Allie Beth Stuckey

And then there were several witnesses who were called to the stand.

Um, and we heard a lot of very troubling details from these witnesses, um,

On Saturday, witnesses called by the prosecution revealed that Carmelo provoked Austin before the stabbing.

And by the way, since this case has become racialized, my preference would be that it was never racialized whatsoever, that we never talked about the color of their skin.

But unfortunately, people made it that way.

And so I have to point out that the witnesses that were brought to the stand were both black and white.

There were black students and there were white students who testified in this way.

They said that Carmelo provoked Austin, that Carmelo kept his hands in his backpack, then Austin shoved Carmelo's shoulders, and then Carmelo pulled out a knife and stabbed Austin.

A 15-year-old witness said that Carmelo, quote, tried to provoke us when asked to leave the tent.

A 16-year-old student athlete said that the Memorial team, Austin Metcalf's team, not Carmelo's, Carmelo's from Centennial, repeatedly told Carmelo to leave after he sat inside their tent.

But he allegedly refused and started cursing at them and calling them names, saying, F y'all, F y'all.

I'm not going to leave.

Y'all are a bunch of P words.

Y'all not going to do anything.

Touch me and see what happens.

Now, the defense tried to say that touch me and see what happens was like a mode of self-defense, like some kind of

hey, if you do this, I'm going to interpret it as a threat to my life.

Well, that obviously wasn't persuasive to the jury.

It's not persuasive at all.

That's a threat.