17-year-old Austin Metcalf was stabbed to death by another 17-year-old, Kermelo Anthony, at an athletics competition in Frisco, Texas. They did not know each other and got into an argument over a seat that led to Anthony taking out the small knife from his pocket and put it inside Metcalf’s heart, killing him on the spot — while Metcalf’s twin brother witnessed the tragedy and could do nothing.
The Texas teen’s death took a political turn on social media as X users claimed that only MAGA voices were lending a racial color to the incident while it was not. Kermel Anthony was arrested and charged with first-degree murder.
“Austin Metcalf’s death is being used as a political tool for race when the motive is purely a mental issue around temper. This was about a fucking phone, not racial hatred, and we have bums like Jason Whitlock and Collin Rugg using this death to cater to a racist audience,” one social media user wrote.
“Empathy for the murderer’s family?” one replied.
“If you see a trump supporter being upset about Austin Metcalf, just ignore them. They’re willingly raising their voice more about this white kid in texas more than over being f**ked by their president day in and day out,” one post read.
“There will be no protests. There will be no national outrage. In a few days, this 17 year old boy Austin Metcalf will be forgotten. Why? Because he is white, and the murderer is black. White Lives Matter,” one wrote.
American columnist Jason Whitlock, known for his opinions against the Black, said in his YouTube live that Black ‘diss culture’ killed Austin Metcalf. Whitllock said the ‘diss culture’ is that young Black men believe that nobody can disrespect them and they should avenge any kind of disrespect. Kermelo Anthony might have felt disrespected by what Austin Metcalf told him, and that resulted in the death.
One social media post claimed that Black kids at the school were defending the killer’s actions. The post was accompanied with a purported screenshot that said: “I hope we learned a valuable lesson today. Don’t break people stuff and you’d still be alive.” The post hinted that the fight between Austin Metcalf and Kermelo Anthony broke out over a phone.
