Jemele Hill Laments White Lawyer in Karmelo Anthony's 35-Year Murder Case
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 11
Jemele Hill Laments White Lawyer in Karmelo Anthony's 35-Year Murder Case
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 11
Summary
Jemele Hill wrote on Threads that she felt "terribly sad" that Karmelo Anthony — convicted of killing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf — was represented by a white lawyer.
Hill said Black attorneys had reached out and suggested the case carried "hard lessons" for the Black community, framing the lawyer's race as a key takeaway after the conviction.
The comment followed Hill's earlier social-media posts drawing comparisons between Anthony and George Zimmerman and Kyle Rittenhouse, both acquitted on self-defense grounds.
Anthony received a 35-year sentence in the killing of Metcalf, whom police said he fatally stabbed after being shoved.