{"id":2647770,"date":"2026-08-21T10:43:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T14:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-talarico-says-without-black-jurors-karmelo-anthony-couldnt-get-justice\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T10:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T14:48:17","slug":"watch-talarico-says-without-black-jurors-karmelo-anthony-couldnt-get-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-talarico-says-without-black-jurors-karmelo-anthony-couldnt-get-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Talarico Says Without Black Jurors Karmelo Anthony Couldn&#8217;t Get Justice"},"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%2Fwatch-talarico-says-without-black-jurors-karmelo-anthony-couldnt-get-justice%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=2647770&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>The content discusses Texas Democratic politician James Talarico&#8217;s comments on a murder case involving Karmelo Anthony, who was convicted of killing 17-year-old Austin metcalf during a dispute at a track meet. Talarico claimed that the justice system failed as no Black jurors were present, implying racial bias contributed to the conviction. Critics argue that Anthony was clearly guilty adn that the case was supported by video evidence,with his conviction based on facts rather than race. The article highlights Talarico&#8217;s tendency to appear on racially-focused platforms like &#8220;The breakfast Club&#8221; to show racial sensitivity, despite controversial statements he made about the case. the piece criticizes Talarico&#8217;s interpretation of the case as racially motivated and accuses him of defending a crime he does not fully understand.  <\/p>\n<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><\/p>\n<p>James Talarico has a problem with black voters \u2014 which is a huge problem if you\u2019re looking to make a Texas Senate seat blue for the first time since Lloyd Bentsen retired in 1993 and you look at what Texas\u2019 Democratic base consists of.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-james-talarico-berated-questioner-town-hall-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heckled at town hall events<\/a> for not caring enough about black issues. His erstwhile opponent in the Democratic primary, the risible U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/viral-clip-proves-jasmine-crockett-still-cant-blame-senate-primary-loss-talarico-racist-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has thrown more<\/a> fuel on that fire by blaming her loss on \u201ca racist race.\u201d And as for personality, Talarico himself emanates mayonnaise-white vibes that make Pete Buttigieg look like Isaac Hayes.<\/p>\n<p>Ergo, Talarico attempted to make up for it by appearing on \u201cThe Breakfast Club,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >black-centric syndicated radio show<\/a> where Democratic candidates with problems turning out the black base usually turn to when they need to burnish their sincerity on racial issues.<\/p>\n<p>This so seldom ends well, mind you; you may recall this as the venue where then-candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-tells-black-host-problem-figuring-whether-trump-aint-black\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden infamously told<\/a> co-host Charlamagne Tha God that \u201cif you have a problem figuring out whether you\u2019re for me or Trump, then you ain\u2019t black.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Talarico continued the storied tradition of white Democrats with race problems making things worse on the show by saying that a justly convicted murderer with a mountain of evidence against him didn\u2019t get justice because there wasn\u2019t a black juror in the pool.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re talking, of course, about the case of Karmelo Anthony, who stabbed 17-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/language-warning-watch-austin-metcalfs-dad-blasts-karmelo-anthonys-parents-cowards-grifters-raw-emotional-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Austin Metcalf<\/a> to death in a tent at a Frisco, Texas track meet during a weather delay in April 2025. Anthony entered the tent reserved for Metcalf\u2019s team, refused to leave even though he definitely wasn\u2019t supposed to be there, got aggressive, and then stabbed Metcalf when Metcalf tried to make him leave the tent.<\/p>\n<p>Despite telling police \u201cI was protecting myself,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/us\/articles\/james-talarico-weighs-karmelo-anthonys-153743365.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a> noted that all video and eyewitness testimony more or less confirmed this was nonsense.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony, now 19, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison. He\u2019s appealing for a new trial on a number of grounds, and got a bit closer when the original trial judge was removed from the decision-making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alert-karmelo-anthony-one-step-closer-overturning-guilty-verdict-walking-free-thanks-new-judge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">process earlier this week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the uproar stems from the fact that none of the jurors in the case were black, which apparently affects the facts of the case in some more febrile minds where race is the only lens through which anything can be viewed.<\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, this was a great opportunity for Talarico to brush up on those black-voter bona fides and opine on something that was clearly beyond his ken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve done a lot of work in the state House on justice reform, and right now we\u2019ve got a system that doesn\u2019t serve all Americans equally, and we know that black Texans have not gotten the justice they deserve in many cases,\u201d he said regarding the Anthony case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not an expert on this particular case, but I know that there were no black members of the jury, and to me, that\u2019s the only evidence you need to really prove that this system is not working for black Texans.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">James Talarico says Karmelo Anthony was convicted because \u201cthere were no black members of the jury\u201d and the \u201csystem is not working for black Texans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Karmelo Anthony stabbed 17-year-old Austin Metcalf to death for absolutely no reason.<\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jamestalarico?\">@jamestalarico<\/a> sides with the killer. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kFIPWiMxp2\">pic.twitter.com\/kFIPWiMxp2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brandon Gill (@realBrandonGill) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realBrandonGill\/status\/2090259492302696475?\">August 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Once you\u2019re looking through the verbal prestidigitation there, what he\u2019s saying is that the system isn\u2019t \u201cworking for black Texans\u201d because Anthony was convicted of a crime pretty much everyone agreed he committed with no defensible or exculpatory factors.<\/p>\n<p>He was an angry young man looking for a fight who found one and then stabbed a teen who tried, with very mild physicality, to eject him from an area where he was not supposed to be and (clearly, from the sequence of events that followed) was a danger being anywhere near the track meet, much less in another team\u2019s tent.<\/p>\n<p>Add to that the fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judge-releases-surveillance-footage-karmelo-anthonys-murder-austin-metcalf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">you can see this all on video<\/a>, like the jury did, and this is damning stuff from Talarico:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">All the more critical that video footage of the murder is released so everyone can see who and what Talarico is defending.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeremy Carl (@realJeremyCarl) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realJeremyCarl\/status\/2090481525502718206?\">August 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In short: Talarico basically believes justice wasn\u2019t served because blacks don\u2019t have the right to jury nullification in an open-and-shut murder case. That\u2019s racial justice for him. They get to let murderers off because, you know, the system and stuff!<\/p>\n<p>Really, the only way this would have been more perfect is if he had said, \u201cif you have a problem figuring out whether you\u2019re for me or Ken Paxton, then you ain\u2019t black.\u201d Might as well hit all the squares on \u201cThe Breakfast Club\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/man-old-charlamagne-hammers-ex-dnc-chair-face-face-interview-biden-handling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grovel-fest bingo card<\/a> while you\u2019re at it.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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