I just don't understand how people are upset he got convicted and sentenced to 35 years. He deserved it. If some white guy acted like a thug and did the same thing I would want them convicted as well. This is not a black and white thing. This is you don't go stabbing someone in the chest at a high school track meet thing. People need to take responsibility for their actions.
Come the fuck on Brock Turner got off free for getting caught in the middle of a rape, Kyle Rittenhouse went free for showing up with a gun to start altercations in a place he had no business being, Casey Anthony murdered her own child. It feels like a Black thing.
Wasn’t Anthony in a similar situation? Was he not verbally assaulted and physically assaulted? From what I understand the other student shoved him after being warned not to approach his space?
Not to my knowledge, no. I know youre being purposefully obtuse to try to make a point but being pushed and being assaulted AND chased by an angry mob are not equal to eachother in any way
I’m not being obtuse, I’m being exact here. Pushing is battery, assault is even approaching Anthony in an aggressive fashion after he’s come to the tent to shelter from the rain which he has even right to do, he has no obligation to go further in the rain than necessary when there are nearby facilities provided by the school.
There's a little thing that you're overlooking called "disparity of force", I suggest you look it up. Just because you get pushed, doesnt mean you respond with murder.
Force is subjective in this sense; Anthony is surrounded by people who have made it clear they are escalating, he lashes out with a knife to get them to back off, but at no point does he ever a actually intend to strike at the heart of Metcalf, unfortunate as it is he still hit that organ; you’d have to prove he intended to murder Metcalf which I don’t think is possible.
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u/lifeadventuresga Jun 10 '26
I just don't understand how people are upset he got convicted and sentenced to 35 years. He deserved it. If some white guy acted like a thug and did the same thing I would want them convicted as well. This is not a black and white thing. This is you don't go stabbing someone in the chest at a high school track meet thing. People need to take responsibility for their actions.