Inside the courtroom, the prosecution and the defense questioned potential jurors, with the defense focusing on their views on self-defense. Anthony’s attorney Mike Howard also seemed to be setting up an appeal by asking jurors how they feel about illegal immigration. See, if you support President Trump, are a Republican, and don’t think I.C.E. is the Gestapo, you must be a racist. Get some MAGA racists in the jury, and BINGO! A guilty verdict will be overturned…or that’s the plan.
Meanwhile, the prosecution was having trouble trusting that black jurors were capable of being objective in the trial of a black defendant in the World of George Floyd. It didn’t help that one potential juror said when questioned, “I don’t know that I could put a brother in jail.” Apparently the final jury of 12 jurors and 6 alternates does not include any blacks. Naturally, the defense and the race activists are already claiming that Anthony can’t get a fair trial with no blacks on the jury. Hence the meme above.
The law is, per the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Batson v. Kentucky (1986), that jurors cannot be rejected because of their race alone. That does not mean, however, that DEI juries are mandatory. A black juror can be struck for other reasons, like saying that he won’t convict “a brother.” The prosecution argued that the last three black prospective jurors in the pool all work as educators, so their jobs were too connected to the circumstances of a student being killed on school property. The judge overruled the defense objections to the absence of blacks on the jury.
Oh yeah, this will go well.
It is too bad that the sentiments of conservative black minister Jordan Wells won’t resonate with so many progressives and race-obsessed Americans. He wrote on X:
“Black Americans should be deeply ashamed for racializing this case and demanding Karmelo Anthony’s release. If a White boy had stabbed a Black boy in the heart at a school track meet, there would be nonstop marches in the streets, riots, viral outrage, and endless calls to ‘end racism.’ But when the races are reversed — a Black teen brings a knife to the event, escalates, and fatally stabs an unarmed White teen — suddenly it’s all ‘self-defense’ and excuses.
This hypocrisy has to stop. Right is right. Wrong is wrong. Justice shouldn’t come with a skin color. No more two-tiered standards based on race.”
He must be one of those weird racist blacks who hate themselves, or just an Uncle Tom…
Ethics Alarms 
How about the guy chanting outside the courthouse that “the only good cracker is a dead cracker?” That is pretty cool.
jvb
“World of George Floyd” is metaphorical. The trial is being held in Texas, not the Land of a Thousand Lakes. Threw me.
Here’s on for the trial lawyers in the commentariat: does the fact a teen-aged defendant is decked out in a three-piece suit raise a justifiable presumption of guilt?
The donations for Karmelo Anthony’s defense is racially motivated, according to the following AOL article:
https://www.aol.com/articles/karmelo-anthony-still-raking-donations-034208000.html
“The first-degree murder charge for Anthony, who is black, sparked a racially charged culture war, with supporters claiming he’s the victim of a justice system stacked against people of color.
An Anthony family spokesman said last year that the fundraising would go to “stand with us in the fight against white supremacy.”
The legal fund for Karmelo Anthony’s defense started in April 2025. The GoFundMe action in support of Shiloh Hendrix started in May 2025. The fundraiser for Karmelo Anthony was not a reaction to the fundraiser for Shiloh Hendrix, it was the other way around. If a murderer gets to fund his defense simply because he is black and his victim is white, then a women who used a racial slur against a boy stealing her stuff can also start a fund to wend off cancellation. I am still surprised that some people are OK with Karmelo Anthony’s legal fund but loose their shit about Shiloh Hendrix fund, as this suggest that using a racial slur is a bigger sin than a murder. Most murderers do not enjoy lavish defense funds, as most sane people believe that murders deserve just punishment. Imagine what the reaction would have been if Derek Chauvin had a defense fund of half a million dollars via on-line donations!
Conservative commentators had a field day pointing out all the racially tinted messages of on-line donators to Karmelo Anthony’s fund.
So this whole trial against Karmelo Anthony is not about murder but about race. Got it. Let’s say that this defense succeeds, what message will that send? I am afraid that the message is that if a black man kills a white person vigilante action (lynching) will offer a better chance of justice than the court system, and to prevent an open season on white people by blacks. White people are already on edge after the Irina Zarutska murder.
it isn’t white people that are on edge. It is civilized humans.
making it about color dilutes the cultural issue in our big cities.
This ethics trainwreck would not exist if the defendant (Karmelo Anthony) were not black, and his victim were not white. This is a similar scenario as OJ Simpson murdering Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. OJ was acquitted, and as later interviews with jurors from the majority black jury revealed was not perjury of Mark Fuhrman nor the glove that did not fit, but the desire to send a message because of the recent Rodney King riots in LA; the jury wanted to send a message about race.
So I think it is very proper to notice that white people are on edge seeing various forms of tribal behavior by black people related to the Karmelo Anthony trials. Examples:
Think about the last bullet point; a lot of black people do not like black people. Why would it be wrong for white people to notice that?
So the sad conclusion is that for a lot of people this trial is primarily about race more than about a murder.
Here is a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIoHbv6WVRI
jvb
The prosecution argued that the last three black prospective jurors in the pool all work as educators, so their jobs were too connected to the circumstances of a student being killed on school property.
this one puzzles me. Unless they said something that would trigger that response, these may be bad strikes.
if no inquiry was done on their roles as educators that would have led to a challenge for cause, I would be more concerned as a defense lawyer that they may be inclined to convict someone who killed a student.
or that they may be reluctant to convict a student; it really could go either way.
here is where I would want to see a transcript
the defense may have a legitimate Batson challenge
-Jut
FWIW, Gofundme canceled Anthony’s account as against their terms re violent crimes. Another outfit accepted an account, but specified funds ongoing directly to legal defense . Looks like there have been attempts to circumvent this and divert funds to family & etc. Guess they were looking for a Floyd type gravy train off of their little criminal.
And there’s no “alleged ” about the stabbing, just his dubious claim of self defense.