The murder of Texas teen Austin Metcalf has become one of the most high-profile cases in the United States over the past year, with a jury on Tuesday finding Carmelo Anthony guilty of stabbing Metcalf at a sports event. The case made national headlines because Carmelo Anthony is black. Carmelo Anthony is getting a lot of support because of his race, and his supporters are painting Austin Metcalf as a bully. They raised money for Carmelo and when the verdict was reached, his supporters caused chaos and caused a riot outside the court.The stabbing occurred on April 2, 2025, when Anthony and Metcalf first met at Frisico Stadium. They were from rival schools and had an argument over seats. Carmelo Anthony pulled out a knife and stabbed Austin Metcalf, who died in the arms of his twin brother who was sitting next to him.Carmelo Anthony’s attorneys argued that the stabbing was in self-defense and that Metcalf used force to move Carmelo Anthony from where he was sitting. “Austin Metcalf had no legal right to use force to remove Carmelo Anthony from the tent,” Anthony’s attorney, Mike Howard, said during closing arguments in the Collin County trial as Anthony watched intently from the defense table.“He had the right to ask him to leave, but he didn’t have any legal right to use force,” Howard said of Metcalf, according to the Daily Mail. Witnesses testified that several members of Frisco Memorial High School, including Metcalf, asked Anthony, then a 17-year-old Frisco Centennial High School student, to leave their team tent about 15 times. Students testified that Metcalf eventually pushed Anthony, who responded by inserting a semi-serrated folding knife into Metcalf’s chest. Howard said Anthony “has the absolute right to defend himself.
