When People Tell You Who They Are, Believe Them

 https://www.facebook.com/vlawrencefisher1

"I want to speak on the Karmelo Anthony case because I truly do not feel like the verdict or sentencing was fair.

Let me be clear: no one is saying that a life being lost does not matter. No one is dismissing the pain of the family who lost their loved one. A family is grieving, and that pain is real. But justice is supposed to be fair, balanced, and based on the full facts — not public pressure, social media outrage, race, emotion, or a one-sided narrative.

What bothers me is how quickly people were ready to throw this young man’s entire life away without acknowledging the full situation. When a young Black man is involved, the world often stops seeing him as a child, a teenager, a son, or a human being. They start treating him like he was born guilty. That is the problem.

Accountability matters. But fairness matters too.

There is a difference between holding someone accountable and making an example out of them. There is a difference between justice and punishment driven by outrage. A sentence should fit the facts, the circumstances, the age of the person involved, and the evidence presented — not what people on the internet are demanding.

If there were claims of fear, self-defense, threats, confrontation, or anything that led up to what happened, then all of that should matter. Context matters. Circumstances matter. Intent matters. Age matters. A young person’s entire future should not be decided by headlines and public opinion.

Too often in this country, young Black men are not given the same grace, the same benefit of the doubt, or the same compassion that others receive. They are judged harder, sentenced harsher, and talked about as if they are disposable. That is not justice. That is a broken system repeating the same pattern over and over again.

You can feel compassion for the family who lost their loved one and still question whether the outcome was fair. You can believe accountability is necessary and still believe the sentencing was excessive. Those two things can exist at the same time.

I believe this case deserves a deeper review. I believe the sentencing was too harsh. I believe emotions and public pressure played too big of a role. And I believe people need to stop acting like questioning the fairness of the system means you do not care about the victim.

This case also hits me personally because I have brothers who are currently in prison dealing with similar situations, and I am not okay. I know what it feels like to watch the system move one way for some people and a completely different way for others. I know what it feels like to have someone you love be judged, sentenced, and written off like their life no longer matters.

So when I see cases like this, it is not just another headline to me. It is personal. It brings up pain, fear, anger, and frustration because families live with these outcomes every single day. People on the outside may argue online and move on, but families are left carrying the weight forever.

That is why I cannot stay silent. I believe in accountability, but I also believe in fairness. I believe in justice, but I do not believe in throwing young Black men away without fully considering the facts, the context, and the circumstances.

Justice should not be about destroying one young life to prove that another life mattered. Justice should be about truth, fairness, accountability, and balance.

This case should concern everyone, because when the system can overlook context for one person, it can do it to anybody."

 

 

 

 

The facts were that Anthony stabbed Austin Metcalf for absolutely no good reason.   

The fact is that Metcalf actually did have his entire life thrown away for no reason, Anthony could be out in 18 years.  

 They treated him as if the evidence showed him to be guilty.  Not one defense witness testified to anything beyond the fact that Anthony killed someone because he got "shoved".   

I believe that emotion and the desire to exert public pressure are what drove this post.   

I believe that this whole rant is personal and driven solely by skin color while ignoring the facts.

I also believe that the weight carried by the Metcalf family is vastly heavier than by the Anthony family. 

Anthony had hundreds of thousands of dollars given to him to pay for a defense to bring up issues of context, fairness, Truth, accountability, and balance.  They failed to do so. 

Anthony had every opportunity to express remorse and to attempt to negotiate a plea deal, he didn't.  

Anthony's attorneys could have put him on the stand to testify about what he was justified and they chose not to.  

 

The insanity around this relatively simple case is beyond belief.   

Q & A

 
"17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven."

Can we agree that the above meets your subjective, personal criteria to be considered a "Teaching of Jesus"?    

One question, one simple answer, nothing else but the simplest and most direct answer will survive moderation.  

Good Read

 https://x.com/dr_balbin/status/2064599381815545922?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

This is a long thread, so I don't think I'll try to copy/paste each Tweet and stitch them together, but worth the read.  

Mormons

 Mike Lee needs to shut up about the Mormon thing, as do the rest of the morons who keep insisting the Mormons are merely another Christian denomination.  

The hilarious aspect of this is that removing the Mormons from the list of Christian denominations would have required that the Pentagon provided actual Mormon chaplains for them instead of whatever random Protestant chaplains were available.   

I'm not going to list the theological reasons why Mormonism is incompatible with Christianity, but I will note that Joseph Smith was quite clear that Mormonism was intended to replace every existing Christian denomination because it was a new and better revelation than Scripture.  

So, let their bosoms burn with anger at this perceived slight, who cares.   

FYI, if you are ever in SLC or the surrounding areas, the religious fiction section in the LDS bookstores is huge. 

BOT

 https://x.com/allie__voss/status/2063699725400838410?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

" Girl I follow on Instagram who said Sydney Sweeney’s jean commercial was “promoting eugenics” is now defending the down syndrome abortion couple Do I tell her?"

There are probably a lot of people who fall into this category. Condemning something in one instance, while celebrating the same thing in another.  Look at the "NAZI salute" nonsense, or the "NAZI tattoo" hypocrisy. 

 https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/tyson-goodsell-murder-charges-north-mankato-minnesota/

 "On Thursday, police say they arrested a 20-year-old St. Peter, Minnesota, man who is now charged in Nicollet County with second-degree murder, attempted first-degree aggravated robbery, conspiracy to commit first-degree aggravated robbery, one count of first-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault and felony possession of a firearm.

An 18-year-old Mankato man and a 23-year-old Shakopee man are also in custody and each face five felony counts, including aiding an offender in aggravated robbery and murder, and aiding and abetting assault. "

Shockingly enough, CBS omits the names of these three gentlemen, although y'all can probably guess the exact name of at least one of them.    

 https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/neighbors-of-george-floyd-square-say-theyre-feeling-sticker-shock-from-special-assessments/

How typical of DFL led government.    Of course they're sticking it to the local residents who have already been damaged by the whole thing.   Virtue signaling extraordinaire.   

  

Justice? (updated)

 Well, the Karmelo Anthony trial ended yesterday and the results (which honestly seem to be on the lighter side in terms of the sentence) have brought out some fairly predictable responses from the folx you'd expect.  

1.  The myth of the "all white" jury.   There are two things to know about this.  First, at least two potential black jurors disqualified themselves by  announcing that they would be unable to find Anthony guilty no matter what the evidence said simply out of black solidarity.  Second, three of the 12 jurors were not "white" by any definition.  

 2.  The "self defense" myth.   The notion that a push (which wasn't hard enough to knock Anthony over) justified stabbing his with enough force to penetrate the sternum and triggered a self defense claim is absurd.   That even the defense witnesses couldn't make a self defense argument compelling tells us all we need to know.  

3.  The simple fact that the Anthony family raised almost a million dollars for his defense, and spent it on a house and car among other things, speaks volumes to their attitudes and to how Anthony was raised.  

Anthony was in a place he didn't belong, carrying a deadly weapon.    He refused to leave and chose to significantly escalate the confrontation.    35 years with the possibility of parole in 17.5 seems a bit light, although the fact that he was convicted so quickly and of murder is a good thing.   

 https://x.com/jayvthegreat/status/2064555447504257162?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

First, she is clearly an idiot.  

Second, the knife was literally used to kill someone, therefore is automatically a deadly weapon.  

 https://x.com/lonestarlegendx/status/2064674693735678257?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

" Last thoughts on Karmelo Anthony before he disappears for a long time: - The defense only called 6 witnesses and rested abruptly - The only person to speak on his behalf during the punishment phase was his mother. - The defense didn’t even think to prepare him to testify on his own behalf Additionally, there were no teachers, counselors, church members, etc. willing to discuss his character in court and plead for him to have another chance at life. Nobody could vouch he was really a good kid and was going to be a contributing member of society someday. The jury heard closing statements, deliberated, found him guilty, then completed the punishment phase all in one day. In other words, there was no way to adequately defend or humanize this animal."

 

The levels of idiocy we are seeing in the responses to this trial are truly epic in their lack of comprehension.  The folx who are obsessed with everything being about race are going to continue to make more and more outrageous excuses to defend Anthony, and the rest of the world is going to continue to see examples of the attitude that drove this entire encounter. The responsibility rests with Anthony and his parents for this murder. 

 

 https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/2064763611700986306

BVMLTT!

 https://x.com/wellsjorda89710/status/2064559226068885621?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

" I’m a Black man, a proud conservative, and a follower of Jesus Christ. When I see protesters outside the Collin County Courthouse chanting “FUCK WHITE LIVES!” after Karmelo Anthony’s sentencing for murdering Austin Metcalf, my soul grieves. This isn’t justice. This isn’t “community.” This is demonic hatred — plain and simple. All lives are made in the image of God. Every single one. Black, White, Brown — doesn’t matter. Celebrating the loss of any innocent life, or cheering on evil because of skin color, is straight from the pit of hell. And here’s the truth they don’t want you to say out loud: When Black conservatives, Christians, or truth-tellers like me call this out, we get labeled “traitors,” “Uncle Toms,” or “betrayers of the community.” Let them talk. I’d rather be disliked by some in my own community than stand before a Holy God and be found guilty of excusing evil, hating my neighbor, or twisting justice for racial points. My allegiance is to Christ first — not color, not tribe, not political pressure. “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil…” (Isaiah 5:20) I choose truth over tribe. Light over darkness. God over man. Who else is tired of the hate? Drop a if you stand for real justice — not skin color."

 Watch the video, LTBVs, then asses the post.  

https://x.com/artemisconsort/status/2064842216728838575?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 Re: Karmelo Anthony and his defenders: "Obviously there is some blind black tribal loyalty involved, but I think there’s something else and arguably worse. The facts seem to be this: Karmelo invaded another track team’s tent. He did this to assert dominance. When asked to leave, he issued threats: “touch me and see what happens.” After repeatedly telling him that he was not welcome, and in response to provocation, Austin Metcalf pushed him, trying to get him to comply with basic social norms. Karmelo, no doubt delighted that he had now received permission for escalation under his own code, stabbed Austin to death. The black defenders of Karmelo believe this is how society should operate: an endless war of all against all to assert dominance, escalating when one’s assertions are rebuffed. They’re mad that the justice system got involved, because in their minds this is the proper way to conduct business: omnipresent dominance signaling, inevitably leading to violence. They genuinely don’t understand that other people don’t operate according to those rules. And they certainly don’t understand that our rules, by drastically reducing friction and needless cost, are the very reason for the disparities in group power they complain about. We are polite internally and can thus exert greater collective power externally. A few Karmelos in the mix destroys this system. But they don’t care that running things their way would be the end of civilization, the end of their cell phones and EBT and air conditioning, because they don’t understand it. They don’t understand anything about the modern world. They are lost here, confused. This state of affairs is not sustainable."

 https://x.com/nicksortor/status/2064791445437812938

Crokett is an absolute moron.  

 https://x.com/jlbrightlaw/status/2064716702147899769?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

BVMLTT, even when they are disbarred criminals.  

  https://x.com/floppingaces/status/2064772516015726689?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 "Reality: Karmelo Anthony admitted on camera, “I’m not alleged. I did it.” He brought a fucking knife to a high school track meet, planted his ass under a tent that wasn’t his, ignored every single order to leave, warned Austin Metcalf “Touch me and see what happens,” then drove that blade straight through the kid’s sternum and shredded his right ventricle. Austin bled out in seconds. Premeditated murder, no debate. Texas jury looked at the evidence for a few hours and said guilty. Yesterday they sentenced the piece of shit to 35 years. Case fucking closed. Narrative: The professional race grifters and Black Panthers outside the Collin County courthouse threw a full meltdown tantrum anyway. They screamed “THIS IS A WAR” and “racist-ass country,” while Dominique Alexander solemnly declared “Black lives do not matter in Collin County.” Others openly cheered for Austin’s twin brother Hunter to get murdered next. Then ... because reality always wins ... a Black man told the mob to “STOP CHIMPING OUT” and the entire “united front” immediately started ripping each other apart in the parking lot like starving rats. This was never about race, self-defense, or justice. It was about a violent thug with zero impulse control and parents who raised a killer. The race-hustling parasites just needed another George Floyd script to cash in on, but the cold, hard facts bitch-slapped their entire fantasy into the dirt. The jury saw murder. The mob saw opportunity. It’s getting ugly out there ... and it’s only going to get worse before it gets better."

Impact

 https://x.com/tamtrib/status/2064342248922198129?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

" Jeremy Carl, explaining how this worked in his The Unprotected Class (which you should read), said: "The Obama administration went out of its way to emphasize the importance of disparate impact in school discipline. Because they effectively threatened schools' funding if students were disciplined at substantially different rates than their race's share of the population (ignoring the fact that some groups have objectively worse behavior in schools), white and Asian students became victims of violence in schools at increasing rates. Just as in the adult world, not punishing students who engage in violent and even criminal behavior makes life more dangerous for everyone." Continuing, he notes: "The disparate impact disciplinary strategy was a classic example of real "structural racism" at work-but structural racism in the opposite direction from the way it's presented in the media. (As a side note, we arguably should not call this "structural racism," since institutions are not people, do not hold beliefs, and thus cannot be racist. But the term "structural racism" is so woven into the lexicon that it is difficult to discuss these issues without referring to it.)" He further explains: "Attempts to reduce the numbers of suspensions of African Americans (in particular) and Hispanics, who are suspended at far higher ratios than white students, lead to racially unjust policies because these suspensions are invariably a result of different disciplinary offense rates by race. (Asian-American students are suspended at even lower rates than whites but also make up a much lower percentage of students, and thus for this and other political reasons tend to be less a part of the conversation around school discipline.) Federal bureaucrats, however, are on a mission to make suspension numbers by race equal in the name of "equity," though the behaviors of these groups are different. Thus, white students, and disproportionately white teachers, are put at substantial risk." And he notes: "Ultimately, the Obama administration pushed policies that disproportionately put white students and teachers at risk in order to hide facts about the disciplinary records of black and Hispanic students, because Democrats were uncomfortable with the underlying demographics of school misbehavior. These policies put pressure on schools to not discipline kids like Trayvon Martin and Nikolas Cruz, who would reasonably have been expected to have a criminal record had policies been enforced in a race-neutral fashion. They led to not just numerous traumatized students at schools who were the victims of predators, but in some tragic cases, to dead bodies.""