More people should be paying attention to the Karmelo Anthony case that is going on right now, not just for the obvious reasons related to race, but more so because it’s enlightening regarding the legal standards for self-defense.

Karmelo’s defense and his supporters have been trying to claim that he defended himself against Metcalf (the White murder victim) but of course that turned out to be bullshit. His claim to self-defense fell apart because he provoked the encounter — he was the initial aggressor— which parallels the legal situation with Travis and Gregory McMichael in the Ahmad Arbery case from 2020. A lot of folks in the Dissident Right ignorantly claimed that the McMichael’s defended themselves and that their conviction was somehow proof that you can’t legally defend yourself if you’re White — well, no, you legally can’t be the aggressor if you’re going to claim self-defense afterwards. That’s why I’m pointing out that Karmelo Anthony’s legal situation is very similar to the McMichael’s. And funny enough, negroes are also claiming that they aren’t legally allowed to defend themselves against White people.

The point is, you need to understand the laws in your area: what constitutes self-defense. There is legally a thin line between self-defense and murder, and that line is very thin if you don’t understand how the legal system makes that determination. For legal self-defense, some good basic rules to follow: never be the aggressor, never provoke the encounter, and never chase or entrap someone that is no longer an immediate threat to you or anyone else.