Matt Walsh

According to NBC, Anthony fled the scene and tried to exit through the front gate.

He attempted to blend in with the crowd, which was rushing out of the tent, but he didn't get far because, quote, several coaches stopped him before he made it to the exit.

In particular, coach Robert Starr, who worked as a head track coach at Metcalf School, testified that he hopped over a gate and approached Anthony and stopped him.

So Carmelo Anthony was trying to leave the scene.

There's no question about that.

Now, contrast this behavior with, say, Kyle Rittenhouse or Daniel Penny or George Zimmerman or Rick Chau, who we talked about earlier in the week, or anyone else who engaged in lawful self-defense and who the left tried to send to prison for the rest of their lives.

None of these people attempted to flee after they eliminated the threat.

Kyle Rittenhouse walked towards the police

In Kenosha, Daniel Penny remained on the subway platform.

George Zimmerman didn't move an inch from the pavement where Trayvon Martin tried to smash his head into a pulp.

Rick Chow stayed at his gas station, voluntarily provided a comprehensive statement to police the moment they arrived.

Not that it really needs to be spelled out, but in general, innocent people don't flee the scene after they defend themselves.

You know, they don't try to hide the murder weapon.

They don't lie to investigators about what they were doing.

There's another major element of this trial that, until now, has been minimized and downplayed by the media.

It's the surveillance video showing parts of the altercation from a distance.

This is footage that hasn't been released to the public.

The authorities are hiding it, just like the British government is hiding several of the videos involving the murder of Henry Novak.

But as we discussed, a small number of news outlets had been allowed to see the video and to describe it to their audience.

In every case, the outlets have said it's useless.