It was a rainy Wednesday morning in Fris, Texas, where a high school track meet had been delayed due to the weather. Dozens of student athletes who attended from across the district were huddled under tents waiting for the skies to clear. Among them was 17-year-old Austin Metaf. He is an honor student at Memorial High with a nearly 4.0 GPA and a standout athlete who has dreams of playing college football. Standing close by to him was his twin brother, Hunter. Across the field, another standout athlete from a different school named Carmelo Anthony. He is captain of both his track and football team, and his family describe him as quiet and reserved. As the rain starts getting harder, Carmelo decides he's going to get under a tent for shelter. Only it wasn't his team's tent. It was actually the opposition's tent assigned to Memorial High. Now, Austin noticed Carmelo and approached him, telling him, "This tent is reserved for my team, and you need to leave." When Carmemelllo refused, an argument between the two broke out. And at one point, Carmelo reportedly said to Austin, "Touch me and see what happens." When Austin attempted to physically remove him, Carmemelllo allegedly pulled out a black knife from his bag and stabbed Austin once in the chest before fleeing. Austin collapsed. His twin brother, Hunter, rushed to his side, holding him, trying to stop the bleeding as he died. Hunter would later tell Fox News, "I saw the soul leave his body, and with that, mine left, too. Now, despite fleeing the scene, Carmemelllo Anthony was arrested within minutes. And sitting in the back of the police car, he asked officers one question that would soon ignite a global firestorm. Would what I did be considered self-defense? Now, when this story hit the media, it exploded, making headlines around the world. But because one boy was black and the other was white, it became gasoline for a race and political fire. opinion pieces, live streams, Tik Toks, Twitter threads. Everyone had an opinion. Some asked why a student would bring a knife to a school track meet. Others defended him, claiming that he had the right to protect himself. Then came the money. A fundraising page set up by Carmelo's family with a goal of 100K exploded past 450,000, sparking outrage. Critics started accusing the family of profiting from a killing. Rumors started swirling about new cars and new homes, but the family claimed they hadn't touched any of the money. His legal defense came under scrutiny. His representation started getting called out for having a criminal past. And just as the debate around the self-defense began to grow, new information started surfacing about a previous school altercation. And all of this is before the case has even gone to trial. But regardless, the internet has already chosen sides. This story, which is about two boys and a single fatal decision, has now become something so much bigger, something that no one seems to be able to control because now even judges involved in this are getting their lives threatened. So that's what we're talking about today. So let's stop the yapping and let's get cracking. Okay, before we get into the controversy and the legal side of things, I do want to play you guys a portion of this interview by Austin Metoff's dad where he is insisting that people do not need to make this about race and politics. It's very unfortunate that this other child decided to make a bad choice that's going to affect him for the rest of his life. I want to make this very clear. This is not a race issue. This is not a black and white issue. I don't want someone stepping up on a soap box trying to politicize this. I don't appreciate some of the remarks I've seen online. This is about human compassion. The world needs more kind people. If you can't find one, be one. Now, one of the reasons this has gained so much attention before even going to trial was that soon after all of this went down, a give SendGo account was set up by Corlo's family. and they said that that was for them to support their legal proceedings. Now, as of the time of recording, it is so far received over $475,000 despite them only having the initial goal of 100,000. Now, the decision by them to not close the account after they received their desired goal has been one of the things that has drawn heavy criticism with people saying online that they are the family is now profiting from a tragedy. Now, this already heated situation only got worse after the New York Post published a report with a headline that read, "Cormelo Anthony renting 900k home in gated community with family bought new car after release on bond in Austin Metaf murder case." Texas Senator Ted Cruz then added fuel to the fire by reposting this and saying, "Why the hell does someone raise half a million dollars for committing murder?" Now, Snopes, which is a fact-checking organization, has done a piece on this and they say that these claims are false. They say that Gibson and Go's co-founder and chief financial officer confirmed that Anony's family has not withdrawn any of the money from the donation page yet. However, since the controversy, the family has now put an update on the fundraising page. They said that while the legal defense is a critical part of the fund, the money will not solely be dedicated to legal expenses. They then included things like the safe relocation of Anthony due to escalating threats, as well as things like transport, security, and basic living costs. Things then exploded yet again yesterday after Austin's father, who is also a defense attorney, attended a public press conference for the Anthony family. But the person hosting this press conference, Dominic Alexander, he refused to begin until Austin's father left. Now, video showed the situation going as far as police arriving on the scene and removing Austin's father. That was disrespectful and just shows you all the character. He knows that is inappropriate to be near this family, but he did it. And so I say to people, actions speak louder than words. What he has failed into is the political operatives that want to make this thing a political thing of hate yet bigotry and yet racism. But speaking about Dominic Alexander, he is actually one of the Anony's family's biggest supporters. And that shouldn't be controversial, right? Well, we'd be wrong there, too, because uh people have started doing background on him, and they discovered that he has a lengthy history of criminal violence. And we begin with breaking news. A well-known activist has been charged with domestic violence. Dallas activist Dominique Alexander facing criminal domestic violence charges. He has been charged with one count felony assault, serious bodily injury, and one count misdemeanor assault. Recently, activist Dominique Alexander was protesting the assault of a woman in Deep Ellum. But behind the scenes, his girlfriend says he was assaulting her. He was even convicted of a first-degree felony for causing serious bodily injury to a 2-year-old child, the son of his then girlfriend, while babysitting. Now, Alexander has a long criminal history, including injury to a child. In fact, one of the easiest layups in the criminal justice system is having character witness come forward and speak positively on your behalf. However, despite this, in 2016, he brought two character witnesses. One didn't even know he was on probation, and the other he had just met. Now, the final piece of major controversy, at least at the time of recording, is that at his bail hearing, Carmemelllo Anony's bond was reduced from 1 million down to 250,000, and he was later freed with an ankle monitor. The judge said her decision to lower the bond was for multiple reasons, including Anony's age since he is under 18, his lack of prior criminal history, and his strong ties to the community. Critics argued, however, that he has been charged with firstdegree murder and has already raised money far exceeding the bond of 250K. However, for this decision, Judge Angela Tucker has now been doxed and received threats to her safety, which uh law enforcement like FBI are now investigating. So ultimately, controversy aside, what happens now? Well, currently there is no trial date set because the case is still in what's called the pre-indictment phase. In Texas, before any case like this can go to trial, it has to be reviewed by a grand jury. That's basically a group of citizens who look at the evidence and decide two things. One, is there probable cause to believe that a crime was committed? And two, if so, what exact charges should be filed like murder, manslaughter, or something else? Now, prosecutors are expected to bring this case before a grand jury before the end of June 2025. If that grand jury decides to indict Carmelo, he will either take a plea deal or plead not guilty, which if in that case would send this thing into a fullblown trial, and the national and in fact global media attention will be intense. And also, if this does go to trial, Carmelo will almost certainly claim self-defense. But in Texas, using deadly force as self-defense is a very high legal bar and it's only allowed under specific conditions. So ultimately, we'll just have to wait and see. Now, usually I wrap up these kind of videos with what do you guys think? But considering today, I don't think I will. I mean, we've literally laid out what the talk online has turned this case into, and any speculation beyond the evidence that they present will only harm both parties. So, with that being said, I hope you guys enjoyed the video and I will see you as always as a news roundup for the week on Monday or Tuesday. Love you. Bye.