The representative for Karmelo Anthony’s family launched into another heated racial discussion following the indictment of the 18-year-old on Tuesday. He is accused of fatally stabbing Austin Metcalf, a track star from Frisco, Texas.
After the indictment was announced, Dominique Alexander, who is the founder and president of the Next Generation Action Network (NGAN), shared on X that “the legal process will proceed towards trial.”
“This case involves several minors and includes sensitive information that I am unable to discuss publicly,” he stated. “For this reason, I have consistently declined to allow this matter to be judged in the court of public opinion from the beginning.”
Dominique Alexander speaks about Jeff Metcalf’s removal from an April 17 press conference in a video posted to his X account. (@niquealex via X)
“Because these racist bigots try to prevent us from standing up for our baby, our boy, he should be afforded the same rights that Kyle Rittenhouse had, Daniel Penny and all the people who have claimed whatever their defense was – he should be afforded the same right,” Alexander said later in the press conference.
File photo of Austin Metcalf, a junior at Memorial High School in Frisco. (Courtesy Jeff Metcalf)
The arrest report from the April incident said Anthony “grabbed his bag, opened it and reached inside it” and told Metcalf, “Touch me and see what happens.”
In the next moment, a witness told police that Anthony “reached into his bag and the male took a knife out of the bag and stabbed Austin.”
One officer at the scene referred to Anthony as the alleged suspect, and Anthony made a “spontaneous statement,” according to the report: “I’m not alleged, I did it.”
