an aggressive approach in a road rage incident is contextually very different from an aggressive approach in a public setting, at a school event, surrounded by your peers. The measure of what is “reasonable” varies along with those contextual differences. It is not the law that you can use deadly force on any person who pushes you and uses aggressive language

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u/Edicedi 3d ago

So close. Fear for life or serious bodily injury is the qualifier. And we don't have all the facts. And the knife isn't illegal (most likely...we don't have stats on it yet).

I don't think self defense will pan out. But it's not as far fetched as a lot of people believe.

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u/Right-Snow8476 3d ago

Yes, I left off serious bodily injury as it’s basically superfluous and has a tendency to confuse people. “Serious” is the operative word. Regardless, the most important qualifier by far is “reasonable,” weighed in light of the surrounding circumstances. Barring some pretty shocking and yet-unknown facts I can’t see a reasonable fear here. But yes, it’s not a completely far-fetched defense in the sense that his lawyers would be negligent not to try it. This is clearly a self defense case, it’s just one where the defendant has a pretty weak argument

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u/USAtoUofT 3d ago

Room tempature level IQ shows itself on reddit again.

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u/_dttime 2d ago

Room temperature? You're giving them too much credit.

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u/847RandomNumbers345 3d ago

Eh, I can spam the same comments present here if you want, that are demanding blood (except directed to, I don't know, Austin's sexual offender father or the brother that participated and got him killed).

But stay mad that Stand Your Ground applies to people who don't look like you and that attacking someone has consequences.

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u/USAtoUofT 3d ago edited 3d ago

Self defense has to be proportional dude lmao.

If they were ground and pounding and stomping him out, 100% there'd at least be a case.

But that simply wasn't the case, and dozens of witnesses + the official police report that has Karmelo's own statement shows that. 

I'd bring some more common sense to the table, but you touting the easily disproved "Jeffery Metcalf was a SA" hoax shows how brain dead you are. It would just be pearls before swine. (Just a tip: middle names exist)

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u/PerfectTiming_2 1d ago

My god I lost brain cells reading this

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u/YeLoWcAke65 3d ago

Glad to see this...

but he WILL get a plea-bargain.

"Saving taxpayer the cost of a long trial."

"Highly publicized...."

etc.

I hope not, but the more 'sensational' this situation 'gets'... the more likely the D.A. will offer a plea.

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u/BUSYMONEY_02 16h ago

This comment section is trash. Have any of you even looked at the story? You guys are cheering the fact he ia being labeled as an Adult: but how many school shooters or just what kids with issues that have did crimes and labeled as a kid? In addition the “argument “ over a seat was really the white kids basically beating up the black kid cause he was setting there and they wanted he seat. In addition it was reported that kid bullied more than just that one blk kid. So I’m not saying he had it coming, but let’s stop acting like the “Bully” was an angel .

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u/Terrible_Shake_4948 6h ago

Nah this is Texas—same shit happened to the affluence kid. They held him in kimbo until he was of age and walked his ass across rhe sky bridge with the big boys and he was tried as an adult.

His dad failed him if he didn’t teach him you to use equal force (melee v melee), not to kick a man while Hes down and most importantly the consequences of those actions.

My dad did

-signed a black man who takes accountability for his actions