Another day, another odd instance of the team around alleged murderer Karmelo Anthony seemingly irking the general public.
Anthony, accused of stabbing and killing fellow high school student Austin Metcalf at a Texas track meet on April 2, has become a lightning rod of a polarizing figure.
Critics and prosecutors alike think this is a fairly cut-and-dried case. They’re asking questions like what Anthony was doing with a knife at a track meet, and saying how, even if Metcalf had shoved Anthony for being in the wrong school’s tent, this should never have escalated above a fist fight.
Supporters of Anthony — deep-pocketed ones, apparently — are trying to make this a case of self-defense, while also making it a racial issue (Anthony is black, while Metcalf was white).
Those two deeply divergent narratives came to yet another head on Wednesday when the activist group representing Anthony, Next Generation Action Network, posted a peculiar Instagram video showcasing NGAN escorting Anthony from jail after he posted $250,000 bond.
You can view the video, apparently taken from a security guard’s smart glasses, for yourself below:
The video, which clearly empathized with Anthony, was largely met with scrutiny on social media.