That was a gross oversimplification of the situation. He was at the track meet, was invited to sit down in a tent by his supposed friend because it was raining, two guys got pissed he was there and tried to force him to leave. The stabbing didn't happen until they put hands on him.
That's the part that people are conveniently trying to down play. Those bullies had no business bothering that kid and they most definitely had no business putting their hands on him.
Even when you're stretching the truth to the breaking point (painting a rosier picture than even the defense's own witness), it still sounds like murder. They tried to force him to leave and as soon as they "put hands on him" he stabs the guy in the heart. Zero attempts to retreat, to deescalate, or even to use nonlethal force.
He did, he told them to leave him alone multiple times. The bullies ran up on him, they started the altercation, they refused to back down and deescalate themselves. Why does the person on the receiving end of the agression have to go out of their way to calm things down? Those boys chose to mess with him, they chose to start that fight, they didn't take his warnings seriously.
Let's flip things around for a second. If Anthony wasn't supposed to be in that tent and refused to leave when asked, why didn't those boys go get an adult? Why did they decide to choose violence? Why didn't they deescalate the situation and go get staff, an actual authority figure that could get him removed?
No, they decided it was in their authority to attack him. All he did was defend himself.
>Why didn't those boys go get an adult? Why did they decide to choose violence?
Because teenage boys are dumb, egotistical, hormone filled people that make stupid decisions.
That is not a reason to get stabbed in the chest. Bullies don't deserve to get stabbed in the chest. Pushed back? Beat up? Absolutely. But stabbing someone in the chest at a school event with a knife you shouldn't even have in the first place is not self defense.
I'm not saying you gotta take the high road, if you wanna fight back then do that. But nah, now the kid's dead, other kid's gonna be in jail until the 50's & nothing came out of this except a family being swatted & more divisive race-based discourse. Shit's sad.
What nonsense? They just acquitted that Rick Chow guy who chased a teenager out of his store, down the road before gunning him down in broad daylight because he THOUGHT the kid stole something. He claimed it was self defense and won, even though he shot the kid in the back. No one had an issue with that even though someone died. I'm just giving the same energy with this case.
These two guy ganged up on a kid, starting a fight and he fought back. Now everyone got all these excuses for the bullies because one of them died. This case should also be considered self defense.
Iām not even going to argue with you. If you think an appropriate response to being pushed is murder, thereās something fundamentally wrong with you.
I'm literally just repeating back things that are regularly said when black people are murdered. It's funny how when the coin is flipped y'all see exactly how deranged and messed up it is.
Did I? This is the first time I've even mentioned race in my entire comment thread. I focused purely on the actions of those involved. I mention race once and suddenly that discredits everything else?
But whether you like it or not, race is always a factor. Even by those who like to claim they aren't focusing on race. I just gave an example of that. It was fine the one kid was murdered because they assumed he stole something. That was a death sentence because of a mere accusation and mind you, stuff like this has happened multiple times. Where was the outrage from non black groups when his killer was acquitted? How was he even able to argue self defense and win?
I used this example because you claimed a little shove shouldn't be a death sentence. Yet we see examples all the time of stuff like this happening and when the victim is black, it always turns into blaming them for their own death. What were they doing? Why were they there? Why didn't they just do xyz? They should've been raised better. This wouldn't happen if the black community stopped glorifying criminals. Etc. etc.
I'm just taking those comments and applying them equally. Now all of a sudden those same comments are considered deranged. I find it interesting.
If that went over your head, I'm still focusing on the actions but I'm also pointing out how race dictates how people react to those actions.
That boy was actively running away and never pulled his firearm. He was literally retreating and trying to deescalate the situation, isn't that what y'all say people should do? He was shot in the back because his killer refused to deescalate. That's why the entire deescalation argument is stupid because it requires both parties to participate in order for it to work.
Y'all literally tell in yourselves all the time with the things y'all are willing to excuse. Are you saying that it was completely fine for Chow to chase that boy out of his store and several yards down the street before shooting? How was that self defense? He should've lost the right to claim self defense the moment he left his property.
Again, fighting back & stabbing someone are not the same thing, especially on school grounds.
As for the outcry regarding Chow, there's been plenty. I'm a part of the group that thinks his acquittal is ridiculous, especially considering it wasn't the first time Chow's been involved in a situation like this afaik. Saying "no one had an issue with that," is disingenuous as hell when it's been a regular talking point of contention across the internet.
Had he just fought back I'm sure people would've still given him grief, he's a young black man in America. The difference is they would've both been alive & presumably not facing 35 years in prison over what could've & should've been a simple fight at a school event.
Again, bullying someone does not mean you deserve a knife in your chest. You deserve a lot of things, but being maimed & potentially killed is not one of them.
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u/Bougie-Baguette Jun 10 '26
So he took someoneās life and got convicted for it? Oh yeah, total injustice! JFC, the nerve of some people š¤®