TX - Austin Metcalf - 17 - fatally stabbed at track meet, 2 April 2025

[daybreaking]

Got links? I'd like to have them publicly outed for who they are.

For some reason, both are attacking Austin's father - It seems almost demonic how violent criminals from both sides are going after him.

From this morning:

A Frisco ISD official said Saturday night they were seeking charges against a man who said he “broke into” a high school stadium to capture video related to the fatal stabbing at a track meet earlier this month.

A school district official said a video by Jake Lang [...] was taken on the opposite side of the stadium from where the fatal track meet stabbing occurred.

Frisco ISD seeking charges against man who said he ‘broke into’ high school stadium

A Frisco ISD spokeswoman told The Dallas Morning News the district was in the process of filing trespassing charges.

www.dallasnews.com

A protest [...] purportedly to condemn the stabbing of Austin Metcalf as an act of racial violence — attracted more police officers and media representatives than supporters in Frisco on Saturday.

But it did lead to an angry exchange between the protest organizers and Jeff Metcalf, the father of the victim. [...]

Lang said Metcalf was weak for not supporting his cause.

Austin Metcalf's father has angry exchange with 'Protect White Americans' protest organizer

A small group of protesters gathered outside Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco to protest the stabbing of Austin Metcalf. Karmelo Anthony is accused of stabbing Metcalf.

www.keranews.org

This is who he is:

He allegedly kicked a cop who had fallen to the ground, over and over. Battered another officer 10 times with a riot shield. Struck police 16 times with a baseball bat. Kicked a sergeant five times as he and another rioter pushed a door against the trapped officer's head. [...]

Their conclusion: the 26-year-old Newburgh man was among the most violent of rioters in Washington, D.C., that day and should not be released from jail as he has asked.

Capitol riot suspect from Newburgh allegedly beat cops with fists, feet, bat and shield

Prosecutors detailed a litany of alleged assaults against police by Edward Lang, of Newburgh, during the pro-Trump riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6.

www.recordonline.com

This article has more detail and a relevant photo:
Prosecutors allege Sullivan County native fought police at Capitol for more than two hours

The couple was joined and introduced by NGAN's president, Dominique Alexander, a Black Lives Matter protest organizer and minister with a checkered past, including time served in prison for injuring a child. [...]

“What we've seen at the beginning of this press conference, of [the] father being at this press conference, these are my words, don't call me about it, is a disrespect to the dignity of his son,” said Alexander at the start of the conference.

Karmelo Anthony's Family Defends Him at Unusual, Emotional Press Conference

Dominique Alexander called out what he said are racist attacks against the suspect in the Frisco track meet murder.

www.dallasobserver.com

Alexander was first arrested in July 2009 for causing serious bodily injury to a child. Police reported he’d been babysitting his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son for the evening when he called her at 11 p.m. and told her “to get home now.” [...]

But the doctor disagreed with his statement. He examined Alexander’s girlfriend’s son in the intensive care unit and reported that the child had a subdural hemorrhage between the halves of his brain and at the back of the brain. He also had retinal hemorrhages in both eyes.

Dallas Activist Dominique Alexander Sentenced to Prison

For nearly two years, Dominique Alexander has been organizing protests in Dallas as the founder of the Next Generation Action Network. Now Alexander is going to prison. He was sentenced on Friday afternoon to two years for violating his probation on multiple occasions. The most recent violation...

www.dallasobserver.com

They're two sides of the same coin.

Anyone saying something similar to what they are should be double-checking if that's where they want their alignment to be.

 

[IzzyBlanche]

No the bad judgement is the parents of the accused hiring a race baiting,baby abusing creep who accuse the innocent father of plotting a crime.

Hmm. I don't think one instance of bad judgment cancels out another's bad judgment. JMO

I'm not 100% up to speed on this case, so I'm not sure who the race baiting, baby abusing creep is.

I don't expect anyone else to be responsible for educating me, but if you have the time and inclination, maybe you could share some links. Thank you.

 

[NoeticSoul]

For some reason, both are attacking Austin's father - It seems almost demonic how violent criminals from both sides are going after him.

From this morning:

Frisco ISD seeking charges against man who said he ‘broke into’ high school stadium

A Frisco ISD spokeswoman told The Dallas Morning News the district was in the process of filing trespassing charges.

www.dallasnews.com

Austin Metcalf's father has angry exchange with 'Protect White Americans' protest organizer

A small group of protesters gathered outside Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco to protest the stabbing of Austin Metcalf. Karmelo Anthony is accused of stabbing Metcalf.

www.keranews.org

This is who he is:

Capitol riot suspect from Newburgh allegedly beat cops with fists, feet, bat and shield

Prosecutors detailed a litany of alleged assaults against police by Edward Lang, of Newburgh, during the pro-Trump riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6.

www.recordonline.com

This article has more detail and a relevant photo:
Prosecutors allege Sullivan County native fought police at Capitol for more than two hours

Karmelo Anthony's Family Defends Him at Unusual, Emotional Press Conference

Dominique Alexander called out what he said are racist attacks against the suspect in the Frisco track meet murder.

www.dallasobserver.com

Dallas Activist Dominique Alexander Sentenced to Prison

For nearly two years, Dominique Alexander has been organizing protests in Dallas as the founder of the Next Generation Action Network. Now Alexander is going to prison. He was sentenced on Friday afternoon to two years for violating his probation on multiple occasions. The most recent violation...

www.dallasobserver.com

They're two sides of the same coin.

Anyone saying something similar to what they are should be double-checking if that's where they want their alignment to be.

And somehow.. lost in all this ridiculous 'noise'... is the fact that killing an unarmed person should never be justified. smh

jmo

 

[daybreaking]

The comments on that article jfc. They're just as vile as Austin's killer. Literally getting mad at Austin's dad for not falling for white supremacist propaganda and accusing him of faking his grief.

There's a saying that if you have a table with a certain type of person, and there are ten people sitting down and talking to them without protest - you've got a table with eleven of them.

I'm sitting here debating with myself that nothing I read or share is in any way significant enough for me to have an excuse to be at that dinner table.

For each of those comments you see on news articles and forums, you can report them. If they stay up, stop going to the website, stop linking to it, and stop giving them advertising revenue and attention.

For the abusive comments on Facebook threads, you can report them. Right now, Facebook doesn't consider the ones of the victim with things written over them as offensive, but if enough of us report them, they'll end up on a list discussed with managers at some point, and possibly will start getting removed.

I wish I could use the comparison to this being a restaurant with the goose stepping LARPers somewhere off in a corner.

Unfortunately, when I see the active profile page of an unambiguously "certain type of person" that joined only to spread that type of discussion, I know the responsibility is on me to stand up.

 

[Ontario Mom]

Hmm. I don't think one instance of bad judgment cancels out another's bad judgment. JMO

I'm not 100% up to speed on this case, so I'm not sure who the race baiting, baby abusing creep is.

I don't expect anyone else to be responsible for educating me, but if you have the time and inclination, maybe you could share some links. Thank you.

There have been many links already shared so scrolling through older pages should catch you up.

 

[Ontario Mom]

And somehow.. lost in all this ridiculous 'noise'... is the fact that killing an unarmed person should never be justified. smh

jmo

I'd like to believe that's still the most important thing to most of society.

 

[Knox]

Maybe it's just me, but IMO showing up at a press conference uninvited, "hoping to pray," being thrown out, and then complaining about what "they should have" done seems like horribly bad judgment.

If he were hoping to pray with the family, it seems to me a better strategy would have been to reach out to them privately and request a public showing of solidarity, faith, and prayer.

ETA: I do understand this man is grieving and therefore may not be acting in his normal rational manner.

Exclusive | Austin Metcalf’s dad reveals he was ‘disrespected’ after being thrown out of Karmelo Anthony press conference, hoped to pray with accused killer’s family

Jeff Metcalf said he just wanted to “represent my side” when he showed up at a press event by the kin of his son’s alleged killer.

nypost.com

I've been pondering Jeff's actions too - but for a different reason than yours. While personally I think I would hide in my home and grieve with family and close friends for a period. After being here at WS for a long while, I realize people all grieve differently.

Maybe Jeff's grief is driving him to do exactly what he's shown us so far. He's been very open about his faith, so praying in public with the Anthony family was what he felt called to do at that moment. He wants the community and public at large to see there is no hatred in his heart towards them.

How that's viewed as not acting rationally is beyond me?

 

[IzzyBlanche]

I've been pondering Jeff's actions too - but for a different reason than yours. While personally I think I would hide in my home and grieve with family and close friends for a period. After being here at WS for a long while, I realize people all grieve differently.

Maybe Jeff's grief is driving him to do exactly what he's shown us so far. He's been very open about his faith, so praying in public with the Anthony family was what he felt called to do at that moment. He wants the community and public at large to see there is no hatred in his heart towards them.

How that's viewed as not acting rationally is beyond me?

The timing and the venue was not rational. IMO

If he wanted to pray in public with the Anthony family, the respectful and rational thing to do was to coordinate a public event with them in which they agreed to do so.

Not to just show up at an event uninvited and reveal his motives after he was kicked out. Kicked out by law enforcement, I might add, which I don't think they would do without a legitimate security rationale.

Edited to add: I do not intend this as victim blaming. I just think he's not exercising smart and rational judgment by this action.

Anyone at the event might have assumed that he might have shown up with a gun and started shooting, for one thing.

 

[NoeticSoul]

I've been pondering Jeff's actions too - but for a different reason than yours. While personally I think I would hide in my home and grieve with family and close friends for a period. After being here at WS for a long while, I realize people all grieve differently.

Maybe Jeff's grief is driving him to do exactly what he's shown us so far. He's been very open about his faith, so praying in public with the Anthony family was what he felt called to do at that moment. He wants the community and public at large to see there is no hatred in his heart towards them.

How that's viewed as not acting rationally is beyond me?

Beyond me too. He doesn't want Austin's death to be a symbol of hate, imho. The Metcalf family are demonstrating love. We should ALL follow their lead.

 

[Sundog]

The victim's father went to the press conference to represent his son. He also talked of praying with the killer's family, but he basically said he was there to represent his son. God bless him for doing right by his son.

ETA He was escorted out by LE because the spokesperson for the Anthony family asked him to leave and he didn't. Instead of finding a gracious solution to the matter, they asked the police to remove him. There was no security risk, he was asked to leave because it was private property, that was the only reason. If someone is on my property and I ask theme to leave and they don't, I can call LE and they will ask them to leave. No security risk or other reason needed.

 

[NoeticSoul]

The timing and the venue was not rational. IMO

If he wanted to pray in public with the Anthony family, the respectful and rational thing to do was to coordinate a public event with them in which they agreed to do so.

Not to just show up at an event uninvited and reveal his motives after he was kicked out. Kicked out by law enforcement, I might add, which I don't think they would do without a legitimate security rationale.

Edited to add: I do not intend this as victim blaming. I just think he's not exercising smart and rational judgment by this action.

Anyone at the event might have assumed that he might have shown up with a gun and started shooting, for one thing.

BBM 1) The murderer didn't do the 'respectful and rational thing'.
2) The murderer did just that.
3) At least he didn't stab anyone on the way out. j/s

Point being, if none of these things would have occurred on the day of the murder, we'd not be talking about a dead teenager's father's coping skills in grief. jmo

 

[Ontario Mom]

I've been pondering Jeff's actions too - but for a different reason than yours. While personally I think I would hide in my home and grieve with family and close friends for a period. After being here at WS for a long while, I realize people all grieve differently.

Maybe Jeff's grief is driving him to do exactly what he's shown us so far. He's been very open about his faith, so praying in public with the Anthony family was what he felt called to do at that moment. He wants the community and public at large to see there is no hatred in his heart towards them.

How that's viewed as not acting rationally is beyond me?

As far as I can see, the actions of Jeff Metcalf remain dignified (mostly, he has lost his cool here and there but holy moly, who can blame him?!) & setting an honorable example for his surviving son, Austin's twin, and really, the rest of society.

 

[Ontario Mom]

Beyond me too. He doesn't want Austin's death to be a symbol of hate, imho. The Metcalf family are demonstrating love. We should ALL follow their lead.

100%. Well said. Thank you.

 

[IzzyBlanche]

BBM 1) The murderer didn't do the 'respectful and rational thing'.
2) The murderer did just that.
3) At least he didn't stab anyone on the way out. j/s

Point being, if none of these things would have occurred on the day of the murder, we'd not be talking about a dead teenager's father's coping skills for grief. jmo

But since the things I referred to happened after the murder, in such a fraught environment there was no way to predict what anyone would do.

Edited to add re #2: wasn't KA invited to the track meet?

 

[NoeticSoul]

But since the things I referred to happened after the murder, in such a fraught environment there was no way to predict what anyone would do.

Edited to add re #2: wasn't KA invited to the track meet?

bbm It was a HS track meet with several schools in play waiting for a rain delay... and NO, he was asked to leave another teams tent, in which he was hanging in, 'UNINVITED'.

ETA ~ AND, apparently with a KNIFE.

 

[IzzyBlanche]

bbm It was a HS track meet with several schools in play waiting for a rain delay... and NO, he was asked to leave another teams tent, in which he was hanging in, 'UNINVITED'.

ETA ~ AND, apparently with a KNIFE.

Okay, thanks for the clarification.

 

[NoeticSoul]

Okay, thanks for the clarification.

You're welcome.

 

[HMSHood]

I remember looking at Karmelo Anthony's Instagram account, I don't see it now. It had pictures of several colleges that were offering him football scholarships.

I wonder if those are going to be withdrawn. KA didn't do himself any favors that day. He demonstrated a lot of pent up rage. He wanted to kill someone.

Probably the colleges will withdrawn football scholarships. Karmelo Anthony literally threw his life away. He probably has deep seated anger issues.

 

[Quill]

Thanks for your perspective.

I don't think his showing up uninvited to the KA family press conference was respectful.

How were they to know that his behavior has never indicated he would harm a single soul? They didn't know him from Adam's off ox.

Imagine it. Your son has been accused of murder and you're holding a press conference about it, and in walks the victim's dad.

If you tell me you wouldn't be concerned about what he might do, I don't believe you.

He was on record from the get-go saying he FORGAVE the admitted murderer. They knew. They are running their game. Their son has admitted. He is more than just accused.

 

[Ontario Mom]

Probably the colleges will withdrawn football scholarships. Karmelo Anthony literally threw his life away. He probably has deep seated anger issues.

I'm not convinced the offers were legit in the first place.
Someone upthread posted his twitter account and it looked the same, loads of alleged offers.
I think there must have been some serious stuff going on in this kid's world for him to have suddenly decided to just stab some random, innocent kid, then run away.