{"id":2900,"date":"2026-06-25T06:07:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T06:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=2900"},"modified":"2026-06-25T06:07:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T06:07:23","slug":"sickening-tiktokkers-are-doing-the-austin-boppers-dance-and-reenacting-teens-murder-by-karmelo-anthony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=2900","title":{"rendered":"Sickening TikTokkers are doing the ‘Austin Boppers’ dance and reenacting teen’s murder by Karmelo Anthony"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Netizens are gleefully dancing about the death of slain teen Austin Metcalf in a sick online trend.<\/p>\n

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Supporters of 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony \u2014 sentenced this month to 35 years for stabbing 17-year-old Metcalf in the heart \u2014 dance with knives and pretending to stab themselves as the viral rap song \u201cAustin Bop\u201d plays in the background.<\/p>\n

\u201cAustin bop, knife had blood on the tip when he dropped \u2026 coughin\u2019 up blood, you think he got ebola,\u201d goes the song, uploaded to Apple Music on June 10 \u2014 the day after Anthony was convicted.<\/p>\n

\u201cHappy Juneteenth to the METCALF family \ud83e\udd73\u201d reads the caption on a recent Austin Bop clip in which a woman mimes stabbing herself and gagging.<\/p>\n

Other videos play the sinister single over anti-Metcalf memes, like one with a photo of a funeral pavilion and the caption \u201cAustin wanted a tent\u2026he got one.\u201d<\/p>\n

The internet has roiled in outrage since Anthony\u2019s first-degree murder conviction, which was handed down a year after the teen athlete stabbed Metcalf in the heart during a fight over a seat under an awning at a track meet in Frisco, Texas.<\/p>\n

Metcalf supporters dismissed Anthony as a violent thug, but supporters of Anthony, who is black, said the charge was racist \u2014 and even raised $625,000 for his legal fees.<\/p>\n

Angry netizens lashed out at both families directly.<\/p>\n

Metcalf supporters mailed copies of his obituary to the Anthony home, where he had been staying under house arrest.<\/p>\n

Anthony supporters \u201cswatted\u201d Metcalf\u2019s parents three times with bogus with bogus police calls reporting crimes at their home.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s the latest on Karmelo Anthony\u2019s murder conviction:<\/h2>\n