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CRUCIAL QUOTE<\/h2>\n

\u201cWow! Just freakin wow! DISGUSTING\u2026 This is not justice, this is trying to make an example!!!\u201d Cardi B<\/u> posted. <\/p>\n

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Why is the case being compared to Kyle Rittenhouse?<\/h2>\n

The case immediately evoked memories of the high-profile trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, a white man who shot three people\u2014and killed two\u2014in Wisconsin while illegally armed with an AR-15-style rifle during a Black Lives Matter protest. Rittenhouse was also 17 at the time, and claimed self defense in a case with strong racial and political overtones that also spurred large, controversial online fundraising campaigns. He was charged with multiple counts, including homicide, but was acquitted after a jury found he acted in self-defense. Supporters of Anthony have argued Rittenhouse was given the benefit of the doubt while Anthony was not<\/u> for racial reasons, pointing out Rittenhouse was immediately supported by the conservative base while Anthony was widely condemned before trial. \u201cWhite folks out here asking why Karmelo Anthony had a knife but had no problem with 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse having an AR 15 that he wasn\u2019t licensed to carry,\u201d Talbert Swan<\/u>, a bishop and NAACP chapter president in Massachusetts, said. Critics say the two cases are fundamentally different, and that the legal facts are not as similar<\/u> as the political narrative suggests. Rittenhouse slammed the comparison<\/u> by saying, “I defended myself after I was violently attacked by white antifa thugs with criminal records\u2014and it was clear I’d die if I didn’t defend myself. We are not the same.” <\/p>\n

Key background<\/h2>\n

Anthony and Metcalf had never met before a Frisco school district track meet in April 2025. When it started raining, some athletes stayed on the field and others ran for cover under team tents, reports<\/u> detail<\/u>. Anthony\u2019s school, Centennial High School, did not have a team tent and he instead sought shelter under the Memorial High tent, where Metcalf was a student. Witnesses told police Metcalf told Anthony to leave, to which Anthony responded, “Touch me and see what happens,” and then Metcalf grabbed Anthony to remove him from the tent. That’s when the witness said Anthony pulled out a knife, stabbed Metcalf once, then ran away. Anthony immediately told police he was the one who stabbed Melcalf, that he was “protecting himself” and asked if Metcalf was “going to be OK,\u201d according to police reports. <\/p>\n

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TANGENT<\/h2>\n

The case deepened existing racial divides<\/u> in Frisco, one of the fastest growing cities in the country that has for years struggled with changing demographics and anti-immigrant sentiment. The city, which has grown 61%<\/u> in the last decade, is now majority minority with census data showing the population as 46% white, 34% Asian, 10% Latino and 10% Black. A candidate for Frisco mayor has called immigrants \u201crats\u201d and Islam a \u201cterrorist group,” the Washington Post<\/u> reported, and locals have complained of an “Indian takeover” in the area. At one city council meeting, a man waved an Indian flag, spoke with a fake accent and said “I’ve started throwing my trash outside and pooping everywhere\u201d to make Frisco feel more like home. Video of the meeting went viral.<\/u> Anti-immigrant rhetoric has pushed several far-right politicians into seats of power: \u201cNow that MAGA extremism is becoming the norm, people are more comfortable being racist in person and online,\u201d Neha Suratran,a 22-year-old Hindu tech worker who was raised in Frisco, told the Post<\/u>. <\/p>\n

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