Amala Ekpunobi

I'm going to get you into some of the responses.

There are protesters right now outside the court who are there in support of Carmelo Anthony saying that he is guilty.

innocent, at the very least not guilty, that he acted in self-defense.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been raised for this guy and continue to be raised in the wake of this current trial taking place.

So let's get into this Fox News clip and see where we're at with everything.

Okay, let's go ahead and pause there.

And we are going to get into the racial conversation here.

We're going to get into the jury conversation.

We're definitely going to talk self-defense and first-degree murder here.

But let's get into the facts of this case.

Now...

We've laid the groundwork, essentially.

You know who Carmelo Anthony is.

You know who Austin Metcalf is.

We're going to head to this ABC News article.

The stabbing happened on a rainy morning in April of 2025.

Witnesses told police the confrontation began when Anthony sat under a tent belonging to Metcalf's team, according to an arrest report.

The teens went to different schools in Frisco.

They did not allegedly know each other.

before this altercation.