{"id":2613495,"date":"2026-06-11T20:30:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T00:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karmelo-anthonys-father-blames-white-attorney-for-his-sons-murder-conviction\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T20:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T00:30:23","slug":"karmelo-anthonys-father-blames-white-attorney-for-his-sons-murder-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karmelo-anthonys-father-blames-white-attorney-for-his-sons-murder-conviction\/","title":{"rendered":"Karmelo Anthony&#8217;s Father Blames &#8216;White Attorney&#8217; for His Son&#8217;s Murder Conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkarmelo-anthonys-father-blames-white-attorney-for-his-sons-murder-conviction%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2613495&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ever since 19-year-old Karmello Anthony was convicted on Tuesday in the murder of a teenager last year, his supporters have been forced to go to extremes to find ways not to blame the killer for the crime.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve blamed \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/karmelo-anthony-spokesman-cites-white-supremacy-family-begs-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">white supremacy<\/a>\u201d for the prosecution \u2014 Anthony is black, his victim was white. They\u2019ve blamed racism among prosecutors for keeping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-no-karmelo-anthonys-jury-not-12-white-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blacks off the jury<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And on Wednesday, his father put the blame, at least in part, on his son\u2019s \u201cwhite attorney\u201d for the fact that Karmelo is going to prison.<\/p>\n<p>Media personality Mimi Brown \u2014 a fixture on the black-oriented radio program \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-tells-black-host-problem-figuring-whether-trump-aint-black\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Breakfast Club<\/a>\u201d \u2014 spoke to Anthony\u2019s parents, Kayla Hayes and Andrew Anthony, during an interview Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, she asked the two, \u201cSo, do you believe your son received a fair trial?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both replied, \u201cabsolutely not\u201d and Hayes promised to \u201ckeep fighting.\u201d Brown also asked if the two would have done anything differently.<\/p>\n<p>If you were hoping these parents would say something about raising their son not to stab other kids, or teaching him to be mature and walk away in a conflict that could escalate, you\u2019ll be disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Anthony replied, \u201cI wish I would have just been rebellious. I was told, \u2018Don\u2019t talk to this person.\u2019 \u2018Don\u2019t talk to this person.\u2019 I feel like it was just a set-up. So, they told us, go get white attorneys. Every black person I went to, \u2018white attorney.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The parents of Karmelo Anthony speak with me first following the guilty verdict and 35-year sentence.<\/p>\n<p>In an emotional conversation, they reflect on the trial, what they believe could have been done differently, and the impact this has had on their family.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll  more from\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9GhY2oftCd\">pic.twitter.com\/9GhY2oftCd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mimi Brown (@mimibrowntv) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mimibrowntv\/status\/2064833725540847635?\">June 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The quotes posted to Brown\u2019s account on the social media platform X are obviously heavily edited, but the substance comes through. (An expanded version of the interview is available on \u201cThe Breakfast Club\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hnqoBTMmqX8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> YouTube channel<\/a> here. The quotes about the attorney start about the 12-minute mark.)<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s true that Anthony\u2019s attorney, Mike Howard. is white. But it\u2019s also true that he\u2019s someone who had the nearly impossible task of defending the indefensible.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony killed 17-year-old Austin Metcalf during a track meet in Frisco, Texas, in April 2025. At the time, Anthony had entered a tent that was reserved for a rival high school\u2019s track team.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Witness testimony told the court that Metcalf and other students in the tent asked Anthony to leave and he belligerently refused. \u201cI\u2019m not leaving, f**k you all,\u201d he said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycallernewsfoundation.org\/2026\/06\/08\/karmelo-anthony-defense-witness-fumbles-after-damning-prosecution-testimony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Caller News Foundation<\/a>. He called them \u201ca bunch of p***ies\u201d adding they were \u201cnot going to do nothing about it,\u201d according to the DCNF.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses also said Anthony challenged Metcalf to touch him and \u201csee what happens\u201d as he reached into his bag, grabbing the knife he would use for the murder.<\/p>\n<p>One witness testified that Anthony was surrounded, perhaps his strongest defense if he had any, painting the picture of a panicked young man who found himself outnumbered, but that wasn\u2019t the case.<\/p>\n<p>As the DCNF reported, he <em>was\u00a0<\/em>surrounded, but it was <em>after<\/em> he stabbed Metcalf, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/defense-witness-changed-tune-seeing-surveillance-footage-karmelo-anthony-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">surveillance footage showed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, he wasn\u2019t surrounded, he was mouthing off, and he ignored students telling him to leave their tent since he wasn\u2019t from their school.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/06\/us-news\/karmelo-anthony-provoked-austin-metcalf-before-fatal-stabbing-witness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post,<\/a> Metcalf gave Anthony a shove before the stabbing, but that detail doesn\u2019t help Anthony\u2019s case.<\/p>\n<p>Someone shoves you, so you kill them? 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