The daddy of slain teen Austin Metcalf slammed protesters who held a rally in opposition to his son’s accused killer, calling them “race baiters” who “wanna spew their narrative for their own agenda.”
The dad, Jeff Metcalf, spoke to The Put up on Saturday, hours after a bunch of demonstrators gathered on the stadium the place Karmelo Anthony, 17, allegedly stabbed Austin Metcalf, additionally 17, within the coronary heart at a highschool observe meet in Frisco, Texas.
Organizers from a bunch referred to as “Protect White Americans” condemned native authorities for supporting what they referred to as “anti-white hate” and “anti-white violence” by releasing Anthony, who’s black, on bond.
“That’s all they are: Race baiters,” Jeff Metcalf advised The Put up. “F—ing people that wanna spew their narrative for their own agenda. They don’t give a shit about my family. … about Karmelo Anthony’s family.”
Shield White People was based by Jake Lang, a self-styled “political prisoner” who was arrested through the January sixth protest and is now working for a U.S. Senate seat from Florida.
Metcalf mentioned Lang invited him to talk at Saturday’s rally, attempting to win him over with statistics about black violence and “white lives matter” rhetoric.
“‘I said, ‘You, sir, are part of the f—ing problem. You are not a part of the solution. I don’t want anything to do with you,’” Metcalf mentioned.
He demanded that Lang take away pictures of his son from the Shield White People web site and occasion flyers, and he plans to complain to the college board for granting protesters entry to the stadium parking zone.
“I want [the superintendent] to explain to me how you let this white piece of trash on school property where my son was murdered less than two weeks ago.”
But demonstrators insisted they have been on the aspect of the Metcalf household.
“They’re p—ing on Austin Metcalf’s grave because he’s white. If he was black, they would not be pissing on his grave,” mentioned featured speaker Philip Anderson, a black man who was additionally arrested on the January 6 riot.
The occasion solely drew round 40 protesters and half as many counter-protesters.
A wall of cops separated the 2 sides, but two individuals have been arrested, together with a lady who allegedly pepper-sprayed a protester in “Trump” hat.
Some witnesses mentioned the person — Austin Hunter — bodily threatened the girl, others mentioned they have been simply arguing, however Hunter plans to press prices.
“Any time I got a chance to put a Democrat in jail, I’m gonna do it,” he advised The Put up.
Saturday’s conflict was the most recent in a racially-charged tradition conflict over the destiny of Anthony, who had been charged with first-degree homicide with a bond of $1 million till a decide lowered it to $250,000 and allowed him to go away jail on home arrest.
Anthony allegedly advised cops he was appearing in self-defense when he allegedly killed Metcalf at a highschool observe meet. Witnesses say Metcalf tried to shove him out of his seat on the bleachers when he pulled a knife from his backpack and stabbed him within the coronary heart.
