ROOKE: The Austin Metcalf Trial Won’t Be Televised. That’s Because The Defense Is Too Ugly To Watch

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Karmelo Anthony is charged with first-degree murder in the April 2025 stabbing death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a Frisco ISD track meet in Collin County, Texas.

Anthony admitted to officers that he stabbed Metcalf, but has claimed it was in self-defense, according to an arrest report. District Court Judge John Roach reportedly issued a pretrial order outlining strict rules for the trial, including a ban on cameras and any audio or video recording of the proceedings.

You have to wonder why Roach won’t allow cameras into the courtroom. Americans were forced to sit through the sham trial for Derek Chauvin and watched every moment of Kyle Rittenhouse reliving the worst moment of his life. And yet, a clear case where the defendant admitted to stabbing someone will have zero transparency.

Does it have anything to do with the fact that the Anthony case gained national attention, especially along racial lines? But so did Chauvin’s and Rittenhouse’s. The only difference here is that Anthony, the defendant, is black and Metcalf, the victim, is white. (Sign up for Mary Rooke’s weekly newsletter here!)

Independent journalist Sarah Fields was at the first court hearing for the Anthony murder trial, which started Monday. Fields reported that at least one person, a woman who appeared to be connected to Anthony, was escorted out of the courthouse for alleged jury tampering. Fields claimed a bloc of people entered the courtroom wearing........

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