{"id":1713,"date":"2026-06-10T18:40:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T18:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1713"},"modified":"2026-06-10T18:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T18:40:14","slug":"cardi-b-reacts-to-karmelo-anthony-verdict-draws-fierce-backlash-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1713","title":{"rendered":"Cardi B reacts to Karmelo Anthony verdict \u2014 draws fierce backlash online"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The public reaction to\u00a0Karmelo Anthony\u2019s guilty verdict\u00a0on Tuesday is garnering a shock wave of responses online; people are either supporting the jury\u2019s decision or criticizing it, in support of Austin Metcalf\u2019s killer.<\/p>\n

Read more Bari Weiss physically isolated from staff, hunkered down in locked office suite after \u201960 Minutes\u2019 bloodbath: report<\/a><\/p>\n

Anthony was\u00a0charged, tried and ultimately convicted\u00a0of murder for stabbing and killing 17-year-old Metcalf at a high school track meet in April 2025. He was sentenced to 35 years behind bars.<\/p>\n

Anthony, who is now 19 years old, stabbed Metcalf in the chest during an altercation between two teens near a team tent at Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, Texas.<\/p>\n

Following Tuesday\u2019s verdict, rapper Cardi B posted on X, \u201cWow! Just freakin wow! DISGUSTING\u2026 This is not justice, this is trying to make an example!!!\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Karmelo Anthony\u2019s grandmother shouts \u2018Racist!\u2019 and riles up crowd after his guilty verdict as she leaves court in luxury car<\/a><\/p>\n

The artist\u2019s post has generated 10 million views with tens of thousands of impressions.\u00a0Tomi Lahren,\u00a0a Fox News political commentator and host of Outkick\u2019s \u201cTomi Lahren Is Fearless,\u201d responded to the post saying, \u201cYes, the example is, don\u2019t stab somebody in the chest. Thanks for playing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others have also weighed in on the post.\u00a0Matt Van Swol,\u00a0a user with more than half a million followers, replied: \u201cI know\u2026 It\u2019s like, \u2018Damn, Black people cant stab any White people to death anymore and not go to prison just because they are Black.\u2019 Devastating.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s the latest on Karmelo Anthony\u2019s murder trial following the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf<\/h2>\n