A Texas parole supervisor has been dismissed after posting inflammatory comments about slain teenager Austin Metcalf, who was fatally stabbed by Karmelo Anthony at a track meet.
Donna Murray Robinson, 35, of Houston, made the remarks on Facebook during Anthony’s recent trial, celebrating the fact that the victim was white.
In one post from her now-deleted account, Robinson wrote that it was “about time” for “bigots” to “feel the pain” they had inflicted on other groups “since the beginning of time.”
She added that she was glad “we didn’t have to bury another black child,” and said, “Let them start burying some of theirs for a change,” before ending the post with an expletive and the phrase, “I said what I said.”
Robinson also told others that “Karmelo will be okay” and claimed he “will be protected on the inside.”
In another post, she wrote that she did not care about the victim’s family’s loss.
Robinson was relieved from her duties with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) last week.
TDCJ confirmed to the Daily Mail that Robinson is no longer employed by the state agency.
Donna Murray Robinson, 55, of Houston, was fired from her job as a parole supervisor with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice after making ‘inflammatory’ comments about the Karmelo Anthony trial
‘I’m just glad we didn’t have to bury another black child. Let them start burying some of theirs for a change. FK’em [sic] I said what I said,’ she wrote from her now-deleted Facebook account
The agency said she was let go because of her comment, as her job requires her to ‘carry significant public trust and requires decisions free from personal bias.’
‘These statements are incompatible with TDCJ policy and values. They demonstrate bias and a lack of the impartiality essential to the fair administration of justice in Texas,’ it said in a statement.
‘Discriminatory or inflammatory conduct that erodes public confidence in the criminal justice system will not be tolerated.’
Anthony, 19, was sentenced to 35 years in prison earlier this month after the jury struck down the teen’s self-defense argument for Metcalf’s death.
His conviction has sparked mass debates about racism as he is black and Metcalf was white.
Anthony has launched an appeal of the verdict, court records showed.
His lawyer, Mike Howard, told TMZ that his legal team told the court that they would be appealing right after the trial concluded.
‘We believe there are several important issues for the appellate courts to consider. An appeal is the next part of the legal process and a right afforded every American,’ Howard said.
Austin Metcalf was stabbed by Anthony in April 2025 at a track meet
Last week, Anthony was sentenced to 35 years in prison. He has appealed the decision
Anthony, who was 17 at the time of the fatal attack, sobbed in court on June 9 and his family burst into tears as the judge handed down the verdict.
His mother begged the jury to show him mercy as an audible gasp was heard inside the courtroom when his sentence was handed down hours later.
Throughout the trial, Anthony and his legal team have claimed that he stabbed Metcalf in an act of self-defense after they got into a confrontation during a rain delay at the sporting event.
Metcalf called out Anthony for standing under a tent that did not belong to his school, the Frisco Police Department said.
Anthony had originally faced between five to 99 years in prison for knifing Metcalf, but after the verdict was returned at the Collin County courthouse, prosecutors agreed to allow the jury to consider ‘sudden passion’ as a factor when determining his sentence.
‘Sudden passion’ is a legal term in Texas that allows a criminal to argue they were in an intense emotional state when they committed wrongdoing. It would have reduced Anthony’s sentence to that of a second-degree felony for which he could have served as little as two years behind bars.
However, the jury rejected the argument and spent less than three hours passing its guilty verdict, and another roughly two and a half hours before they handed down their sentence.
Anthony will now have to serve at least half of the sentence before he is eligible for parole.
Metcalf’s father, Jeff Metcalf, spoke to the JinxedSip podcast on Wednesday after a gag order forbidding either side from speaking out expired following the conclusion of the trial.
‘I hope he enjoyed that first night in that cell last night, because he’s going to have many nights to think about what the f**k he did.’
Metcalf’s father, Jeff Metcalf, celebrated Anthony’s sentencing and called his parents ‘cowards’
The stabbing happened under a team tent at the meet. The sentencing has since sparked mass debate about race and justice
Jeff previously said he forgave his son’s killer, but said now that the ‘muzzle’s off’ he was going to make his feelings known.
He had choice words for Anthony’s parents Drew and Kayla Anthony, who he branded ‘grifters’ and ‘cowards.’
‘You wouldn’t even show up for your son’s sentencing or [the] victim impact statement, you abandoned your kid, you left him there!’ Jeff said, while raising his voice.
‘I guess he’s no more use to you because he can’t get you more GoFundMe money or GiveSendGo money. You are grifters! You should be ashamed of yourself.
‘You never once took accountability. You tried to play victim. The real victim is the one who died, not the one who shoved a knife in his chest.’
The Daily Mail has reached out to Robinson for comment.
